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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 Division 4 of Part 1 of Chapter 2 of the Act).
Note 3: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if export operations covered by a wood export licence are carried out after the licence has been revoked (see section 215 of the Act).

Part 2—Government certificates

2‑5  Government certificate may be issued in relation to wood or woodchips
  For the purposes of subsections 62(1) and (2) of the Act, a government certificate may be issued in relation to wood or woodchips that are to be, or that have been, exported.
Note 1: Grounds for the issuing body to refuse to issue a government certificate in relation to wood or woodchips are provided by paragraphs 67(3)(a) to (f) of the Act.
Note 2: An exporter who applies for a government certificate in relation to wood or woodchips must retain certain records for at least 5 years (see section 11‑4 of this instrument).

Part 3—State codes of practice

2‑6  State may request approval of code of practice
  A State may request the Minister, in writing, to approve a code of practice for the State.

2‑7  Approval of code of practice
 (1) If the Minister receives a request from a State under section 2‑6, the Minister may, by notifiable instrument, approve the code of practice to which the request relates.
 (2) The Minister may approve a code of practice for a State under subsection (1) only if subsection (3) or (4) applies.
 (3) This subsection applies if the Minister is satisfied that the code of practice for the State would satisfactorily protect environmental and heritage values in the State.
 (4) This subsection applies if:
 (a) the Minister is satisfied that the code of practice for the State would substantially protect environmental and heritage values in the State; and
 (b) the State enters into a written agreement with the Commonwealth to:
 (i) by a date specified in the agreement, amend the code of practice to ensure that it would satisfactorily protect those values; and
 (ii) advise the Commonwealth, in writing, when the amendments have been made.
 (5) For the purposes of subsection (3) or (4), in considering whether a code of practice for a State would satisfactorily or substantially protect environmental and heritage values in the State, the Minister must have regard to the findings of a scientific assessment of the code of practice prepared under the direction of the Secretary and based on the national plantation