Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00211:reg:5j:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00211
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5J (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 141202–143946

5J  Importation of goods containing certain chemical compounds
 (1) In this regulation:
authorised person means:
 (a) an APS employee or SES employee of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, authorised in writing by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to give permission to import prescribed goods into Australia for the purpose of this regulation; or
 (b) a person holding a statutory office established under legislation administered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, authorised in writing by the Minister to give permission to import prescribed goods into Australia for the purpose of this regulation.
CAS number, for a chemical compound, means the Chemical Abstracts Service number, which is the registry number:
 (a) assigned to the compound by the Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America; and
 (b) published by the Service in the journal Chemical Abstracts.
Chemical Weapons Convention means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, opened for signature in Paris on 13 January 1993.
Prescribed goods means goods containing any of the following chemical compounds:
 (a) a chemical compound mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 11;
 (b) a chemical compound belonging to a group of compounds mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 11.
Notes
(a) The Chemical Abstracts Service number of a chemical compound mentioned in column 2 of an item is shown in column 3 of the item.
(b) For chemical compounds mentioned by type in column 2 of an item in Part 2 of Schedule 11, Chemical Abstracts Service numbers for compounds comprising the type are not mentioned in column 3.
 (2) The importation into Australia of prescribed goods containing a chemical compound, or a chemical compound belonging to a group of compounds, mentioned in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 11 from a country that is not a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention is prohibited absolutely.
 (2A) The importation into Australia of prescribed goods containing a chemical compound, or a chemical compound belonging to a group of compounds, mentioned in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 11 from a country that is a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention is prohibited unless:
 (a) the Minister for Foreign Affairs or an authorised person has given permission in writing to import the goods; and
 (b) the permission is produced to the Collector.
 (2AA) The importation into Australia of prescribed goods containing a chemical compound, or a chemical compound belonging to a group of compounds, mentioned in Part 4 of Schedule 11 is prohibited unless:
 (a) the Minister for Foreign Affairs or an authorised