Bill
Export Control Bill 2019
passed, as at 2020-03-06. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-12-04
- second reading — 2019-12-04
- second reading — 2020-02-12
- second reading — 2020-02-12
- third reading — 2020-02-12
- introduced — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-27
- second reading — 2020-02-27
- third reading — 2020-02-27
- passed — 2020-02-27
- royal assent — 2020-03-06
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-12-04.
The bill would create a new legal framework to replace the current system that controls agricultural exports from Australia.
The Agriculture Department's secretary could make Export Control Rules that ban shipping certain goods unless conditions like holding a licence or using approved facilities are met.
Many existing regulations expire on 1 April 2021, and the bill is based on a review of those rules.
- The bill replaces 17 existing Acts and more than 40 legislative instruments with a single framework.
- The bill allows the secretary to set conditions for exporting prescribed goods, including requiring licences or accredited premises.
- The bill aims to align Australian export regulation with international trade agreements and human rights obligations.
Domestic exporters, farmers, and businesses involved in producing, preparing, or shipping agricultural goods from Australia.
Sources
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