Bill
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2021 [No. 2]
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. (s) SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Rebekha Sharkie
- Portfolio
- (s) SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-11-22
- second reading — 2021-11-22
- other — 2022-04-11
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 2021-11-22.
This bill would stop goods made with forced labour from entering Australia.
It changes the Customs Act 1901 to treat such goods as prohibited imports, with penalties for bringing them in.
The ban applies worldwide and does not target any specific country or region.
- The bill creates an absolute ban on importing goods produced wholly or partly by forced labour.
- It defines forced labour by reference to the Criminal Code Act 1995.
- Goods found to be in breach would face the same penalties as other prohibited imports.
Importers of goods made with forced labour would be affected.
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