Bill
Customs Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-11-23. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-10-27
- second reading — 2022-10-27
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- committee — 2022-11-21
- third reading — 2022-11-21
- introduced — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-22
- second reading — 2022-11-22
- third reading — 2022-11-22
- passed — 2022-11-22
- royal assent — 2022-11-23
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 2022-10-27.
This bill would change the rules for deciding which goods imported from the United Kingdom qualify for lower customs duties.
It would amend the Customs Act 1901 to set out new rules of origin for goods from the United Kingdom.
The changes would take effect on the later of the bill receiving royal assent and the free trade agreement entering into force.
- Introduces new rules of origin for goods imported from the United Kingdom.
- Enables goods that satisfy those rules to enter Australia at preferential customs duty rates.
- Makes complementary amendments to the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
Importers of goods from the United Kingdom and Australian businesses trading under the free trade agreement.
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