Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00282:reg:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00282
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 17
Character Range: 21166–22472

17  Exclusion from subsection 16(2) of the Act: representative body
 (1) A representative body is excluded from subsection 16(2) of the Act.
 (2) A person other than an individual is a representative body if the person satisfies all of the following requirements:
 (a) the person promotes the interests of a group of Australian persons (the represented group);
 (b) the person does so in a way that is representative of the members of an industry, the members of a substantial part of an industry, or the members of more than one industry;
 (ba) the number of members in the represented group is a substantial proportion of the members of that industry, that part of an industry or those industries;
 (c) all or a substantial number of the members of the represented group:
 (i) are ready to export eligible products, or are exporting eligible products and seeking to expand their export promotion activity (within existing, or to new, export markets) for eligible products; or
 (ii) have a designated connection to an eligible product (see section 27);
 (e) either:
 (i) the person does not export eligible products; or
 (ii) the export of eligible products is not one of the person's primary activities;
 (f) the person does not distribute income to members or shareholders.

Part 3—Eligible products