Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsNote: See section 45.
The laws specified or described in this Schedule are exempt from the operation of this Act.
Part 1 -- Laws relating to goods: general
A law of an Australian jurisdiction, including a law relating to quarantine, to the extent that:
(a) the law is enacted or made substantially for the purpose of preventing the entry or spread of any pest, disease, organism, variety, genetic disorder or any other similar thing; and
(b) the law authorises the application of quarantine measures that do not amount to an arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or to a disguised restriction on trade between Australia and New Zealand and are not inconsistent with the requirements of the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation.
A law of an Australian jurisdiction, to the extent that it is enacted or made substantially for the purpose of protecting a species or other class of animals or plants from extinction in the jurisdiction and that it prohibits or restricts the possession, sale, killing or capture of animals or plants of that species or other class in the jurisdiction.
Part 2 -- Laws relating to goods: specific
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Customs (Prohibited Imports)
Regulations |
Fireworks |
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 |
Trade Practices Act 1974 ,
Division 1A of Part V, to the extent that it deals with child
restraints for motor vehicles |
Indecent material |
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 |
Ozone protection |
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
(to the extent that it deals with ozone depleting substances) |
Agricultural and veterinary chemicals |
Agricultural and Veterinary
Chemicals Code Act 1994 |
Other |
Imported Food Control Act 1992 (to the
extent that it deals with risk categorised food commodities) |
Radiocommunications |
Radiocommunications Act 1992 and rules made under that
Act, except to the extent to which that Act, or those rules, deal with
applying labels (within the meaning of that Act) to equipment (within the
meaning of that Act) |
Road vehicles |
Therapeutic goods |
Tobacco |
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 , section 134 of Schedule 2 to that Act, to the extent that it relates to the Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Information Standard 2011 |
Emissions - controlled products |
Product Emissions Standards Rules 2017 , to the extent that they deal with emissions - controlled products that are propulsion marine engines or non - road engines |
Container deposit scheme |
The following laws: (a) Part 5 of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 ; (b) all other provisions of that Act, to the extent that they relate to the container deposit scheme established by that Part; (c) regulations made under that Act to the extent that they relate to that scheme |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Firearms Act 1996 |
Fireworks |
Dangerous Goods Act 1975 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks) |
Gaming machines |
Registered Clubs Act 1976 , Parts 10 and 11
|
Gas appliances |
Gas Supply Act 1996 ,
to the extent that it deals with the regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 |
Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 |
Fair Trading Act 1987 , sections 26, 30,
31 and 38, to the extent that those sections deal with the regulation of child
restraints for motor vehicles |
Indecent material |
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995
|
Ozone protection |
Therapeutic goods |
Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Firearms Regulations 1995 |
Control of Weapons Regulations 1990 |
Fireworks |
Dangerous Goods Act 1985 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks) |
Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 1988 , Part
8, Division 5 |
Gaming machines |
Gas appliances |
Gas Safety Act 1997 , to the extent that it deals with
the regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Indecent material |
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995
|
Ozone protection |
Environment Protection Act 1970 , sections 16
and 41 (to the extent that they deal with ozone depleting substances) and
paragraph 71(1)(gba) |
Therapeutic goods |
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Therapeutic Goods (Victoria) Act 1994 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Fireworks |
Explosives Act 1952 (to the extent that it deals with
fireworks) |
Gaming machines |
Gas appliances |
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 , to the extent
that it deals with the regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Poisons Regulation 1973 under the Health Act 1937 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 |
Fair Trading Act 1989 , sections 81, 83, 85 and 85A, to
the extent that those sections deal with the regulation of child restraints
for motor vehicles |
Indecent material |
Ozone protection |
Environmental
Protection (Interim) Regulation 1995 under the
Environmental Protection Act 1994 (to the extent that it deals with ozone
depleting substances) |
Therapeutic goods |
Poisons Regulation 1973 under the Health Act 1937 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Container deposit scheme |
The following laws: (a) Part 5A of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 ; (b) all other provisions of that Act, to the extent that they relate to the container deposit scheme established by that Part; (c) regulations or other instruments made under that Act, to the extent that they relate to that scheme |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Firearms Regulations 1974 |
Weapons Regulations 1999 |
Fireworks |
Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961 (to the extent that it deals with
fireworks) |
Gaming machines |
Gaming Commission Act 1987 |
Gas appliances |
Gas Standards Act 1972 , to the extent that it deals with the
regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Poisons Act 1964 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 |
Consumer Affairs Act 1971 , sections 23Q, 23R and 23U, to the extent that those sections deal with the regulation of child restraints for motor vehicles |
Fair Trading Act 1987 ,
sections 50 and 59, to the extent that those sections deal with the
regulation of child restraints for motor vehicles |
Indecent material |
Censorship of Films Act 1947 |
Indecent Publications and Articles Act 1902 |
Video Tapes Classification and Control Act 1987 |
Censorship Act 1996 |
Ozone protection |
Environmental Protection Act 1986 (to the extent that it deals with
ozone protection) |
Therapeutic goods |
Poisons Act 1964 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Firearms Regulations 1993 |
Summary Offences Act 1953 , sections 15 and 15A |
Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 , sections 32, 47A and
299A |
Fireworks |
Explosives Act 1936 (to the extent that it deals with
fireworks) |
Gaming machines |
Gas appliances |
Gas Act 1997 ,
to the extent that it deals with the regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Controlled Substances Act 1984 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Indecent material |
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 |
Summary Offences Act 1953 , sections 33 and 35 |
Ozone protection |
Environment Protection Act 1993 , Part 8, Division 3 |
Other |
Environment Protection Act 1993 , Part 8, Division 2 (dealing with beverage containers) |
Summary Offences Act 1953 , Section
9B |
Therapeutic goods |
Controlled Substances Act 1984 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Fireworks |
Dangerous Goods Act 1976 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks) |
Gaming machines |
Gaming Control Act 1993 (to the extent that it deals with
gaming machines) |
Gas appliances |
Gas Act 2000 , to the extent that it
deals with the regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Poisons Act 1971 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Dangerous Goods Act 1976 |
Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 |
Indecent material |
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995
|
Ozone protection |
Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 (to the extent that it
deals with ozone protection) |
Other |
Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 (to the extent that it relates to
the possession, sale or capture of abalone, crayfish or scallops of a certain
minimum size) |
Therapeutic goods |
Poisons Act 1971 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
10 Australian Capital Territory
Container deposit scheme |
The following laws: (a) Part 10A of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016 ; (b) all other provisions of that Act, to the extent that they relate to the container deposit scheme established by that Part; (c) regulations made under that Act, to the extent that they relate to that scheme |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Fireworks |
Dangerous Goods Act 1975 of New
South Wales in its application to the Australian Capital Territory (to the
extent that it deals with fireworks) |
Gaming machines |
Gaming Machine Act
1987 |
Gas appliances |
Gas Safety Act 2000 , to the extent that it deals
with the regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Poisons and Drugs Act 1978 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 |
Indecent material |
Business Franchise ("X" Videos) Act 1990 |
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995
|
Ozone protection |
Therapeutic goods |
Poisons and Drugs Act 1978 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Container deposit scheme |
The following laws: (a) Part 2 of the Environment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Act 2011 ; (b) all other provisions of that Act, to the extent that they relate to the container deposit scheme established by that Part; (c) regulations or other instruments made under that Act, to the extent that they relate to that scheme |
Firearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons |
Fireworks |
Dangerous Goods Act 1998 (to the extent that it deals with
fireworks) |
Gaming machines |
Gas appliances |
Dangerous Goods Act 1998 , to the extent that it deals with the
regulation of gas appliances |
Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods |
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 |
Indecent material |
Classification of Publications, Films and Computer Games Act 1985
|
Ozone protection |
Therapeutic goods |
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 , to the extent that it deals with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act |