Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:28
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 28
Character Range: 86704–88047

28  Rules may prescribe goods for the purposes of this Act
 (1) The rules may prescribe kinds of goods (prescribed goods) for the purposes of this Act.
 (2) Rules made for the purposes of subsection (1) may prescribe a kind of goods by reference to particular circumstances, including, for example:
 (a) a place to which the goods are, or are intended to be, exported; and
 (b) the intended use of the goods.
 (3) In deciding whether to prescribe a kind of goods referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of goods in section 12, the Secretary may have regard to the following matters:
 (a) any importing country requirements relating to goods of that kind;
 (b) sanitary matters (being matters relating to food safety, animal health or human health) and phytosanitary matters (being matters relating to plant health) relating to goods of that kind;
 (c) any Australian laws and standards relating to goods of that kind;
 (d) Australia's rights and obligations relating to goods of that kind under any international agreements to which Australia is a party;
 (e) any international standards relating to goods of that kind;
 (f) any other matter the Secretary considers relevant.
 (4) The rules may provide that a kind of goods is taken not to be prescribed goods for the purposes of this Act in the circumstances prescribed by the rules.