Bill
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2021-06-24.
- Sponsor
- PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-08
- second reading — 2020-12-08
- other — 2021-06-24
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 2020-12-08.
The bill would ban importing goods from Xinjiang, China, and goods from elsewhere in China made partly or wholly by forced labour.
Goods found to violate the ban would be treated as prohibited imports under the Customs Act 1901, with penalties for importing them.
The bill defines forced labour by reference to the Criminal Code Act 1995.
- Bans importation of goods from Xinjiang.
- Bans importation of goods from other parts of China produced by forced labour.
- Subjects banned goods to penalties under the Customs Act 1901.
Importers of goods from Xinjiang or other parts of China that are produced by forced labour.
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