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2022
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods
Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2022
No. , 2022
(Senator Steele-John)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Act 1901,
and for related purposes
No. , 2022
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour)
Bill 2022
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Customs Act 1901
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No. , 2022
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour)
Bill 2022
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Act 1901,
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By
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Forced Labour) Act 2022
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour)
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour)
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Customs Act 1901
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1 Section 50 (at the end of the heading)
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Add "
--general
".
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2 After section 50
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Insert:
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50A Prohibition of the importation of goods--goods produced by
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forced labour
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The importation into Australia of goods produced or manufactured,
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in whole or in part, through the use of forced labour (within the
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meaning of the
Criminal Code
) is prohibited absolutely.
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3 Subsection 51(1)
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After "section 50", insert "or 50A".
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4 Application provision
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The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to goods
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imported into Australia on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
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