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THE EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1989

SCHEDULE 2

MINOR AMENDMENTS OF ACTS

SCHEDULE 3

NEW SCHEDULE 3 TO THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN ACT 1983

Primary Industries and Energy Legislation
Amendment Act 1990

No. 134 of 1990

An Act to amend various Acts relating to matters dealt
with by the Department of Primary Industries and Energy,
and for related purposes

[Assented to 28 December 1990]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1990.

Commencement

2. (1) Except for Part 7, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

  (2) Part 7 is to be taken to have commenced on 1 October 1990.

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF THE EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE
CONTROL ACT 1989

Principal Act

3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 19891.

Substitution of the Schedule

4. The Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Act is substituted.

PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF THE EXPORT CONTROL
ACT 1982

Principal Act

  5. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Export Control Act 19822.

False trade descriptions

6. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (2) (c) ", or stated in," after "applied to".

7. Section 23 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Certificates with respect to goods

"23. The regulations may provide for the issue by the Secretary of certificates as to matters in relation to which a country requires certification before goods from Australia may be imported into that country.".

8. After section 24 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Electronic transmission of information and documents

"24a. (1) The regulations may prescribe specifications (in this section called 'the specifications') for the transmission of information and documents:

  (a) to the Secretary; and

     (b) from the Secretary to a person who has given notice of intention to export goods;

by means of a process that includes the use of data processing devices.

"(2) The specifications may include codes to be used in the transmission of information or documents and may specify what the components of such codes are to signify when so used.

"(3) A person may give information or a document to the Secretary by transmitting the information or document to the Secretary in accordance with the specifications.

"(4) The Secretary may give information or a document to a person by transmitting the information or document to the person in accordance with the specifications.

"(5) A