Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 173
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901.
Dated 29 September 2011
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
BRENDAN O’CONNOR
Minister for Home Affairs
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.
3              Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956
                Schedule 1 amends the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(regulation 3)
 
[1]           Schedule 6, Part 1, subparagraph 2.2 (g) (vi)
omit
Australia.
insert
Australia; or
[2]           Schedule 6, Part 1, after paragraph 2.2 (g)
insert
               (h)    the article is to be imported in the following circumstances:
                          (i)    the article is to be imported for use in a law enforcement‑sanctioned activity;
                         (ii)    the article is owned by a law enforcement agency of another country;
                        (iii)    the article is to be imported by:
                                   (A)     the law enforcement agency that is the owner of the article; or
                                   (B)     a member of that law enforcement agency to whom the article has been issued;
                        (iv)    the law enforcement agency has been invited to participate in a law enforcement‑sanctioned activity;
                         (v)    the Minister for Defence, or a person authorised under regulation 13E of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958, has stated, in writing, that a licence or permission to export the article after the close of the law enforcement‑sanctioned activity, will be granted under that regulation.
[3]           Schedule 6, Part 4, after item 8
insert
9.             Meaning of law enforcement‑sanctioned activity
        9.1   In this Schedule, a law enforcement‑sanctioned activity means an activity approved as a law enforcement‑sanctioned activity by:
                (a)    the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or
               (b)    the Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or
                (c)    the Commissioner of the police force of a State or Territory; or
               (d)    a Deputy Commissioner of the police force of a State or Territory; or
                (e)    the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department; or
                (f)    a Deputy Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department.
Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.