House of Representatives

Explanatory Memorandum

Circulated by authority of the Minister for Home Affairs, the Honourable Jason Clare MP

Notes on clauses

Clause 1 - Short title

1. This clause provides for the Bill, when enacted, to be cited as the Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Act 2013 .

Clause 2 - Commencement

2. This clause provides for the Bill to commence on 1 January 2014.

Clause 3 - Schedule(s)

3. This clause is the formal enabling provision for the Schedule to the Bill, providing that each Act specified in a Schedule is amended in accordance with the applicable items of the Schedule. In this Bill the Act being amended is the Customs Act 1901 .

4. The clause also provides that the other items of the Schedules have effect according to their terms. This is a standard enabling clause for transitional, savings and application items in amending legislation. In this Bill there is an application provision in item 38 of Schedule 1.

5. For ease of description, this explanatory memorandum uses the following abbreviations:

'Commissioner' means the 'Anti-dumping Commissioner' established under Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901

'Customs Act' means the Customs Act 1901

'Dumping Duty Act' means the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975

'Anti-Dumping Agreement' means the World Trade Organization Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

'Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures' means the World Trade Organization Agreement on Subsides and Countervailing Measures .