Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may certify that a particular country is, or was, during a specified period or on a specified day:
(a) a member country of the World Trade Organization; or
(b) a developing country, whether a member country or not; or
(c) a special developing country within the meaning of subsection (2).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a country is, or was, during a specified period or on a specified day, a special developing country if:
(a) it is or was, during that period or on that day, a developing country; and
(b) it is or was, during that period or on that day:
(i) a least developed country, whether a member country or not; or
(ii) a member country that has eliminated and not restored export subsidies; or
(iii) a member country referred to in paragraph (b) of Annex VII of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures having a gross national product of less than $US1,000 per annum per head of population.
(3) For all purposes of this Part and in all proceedings, a certificate under subsection (1) is conclusive evidence of the matters certified, except so far as the contrary is established.