Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) The regulations must prescribe due diligence requirements for importing regulated timber products.
(2) The requirements must be prescribed only for the purposes of reducing the risk that imported regulated timber products are, are made from, or include, illegally logged timber.
(3) The requirements may include requirements in relation to one or more of the following:
(a) gathering information for the purposes of assessing that risk, including in relation to the following:
(i) the kind, origin and details of harvest of timber;
(ii) the name and business addresses of, and other details about, suppliers of timber or timber products;
(iii) evidence of compliance with the laws of the country in which timber was harvested;
(iv) the completeness, accuracy or reliability of information gathered;
(b) assessing and identifying that risk;
(c) depending on the level of risk, measures to mitigate that risk;
(d) making declarations to the Customs Minister under section 13;
(e) providing statements of compliance;
(f) auditing;
(g) taking remedial action in prescribed circumstances;
(h) providing reports and other information to the Minister;
(i) publishing information.
(4) Subsection (3) does not limit subsection (2).
(5) The regulations may provide for due diligence requirements for importing regulated timber products to be satisfied, wholly or partly, by compliance with specified laws, rules or processes, including the following:
(a) laws, or processes under laws, in force in a State or Territory or another country;
(b) rules or processes established or accredited by an industry or certifying body;
(c) established operational processes.
(6) Paragraphs (5)(a) to (c) do not limit subsection (5).