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2013-2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Export Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
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(Agriculture)
A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to
exports and imports, and for related purposes
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Export Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
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Export Control Act 1982
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Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985
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Imported Food Control Act 1992
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Export Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
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A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to
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exports and imports, 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 may be cited as the Export Legislation Amendment Act
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2014.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act 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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule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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Schedule 1
--Amendments
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Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
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1 Section 3
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Insert:
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quota has the same meaning as in the Australian Meat and
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Live-stock (Quotas) Act 1990.
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2 At the end of subsection 17(3)
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Add:
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; and (c) in the case of an order made under this section--may:
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(i) require payment of the prescribed fee for the exercise of
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a power, or performance of a duty, under the order, if
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that power or duty relates to a consignment for export
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otherwise than in accordance with a quota; and
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(ii) provide for the waiver or remission of such fees.
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3 Application of amendment
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The amendment made by item 2 applies in relation to fees payable for
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powers exercised, or duties performed, on or after the first day of the
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first financial year starting on or after the commencement of that item.
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Export Control Act 1982
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4 Subsection 10E(7)
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Omit "section 10F", substitute "section 10G".
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Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985
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5 Subsection 3(1)
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Repeal the following definitions:
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(a) definition of animal reproductive material;
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(b) definition of dairy produce;
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(c) definition of dried fruit;
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(d) definition of dried fruit product;
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(e) definition of edible game offal;
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(f) definition of egg product;
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(g) definition of eggs.
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6 Subsection 3(1) (definition of establishment)
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Omit "prescribed commodities", substitute "prescribed goods".
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7 Subsection 3(1) (definition of exporter)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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exporter, of prescribed goods, means the person in whose name an
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export permit in respect of the prescribed goods is granted.
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8 Subsection 3(1)
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Repeal the following definitions:
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(a) definition of fish;
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(b) definition of fish product;
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(c) definition of fruit juice;
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(d) definition of fruit product;
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(e) definition of game animal;
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(f) definition of game meat;
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(g) definition of game meat product;
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(h) definition of grain;
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(i) definition of meat and meat product;
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(j) definition of milk product;
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(k) definition of poultry;
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(l) definition of poultry meat;
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(m) definition of poultry meat product.
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9 Subsection 3(1) (definition of preparation)
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Omit "prescribed commodities" (wherever occurring), substitute
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"prescribed goods".
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10 Subsection 3(1) (definition of prescribed commodity)
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Repeal the definition.
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11 Subsection 3(1)
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Insert:
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prescribed goods has the same meaning as in the Export Control
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Act 1982.
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12 Subsection 3(1)
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Repeal the following definitions:
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(a) definition of rabbit;
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(b) definition of rabbit meat;
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(c) definition of rabbit meat product;
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(d) definition of vegetable juice;
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(e) definition of vegetable product.
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13 Subparagraph 3A(1)(b)(ii)
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Omit "a prescribed commodity", substitute "prescribed goods".
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14 Paragraph 3A(1)(b)
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Omit "the prescribed commodity", substitute "the prescribed goods".
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15 Subsection 5(1)
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Omit "a prescribed commodity", substitute "prescribed goods".
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16 Subsection 5(1)
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Omit "that prescribed commodity", substitute "the prescribed goods".
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17 Sections 6 and 6A
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Repeal the sections, substitute:
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6 Returns in respect of quantity charge
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The exporter of prescribed goods in respect of which quantity
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charge is imposed must give the Secretary a return:
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(a) for each month in which export permits are granted in respect
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of the prescribed goods; and
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(b) that contains the particulars prescribed by the regulations.
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6A Returns in respect of service charge
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(1) If service charge is imposed on the provision of an export
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inspection service at an establishment, the registered occupier of
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the establishment must give the Secretary a return:
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(a) for each month in which the service is so provided; and
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(b) that contains the particulars prescribed by the regulations.
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(2) A person requesting the provision of an external export inspection
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service in respect of which service charge is imposed must give the
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Secretary a return:
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(a) for each month in which the service is so provided; and
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(b) that contains the particulars prescribed by the regulations.
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18 Subsection 9(1)
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Omit "a prescribed commodity shall", substitute "prescribed goods
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must".
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19 Subsection 9(1)
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Omit "that prescribed commodity", substitute "the prescribed goods".
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20 Subsection 9(1)
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Omit "subsection 6(1)", substitute "section 6".
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21 Paragraph 12(1)(a)
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Omit "a prescribed commodity", substitute "prescribed goods".
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22 Paragraph 12(1)(b)
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Omit "that prescribed commodity", substitute "the prescribed goods".
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23 Section 16B
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Repeal the section, substitute:
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16B Delegation by Secretary
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The Secretary may delegate, in writing, the Secretary's power
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under section 12A to an SES employee, or acting SES employee,
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in the Department.
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24 Paragraph 17(c)
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Omit "a prescribed commodity", substitute "prescribed goods".
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25 At the end of section 17
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Add:
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Note:
Regulations may prescribe something by class (see subsection 13(3) of
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the Legislative Instruments Act 2003).
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(1)
The amendments made by items 5, 7, 8, 10 to 12, 15 to 22 and 24 apply
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in relation to export permits granted on or after the first day of the first
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financial year starting on or after the commencement of those items.
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(2)
The amendments made by items 6 and 9 apply in relation to
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establishments registered (or whose registrations are renewed) on or
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after the first day of the first financial year starting on or after the
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commencement of this Schedule.
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(3)
The amendments made by items 13 and 14 apply in relation to
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attendances happening on or after the first day of the first financial year
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starting on or after the commencement of those items.
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--initial regulations
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(1)
This item applies to the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection
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Regulations 1985
(as in force immediately before the commencement of
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this item).
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(2)
The regulations (to the extent that they specify or refer to commodities)
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have effect, after the commencement of this item, as if any of those
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commodities that is not a prescribed good (within the meaning of the
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Export Control Act 1982) were disregarded.
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(3)
Subitem (2) does not apply to the extent that the regulations relate to
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charge imposed by the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993.
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(4)
The regulations have effect, after the commencement of this item, as if a
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reference in the regulations to a prescribed commodity were a reference
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to a prescribed good (within the meaning of the Export Control Act
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1982).
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(5)
The regulations (to the extent that they were made for the purposes of
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section 6 or 6A of the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection
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Act 1985) have effect, after the commencement of this item, as if they
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were made for the purposes of that section as amended by this Act.
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Imported Food Control Act 1992
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28 Subsection 3(1) (definition of AQIS)
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Repeal the definition.
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29 Subsection 3(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of
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authorised officer)
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Omit "an officer of AQIS", substitute "an APS employee in the
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Department".
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30 Subsection 40(1)
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Omit "an officer of AQIS", substitute "an APS employee in the
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Department".
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31 Section 41
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Repeal the section, substitute:
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41 Delegation by Secretary
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The Secretary may, by signed instrument, delegate any or all of the
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Secretary's powers under this Act to:
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(a) an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the
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Department; or
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(b) an APS employee who holds or performs the duties of an
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Executive Level 1 or 2 position, or an equivalent position, in
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the Department.
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