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(2) Wood or woodchips are not prescribed for the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act if the wood or woodchips are derived from trees sourced from a plantation in a State for which there is an approved code of practice.
Note: Processed and unprocessed wood (including woodchips) sourced from a region covered by a Regional Forest Agreement within the meaning of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 (not including wood sourced from a plantation in a State unless there is an approved code of practice for that State) is non‑prescribed goods (see subsection 6(1) of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002, the definition of RFA wood in section 4 of that Act and the definition of non‑prescribed goods in section 12 of the Export Control Act 2020).

2‑2  Wood and woodchips that are taken not to be prescribed goods
  For the purposes of subsection 28(4) of the Act, wood and woodchips covered by subsection 2‑1(1) of this instrument are taken not to be prescribed wood or woodchips if the wood or woodchips are to be exported:
 (a) in a consignment of not more than 2 tonnes; or
 (b) in a consignment that includes not more than 2 tonnes of wood or woodchips.

Division 2—Prohibited export and prescribed export conditions

2‑3  Purpose and application of this Division
 (1) This Division is made for the purposes of section 29 of the Act.
 (2) This Division applies in relation to prescribed wood and woodchips.
Note 1: See Division 1 of this Part in relation to goods that are prescribed wood and woodchips.
Note 2: Wood and woodchips are taken not to be prescribed wood or woodchips in the circumstances prescribed by section 2‑2 of this instrument (see the definition of prescribed goods in section 12 of the Act).

2‑4  Export of prescribed wood or woodchips is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with
  The export from Australian territory of prescribed wood or woodchips is prohibited unless:
 (a) the exporter of the prescribed wood or woodchips holds a wood export licence to carry out operations to export the wood or woodchips; and
 (b) the wood export licence is in force and not suspended at the time the wood or woodchips are exported.
Note 1: Other conditions will apply in addition to the conditions in this section if the prescribed wood or woodchips are a prescribed plant product under the Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Rules 2021. The export of the wood or woodchips would also be subject to export conditions prescribed by that instrument.
Note 2: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if prescribed goods are exported in contravention of a prescribed export condition (see