Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EXPORT CONTROL ACT 2020 - SECT 72

  (1)   A government certificate in relation to a kind of goods takes effect:

  (a)   on the date it is issued; or

  (b)   if a later date is stated in the certificate--on that later date.

  (2)   A government certificate that relates to a single consignment of goods remains in force until the earlier of the following:

  (a)   any expiry date specified in the certificate;

  (b)   the day the certificate is accepted, or rejected, by the importing country.

  (3)   A government certificate that relates to 2 or more consignments of goods remains in force until the earliest of the following:

  (a)   any expiry date specified in the certificate;

  (b)   the day any consignment of the goods is rejected by the importing country;

  (c)   the day on which the last consignment of the goods is accepted by the importing country.

  (4)   Despite subsections   (2) and (3), a government certificate in relation to a kind of goods ceases to be in force if:

  (a)   the goods are no longer intended to be exported to the country in relation to which the certificate was issued; or

  (b)   the certificate is revoked; or

  (c)   circumstances prescribed by the rules exist.