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Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021

2019-2021

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021

 

No.      , 2021

 

(Senator Faruqi)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend customs legislation to prohibit the exportation and importation of greyhounds for commercial purposes, and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

 

 

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                 3

Part 1—Prohibition on commercial export of greyhounds                          3

Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958                                                   3

Part 2—Corresponding prohibition on commercial importation of greyhounds   7

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956                                                   7

Part 3—Amendments affecting the greyhound prohibitions                   10



A Bill for an Act to amend customs legislation to prohibit the exportation and importation of greyhounds for commercial purposes, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Act 2021 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this Act

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Note:          Subject to item 3 of Schedule 1, the provisions of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 and Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 amended or inserted by this Act, and any other provisions of those regulations, may be amended or repealed by regulations made under the Customs Act 1901 (see subsection 13(5) of the Legislation Act 2003 ).