Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

DEFENCE TRADE CONTROLS REGULATION 2013 - REG 15

Marking for goods

  (1)   If an Australian Defence Article in the possession, custody or control of the holder of an approval does not have a security classification, the holder must ensure it is marked:

"//AUSTRALIAN UNCLASSIFIED USML//REL AUS and USA Treaty Community//".

  (2)   If the Australian Defence Article has a security classification, the holder must ensure it is marked:

"//AUSTRALIAN [CLASSIFICATION LEVEL] USML //REL AUS and USA Treaty Community//";

where " [CLASSIFICATION LEVEL] " means the security classification assigned to the Article.

  (3)   If it is not practicable to mark a particular Article:

  (a)   the Article must be accompanied by documentation that includes the marking; and

  (b)   that marking must be clearly visible in the documentation.

Marking for technology

  (4)   If technology relating to an Australian Defence Article in the possession, custody or control of the holder of an approval does not have a security classification, the holder must ensure it is marked:

"//AUSTRALIAN UNCLASSIFIED USML//REL AUS and USA Treaty Community//".

  (5)   If the technology has a security classification, the holder of the approval must ensure it is marked:

"//AUSTRALIAN [CLASSIFICATION LEVEL] USML //REL AUS and USA Treaty Community//";

where " [CLASSIFICATION LEVEL] " means the security classification assigned to the Article.

  (6)   If it is not practicable to mark each individual item of technology:

  (a)   the item must be accompanied by documentation that includes the marking; and

  (b)   that marking must be clearly visible.

  (7)   For this section, examples of documentation are contracts, invoices, shipping bills and bills of lading.