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exists at the commencement of the Export Control (Organic Goods) Amendment (National Organic Standard) Rules 2024.
Note: The document could in 2024 be viewed on the Department's website (http://www.agriculture.gov.au).
organic goods means goods that are described as, or described as including ingredients that are, organic, biodynamic, biological, ecological or any other similar description, and includes goods that are described as in‑conversion to organic or biodynamic.
organic goods certificate means a government certificate that:
 (a) is issued in relation to prescribed organic goods; and
 (b) states that all relevant importing country requirements relating to the prescribed organic goods and the operations to produce or prepare them for export are met.
Note: The issuing body for an organic goods certificate is an approved certifying body or the Secretary (see section 2‑14).
organic goods certification operations means operations to certify that relevant importing country requirements relating to prescribed organic goods and the operations to produce or prepare them for export are met for the purpose of issuing an organic goods certificate in relation to the organic goods.
organic operator, in relation to prescribed organic goods, means a person who carries out operations to produce or prepare the organic goods for export.
Note: For prepare and produce, see section 12 of the Act.
prescribed organic goods means organic goods that are prescribed goods under Division 1 of Part 1 of Chapter 2.
relevant importing country authority means the authority or body that is responsible for regulating the importation of prescribed organic goods into that country from Australian territory.
resources industry structure means:
 (a) a resources industry fixed structure (within the meaning of the Sea Installations Act 1987); or
 (b) a resources industry mobile unit (within the meaning of that Act) that is not a vessel.
Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty means the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea done at New York on 6 March 2018, as in force at the commencement of this instrument.
Note: The Treaty is in Australian Treaty Series 2019 No. 16 ([2019] ATS 16) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Chapter 2—Exporting goods

Part 1—Goods

Division 1—Prescribed goods

2‑1  Organic goods that are prescribed goods
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act and subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, organic goods are prescribed for the purposes of the Act.
Note: Organic goods are taken not to be prescribed goods for the purposes of the Act in the circumstances prescribed by section 2‑2 of this instrument (see the definition of prescribed goods in section 12 of the Act).
 (2) Organic goods that are