Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ILLEGAL LOGGING PROHIBITION ACT 2012 - SECT 7

    In this Act:

"Australia" , when used in a geographical sense, does not include the external Territories.

"civil penalty provision" has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.

"Commonwealth authority" means the following:

  (a)   a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under an Act;

  (b)   a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together:

  (i)   the Commonwealth;

  (ii)   a body covered by paragraph   (a).

"constitutional corporation" means a corporation to which paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

"Customs Minister" means the Minister administering the Customs Act 1901 .

"due diligence requirements" :

  (a)   for importing regulated timber products--has the meaning given by subsection   14(1); and

  (b)   for processing raw logs--has the meaning given by subsection   18(1).

"illegally logged" , in relation to timber, means harvested in contravention of laws in force in the place (whether or not in Australia) where the timber was harvested.

"import" means import into Australia.

"inspector" means a person appointed under section   19.

"regulated timber product" has the meaning given by subsection   9(3).

"Regulatory Powers Act" means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 .

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department.

"this Act" includes the regulations.

"timber product" means a thing that is, is made from, or includes, timber.