Bill
Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-11-11. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-09-16
- second reading — 2015-09-16
- second reading — 2015-10-21
- second reading — 2015-10-22
- second reading — 2015-10-22
- committee — 2015-10-22
- third reading — 2015-10-22
- introduced — 2015-11-09
- second reading — 2015-11-09
- second reading — 2015-11-09
- second reading — 2015-11-09
- committee — 2015-11-09
- third reading — 2015-11-09
- passed — 2015-11-09
- royal assent — 2015-11-11
Divisions
- Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 and related bill - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea — 2015-11-09, Senate: affirmative, ayes 37, noes 10
- The majority voted against [amendments](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2015-11-09.184.1) introduced by Greens Senator [Peter Whish-Wilson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/peter_whish-wilson) (Tas), which means the amendments were unsuccessful. ### What were the amendments? Read Senator Whish-Wilson's [explanation](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2015-11-09.22.1) of his amendments. ### What do the bills do? Together, these bills implement the [China-Australia Free Trade Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Australia_Free_Trade_Agreement) into Australian law. This Agreement does not remove all tariffs, subsidies, quotas etc between Australia and China (so it's not really *free* trade), but it does create more favourable trading conditions between the two countries. Read more about the Agreement and the bills in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1516a/16bd029). — 2015-11-09, Senate: negative, ayes 11, noes 36
- Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 and related bill - Third Reading - Pass the bills — 2015-11-09, Senate: affirmative, ayes 35, noes 11
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-09-16.
This bill would change customs rules so goods imported from China can enter Australia at lower tariff rates under a free trade deal.
It sets new tests for what counts as Chinese-made goods and requires exporters and producers to meet certain conditions.
The new rules would start on the later of the bill receiving royal assent or the trade agreement taking effect, which the government hopes will be before the end of 2015.
- Introduces new rules of origin for goods imported from China.
- Requires exporters of Australian goods to China and producers of those goods to meet obligations.
- Sets the start date as the later of royal assent or the agreement's entry into force.
Importers of Chinese goods into Australia, exporters of Australian goods to China, and producers of those goods.
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