Export Control Act 2020

The rules may make provision for and in relation to the issue of government certificates in relation to goods that are to be, or that have been, exported.

Without limiting subsection (1), the rules:

may specify:

kinds of goods in relation to which a government certificate may be issued; and

kinds of goods in relation to which a government certificate must not be issued; and

kinds of government certificates that may be issued in relation to specified kinds of goods; and

may make provision for and in relation to any of the following:

applications for a government certificate in relation to a kind of goods;

the matters that may be stated in a government certificate in relation to a kind of goods;

requirements that must be complied with in relation to a kind of goods before a government certificate in relation to goods of that kind may be issued.

In deciding whether to make rules for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(a)(i) specifying a kind of non‑prescribed goods referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of goods in section 12, the Secretary may have regard to the following matters:

any importing country requirements relating to goods of that kind;

sanitary matters (being matters relating to food safety, animal health or human health) and phytosanitary matters (being matters relating to plant health) relating to goods of that kind;

any Australian laws and standards relating to goods of that kind;

Australia’s rights and obligations relating to goods of that kind under any international agreements to which Australia is a party;

any international standards relating to goods of that kind;

any other matter the Secretary considers relevant.