Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In this regulation:
"country" includes an international organisation of states or a dependent territory of a country.
"Interlaken Declaration" means the Interlaken Declaration of 5 November 2002 on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds.
"Kimberley Process" means the international certification arrangement for rough diamonds adopted under the Interlaken Declaration.
"Kimberley Process Certificate" means a certificate that meets the minimum requirements for certificates specified in Part A of Annex 1 of the document known as the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme which accompanied the Interlaken Declaration.
"original certificate" means the original Kimberley Process Certificate mentioned in paragraph (2)(b).
"Participant" means a country that is a Participant in the Kimberley Process.
"rough diamonds" means diamonds that:
(a) are unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted; and
(b) are classified under heading 7102.10.00, 7102.21.00 or 7102.31.00 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 .
(2) The importation of rough diamonds from a country is prohibited unless:
(a) the country is a Participant; and
(b) the country has issued a Kimberley Process Certificate for the rough diamonds; and
(c) the original certificate is produced to a Collector at or before the time of importation; and
(d) the rough diamonds are imported in a tamper resistant container.
(3) The importer must:
(a) retain the original certificate for a period of 5 years after the time of importation; and
(b) produce the original certificate to an employee of the Department administered by the Minister administering the Offshore Minerals Act 1994 if requested to do so within that period.