Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00169:clause:1_4:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00169
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4 (pt 4/6)
Character Range: 11873–14711

Comptroller‑General is satisfied that the entity knows and understands the rules of origin as set out in Annex 3A to Chapter 3 of the Agreement;
 (c) the Comptroller‑General is satisfied that, if the entity were to complete a Declaration of Origin for goods exported to a Party, the entity would be able to obtain from the producer of the goods a declaration:
 (i) claiming that the goods are originating goods in accordance with Chapter 3 of the Agreement; and
 (ii) stating that the producer is willing to cooperate with any verification process in accordance with Rules 19 and 20 of Annex 3A to Chapter 3 of the Agreement and is able to meet the requirements of that Annex.

6.3  Comptroller‑General of Customs to decide application
 (1) For the purposes of section 126AKDE of the Act, the Comptroller‑General of Customs may, in writing, approve an entity as an approved exporter if:
 (a) the entity makes an application in accordance with regulation 6.1; and
 (b) the Comptroller‑General is satisfied that the entity meets the eligibility criteria under regulation 6.2.
 (2) For the purposes of section 126AKDE of the Act, the Comptroller‑General must consider the following matters in deciding whether to approve an entity as an approved exporter:
 (a) whether a trusted trader agreement between the entity and the Comptroller‑General has been varied, suspended or terminated under section 178A of the Act;
 (b) whether the Comptroller‑General is considering varying, suspending or terminating a trusted trader agreement between the entity and the Comptroller‑General.
 (3) Subregulation (2) does not limit the matters the Comptroller‑General may consider in deciding whether to approve an entity as an approved exporter.

Approved exporter code
 (4) An approval under subregulation (1) must specify the entity's approved exporter code.

Copy of approval to be given to entity
 (5) The Comptroller‑General of Customs must give a copy of an approval under subregulation (1) to the entity.

Period for which approval is in force
 (6) An approval under subregulation (1) must specify the period for which it is in force.
Note: See regulation 6.5 for variation, suspension or termination of an approval.

Refusal to approve entity as approved exporter
 (7) If an entity makes an application for approval as an approved exporter and the application is in accordance with regulation 6.1, the Comptroller‑General of Customs may, in writing, refuse to approve the entity as an approved exporter.
 (8) If the Comptroller‑General does so, the Comptroller‑General must notify the entity of the refusal and of the reasons for the refusal.

Review
 (9) An application may be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of a decision to refuse to approve an entity as an approved exporter.

6.4  Conditions of approval
  For the purposes