Export Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2020 (13 of 2020)

Schedule 3   Application, saving and transitional provisions

Part 3   Accredited properties

9   Accreditations in force immediately before commencement time

(1) This item applies to a property that was accredited under an old Export Control Order if the accreditation of the property was in force immediately before the commencement time.

(2) For the purposes of subitem (1), the accreditation of a property is taken to have been in force under an old Export Control Order immediately before the commencement time even if the accreditation of the property was suspended at that time.

Accreditation continues in force

(3) The accreditation of the property continues in force after the commencement time:

(a) as if the property had been accredited under Chapter 3 of the new Export Control Act; and

(b) subject to any conditions stated in the notice of the decision to accredit the property, or a later decision to renew the accreditation of the property, that was given to the manager of the property by the Secretary before the commencement time.

Note 1: The accreditation is also subject to the conditions provided by the new Export Control Act and the conditions prescribed by rules made for the purposes of paragraph 80(1)(b) of that Act (see subsection 80(1) of that Act).

Note 2: The accreditation of the property may be varied under item 16 of this Schedule or varied, suspended or revoked under Chapter 3 of the new Export Control Act.

Expiry of accreditation

(4) If there was no expiry date for the accreditation of the property under the old Export Control Order, the accreditation of the property continues in force unless it is revoked under Part 6 of Chapter 3 of the new Export Control Act or under rules made for the purposes of subsection 109(3) of that Act.

(5) If there was an expiry date for the accreditation of the property under the old Export Control Order, the accreditation of the property continues in force until that expiry date unless:

(a) it is renewed under Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the new Export Control Act on or before that date; or

(b) it is revoked under Part 6 of Chapter 3 of that Act or under rules made for the purposes of subsection 109(3) of that Act on or before that date.