Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:69
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 69
Character Range: 150324–151802

69  Applications in relation to certain kinds of non‑prescribed goods
 (1) This section applies in relation to an application to the Secretary for a government certificate that relates to a kind of goods (the relevant goods) referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of goods in section 12 that:
 (a) are non‑prescribed goods; and
 (b) are not specified by rules made for the purposes of subparagraph 62(2)(a)(i) or (ii).
 (2) For the purposes of making a decision in relation to the application, the Secretary may have regard to the following matters (in addition to the matters referred to in subsection 67(3)):
 (a) sanitary matters (being matters relating to food safety, animal health or human health) and phytosanitary matters (being matters relating to plant health) relating to the relevant goods;
 (b) any Australian laws and standards relating to the relevant goods;
 (c) Australia's rights and obligations relating to the relevant goods under any international agreements to which Australia is a party;
 (d) any international standards relating to the relevant goods;
 (e) any other matter the Secretary considers relevant.
 (3) However, the Secretary need not have regard to the matters referred to in subsection (2) if:
 (a) goods of the same kind as the relevant goods have previously been exported to a country; and
 (b) the Secretary has previously issued a government certificate in relation to goods of that kind that have been exported to that country.