2010-2011-2012-2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) 

Amendment Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Home Affairs) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Tariff 

(Anti-Dumping) Act 1975, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Tariff 

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(Anti-Dumping) Act 1975, and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) 

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Amendment Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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(1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 

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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 

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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provision(s) 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  Sections 1 to 3 

and anything in 

this Act not 

elsewhere covered 

by this table 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

2.  Schedule 1 

At the same time as the Customs Amendment 

(Anti-dumping Measures) Act 2013 

commences. 

1 January 2014 

Note:  

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 

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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 

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this Act. 

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(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 

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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

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may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendments 

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Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975 

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1  After subsection 8(5B) 

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Insert: 

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(5BAA)  However, subsection (5B) does not require the Minister to have 

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regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied 

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that either or both of the following apply in relation to the goods 

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the subject of the notice under subsection 269TG(1) or (2) of the 

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Customs Act: 

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(a)  the normal value of the goods was not ascertained under 

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subsection 269TAC(1) of that Act because of the operation of 

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subparagraph 269TAC(2)(a)(ii) of that Act; 

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(b)  there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that 

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consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or 

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not that industry consists of other enterprises. 

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2  After subsection 8(5BA) 

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Insert: 

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  (5BAAA)  However, subsection (5BA) does not require the Minister to have 

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regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied 

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that one or more of the following apply in relation to the goods the 

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subject of the notice under subsection 269TG(1) or (2) of the 

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Customs Act: 

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(a)  the normal value of the goods was not ascertained under 

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subsection 269TAC(1) of that Act because of the operation of 

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subparagraph 269TAC(2)(a)(ii) of that Act; 

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(b)  there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that 

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consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or 

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not that industry consists of other enterprises; 

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(c)  if a countervailable subsidy has been received in respect of 

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the goods--the country in relation to which the subsidy has 

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been provided has not complied with Article 25 of the 

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Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures for the 

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compliance period. 

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3  After subsection 9(5AA) 

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Insert: 

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(5AAA)  However, subsection (5AA) does not require the Minister to have 

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regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied 

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that either or both of the following apply in relation to the goods 

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the subject of the notice under subsection 269TH(1) or (2) of the 

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Customs Act: 

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(a)  the normal value of the goods was not ascertained under 

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subsection 269TAC(1) of that Act because of the operation of 

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subparagraph 269TAC(2)(a)(ii) of that Act; 

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(b)  there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that 

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consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or 

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not that industry consists of other enterprises. 

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4  After subsection 10(3C) 

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Insert: 

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(3CA)  However, subsection (3C) does not require the Minister to have 

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regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied 

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that either or both of the following apply in relation to the goods 

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the subject of the notice under subsection 269TJ(1) or (2) of the 

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Customs Act: 

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(a)  the country in relation to which the countervailable subsidy 

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has been provided has not complied with Article 25 of the 

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Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures for the 

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compliance period; 

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(b)  there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that 

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consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or 

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not that industry consists of other enterprises. 

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5  After subsection 10(3D) 

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Insert: 

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(3DA)  However, subsection (3D) does not require the Minister to have 

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regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied 

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that one or more of the following apply in relation to the goods the 

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subject of the notice under subsection 269TJ(1) or (2) of the 

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Customs Act: 

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(a)  the country in relation to which the countervailable subsidy 

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has been provided has not complied with Article 25 of the 

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Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures for the 

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compliance period; 

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(b)  there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that 

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consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or 

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not that industry consists of other enterprises; 

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(c)  if the normal value of the goods was ascertained under 

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Part XVB of that Act--the normal value of the goods was not 

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ascertained under subsection 269TAC(1) of that Act because 

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of the operation of subparagraph 269TAC(2)(a)(ii) of that 

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Act. 

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6  After subsection 11(5) 

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Insert: 

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(5A)  However, subsection (5) does not require the Minister to have 

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regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied 

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that either or both of the following apply in relation to the goods 

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the subject of the notice under subsection 269TK(1) or (2) of the 

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Customs Act: 

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(a)  the country in relation to which the countervailable subsidy 

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has been provided has not complied with Article 25 of the 

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Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures for the 

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compliance period; 

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(b)  there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that 

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consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or 

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not that industry consists of other enterprises. 

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7  Application provisions 

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(1) 

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to a notice 

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given under subsection 269TG(1) or (2), 269TH(1) or (2), 269TJ(1) or 

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(2) or 269TK(1) or (2) of the Customs Act 1901 on or after the 

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commencement of this Schedule, where: 

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(a)  the application for the notice is made on or after that 

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commencement; or 

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(b)  the investigation under subsection 269TAG(1) of that Act 

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begins on or after that commencement. 

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(2) 

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to a notice 

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given under subsection 269TG(1) or (2), 269TH(1) or (2), 269TJ(1) or 

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(2) or 269TK(1) or (2) of the Customs Act 1901 before the 

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commencement of this Schedule, where, on or after that 

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Schedule 1  Amendments 

   

 

 

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commencement, the Minister publishes a notice under 

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subsection 269ZHG(1) of that Act declaring the continuation of the 

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anti-dumping measures concerned. 

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