Bill
Customs Amendment (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus Implementation) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-09-25. Law Enforcement and Cyber Security portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Law Enforcement and Cyber Security
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-08-16
- second reading — 2018-08-16
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- third reading — 2018-08-22
- introduced — 2018-08-23
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- second reading — 2018-09-13
- second reading — 2018-09-13
- committee — 2018-09-13
- third reading — 2018-09-13
- passed — 2018-09-13
- royal assent — 2018-09-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-08-16.
This bill changes the Customs Act 1901 to set new rules for determining where goods imported from Pacific Agreement member countries come from.
Goods meeting these rules could enter Australia at lower customs duty rates, and exporters and producers of such goods would face new requirements.
The new rules would start on the later of the day the bill becomes law or the day the Pacific Agreement takes effect for Australia.
- Introduces new rules of origin for goods imported from Pacific Agreement member countries.
- Allows eligible goods to receive preferential customs duty rates.
- Imposes obligations on exporters and producers of eligible goods.
Importers, exporters, and producers of goods from Pacific Agreement member countries, and the Department of Home Affairs.
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