2010-2011-2012-2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customs Amendment (Prohibition of 

Certain Coal Exports) Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Mr Thomson) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Act 1901, 

and for related purposes 

   

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

Part 1--Preliminary

 

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

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Customs Act 1901

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Act 1901, 

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and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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Part 1--Preliminary 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Customs Amendment (Prohibition of 

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Certain Coal Exports) Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendments 

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Customs Act 1901 

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1  After subsection 112(2AD) 

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Insert: 

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(2AE)  The exportation from Australia of coal mined in: 

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(a)  the area defined by the Wyong Shire Council as the "Water 

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Catchment Valleys and District", as at 18 March 2013; and 

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(b)  any other area (however constituted and whether in New 

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South Wales or elsewhere) designated in an instrument made 

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under subsection (2AF); 

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is prohibited. 

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(2AF)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, designate an area for 

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the purposes of paragraph (2AE)(b). 

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2  Application 

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The amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule applies in relation to 

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coal mined after this Act commences. 

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