Bill
Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Second Protocol Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2024
passed, as at 2024-12-10. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-11-07
- second reading — 2024-11-07
- second reading — 2024-11-19
- other — 2024-11-19
- second reading — 2024-11-21
- second reading — 2024-11-21
- other — 2024-11-21
- third reading — 2024-11-21
- introduced — 2024-11-28
- second reading — 2024-11-28
- second reading — 2024-11-28
- third reading — 2024-11-28
- passed — 2024-11-28
- royal assent — 2024-12-10
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 2024-11-07.
The bill updates the Customs Act 1901 to implement the customs obligations of the Second Protocol to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area agreement.
It introduces new record-keeping and verification rules for exports, updates rules of origin, and allows importers to use self-declaration documents instead of only certificates of origin for preferential tariff claims.
The changes also revise and streamline provisions for the RCEP, PACER Plus, and MAFTA agreements, and will start on the later of Royal Assent or the Second Protocol's entry into force for Australia.
- Adds new record-keeping and verification requirements for exports under the Second Protocol.
- Updates the Harmonized System references to adopt subsequent versions for the Second Protocol, PACER Plus, MAFTA, and RCEP.
- Allows importers to use self-declaration documents for preferential tariff claims under the Second Protocol.
- Revises and streamlines provisions for RCEP, PACER Plus, and MAFTA.
- Inserts new verification requirements for exports under the RCEP Agreement.
Importers and exporters of goods covered by the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area, RCEP, PACER Plus, and MAFTA agreements.
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