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REVISED

2010-2011-2012

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No.  2) 2011

(Amendment to be moved by Senator Xenophon in committee of the whole if amendment (4) on sheet 7256 (revised 2) is negatived)

(1)     Schedule  1 , page 3 (before line 24) , before item  6 , insert:

5E  After section 269TDAA

Insert:

269TDAAB  Onus of proof if preliminary affirmative determination made

             (1)  If the CEO makes a preliminary affirmative determination in respect of an application under subsection 269TB(1), the importer of the imported goods the subject of the application bears the onus of proving that the imported goods have not been:

                     (a)  dumped into Australia; or

                     (b)  subsidised for export into Australia.

             (2)  Any material lack of cooperation for the purposes of subsection (1) by the importer of the imported goods the subject of the application must give rise to the rebuttable presumption of dumping and/or subsidised export into Australia by the importer.

[onus of proof]