Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:72
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 72
Character Range: 152500–153698

72  Period of effect of government certificate
 (1) A government certificate in relation to a kind of goods takes effect:
 (a)  on the date it is issued; or
 (b) if a later date is stated in the certificate—on that later date.
 (2) A government certificate that relates to a single consignment of goods remains in force until the earlier of the following:
 (a) any expiry date specified in the certificate;
 (b) the day the certificate is accepted, or rejected, by the importing country.
 (3) A government certificate that relates to 2 or more consignments of goods remains in force until the earliest of the following:
 (a) any expiry date specified in the certificate;
 (b) the day any consignment of the goods is rejected by the importing country;
 (c) the day on which the last consignment of the goods is accepted by the importing country.
 (4) Despite subsections (2) and (3), a government certificate in relation to a kind of goods ceases to be in force if:
 (a) the goods are no longer intended to be exported to the country in relation to which the certificate was issued; or
 (b) the certificate is revoked; or
 (c) circumstances prescribed by the rules exist.

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