Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01082:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01082
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 13479–16158

9  Goods for members etc. of a Papua New Guinea Visiting Force (item 11)

By-law
 (1) This section may be cited as Customs By‑law No. 2300089.

Prescribed goods
 (2) For the purposes of item 11, each of the following goods are goods to which that item applies:
 (a) personal effects, furniture and household goods of a member or dependant, other than any of the following goods:
 (i) motor vehicles;
 (ii) cigarettes, cigars or tobacco;
 (iii) spirituous liquors.
 (b) motor vehicles.

Conditions
 (3) Item 11 applies to those goods covered by paragraph (2)(a) subject to all of the following conditions:
 (a) the goods were imported at the time of first arrival of a person covered by paragraph (2)(a) in Australia;
 (b) the goods remain in the use, ownership and possession of the person; and
 (c) the goods will not be sold, traded, exchanged, hired out, donated or otherwise disposed of in Australia within two years of the day the goods were imported, unless prior written approval has been obtained from the Collector.
 (4) Item 11 applies to those goods covered by paragraph (2)(b) subject to all of the following conditions:
 (a) the motor vehicle was imported by a member;
 (b) the motor vehicle was owned and used outside Australia by the member during the period of three months ending on the day the member first departed for Australia;
 (c) the motor vehicle is not disposed of in Australia unless prior written approval has been obtained from the Collector;
 (d) the motor vehicle remains in the use, ownership and possession of:
 (i) the member; or
 (ii) with the written permission of the Collector, another member;
  during the period of two years beginning on the day the motor vehicle was imported.

Definitions
 (5) In this section:
Agreement means the Agreement between Australia and Papua & New Guinea regarding the Status of Forces of Each State in the Territory of the Other State, done at Port Moresby on 26 January 1977.
Note: The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 1977 No. 6 ([1977] ATS 6) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
at the time of first arrival means:
 (a) any time during the period of six months beginning on the day the person covered by paragraph (2)(a) arrived in Australia; or
 (b) if the Collector has approved a longer period‑‑such longer period as the Collector has approved in writing.
civilian component has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Agreement.
dependant has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Agreement.
member means a member of a Papua New Guinea Visiting Force or of its civilian component.
Visiting Force has the meaning given