Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

REGULATION 2   INTERPRETATION  

2(1)    
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

adjustable stock
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) .

amphibole asbestos
(Repealed by FRLI No F2019L00365)

asbestos
has the same meaning as in the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 .

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
has the same meaning as in the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 .

Australian Standard
means a standard approved for publication on behalf of the Council of the Standards Association of Australia, being the association of that name incorporated by Royal Charter;

Australian Wool Corporation Standard
(Omitted by SR No 412 of 1995)

Australian Wool Exchange
means the Australian Wool Exchange Limited ACN 061 495 565;

Australian Wool Exchange Standard
means a standard published by the Australian Wool Exchange;

Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Standard
(Repealed by SLI No 114 of 2014)

British Standard
means a standard issued by the British Standards Institution established under Royal Charter;

CFC
(Repealed by FRLI No F2023L00753)

component of ammunition
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) .

cream
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

designated therapeutic substance
(Omitted by SR No 289 of 1991)

detachable stock
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) .

dried or dehydrated fruit
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

dried or dehydrated mixed fruit
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

encapsulator
has the meaning given by subregulation 4G(7) .

electro-shock cartridge
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) .

exempt firearm
(Omitted by SR No 91 of 1996)

firearm
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) ;

firearm accessory
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) ;

firearm magazine
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) ;

firearm part
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) ;

flash point
means the temperature at which petroleum and shale products (including kerosene) give off an inflammable vapor upon being tested by the Abel Pensky closed test apparatus;

folding stock
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) .

fresh milk
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

handgun
has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4) .

HCFC
(Repealed by FRLI No F2023L00753)

HFC
(Repealed by FRLI No F2023L00753)

human embryo clone
(Omitted by SLI No 188 of 2009)

imitation
has the meaning given by subregulation 4F(4) .

International Tonnage Certificate (1969)
means a certificate in the form of the International Tonnage Certificate (1969) set out in Annex II to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.

IUPAC name
means a designation attributed to a chemical by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, being a designation contained in International Standard ISO 1750-1981: Pesticides and Agrochemicals - Common Names, published at Geneva by the International Standards Organisation in 1981;

kava
means a plant or part of a plant of the species Piper methysticum or a preparation obtained from the plant or part of the plant;

licensed importer
(Omitted by SR No 289 of 1991)

mercury
means elemental mercury (Hg(0), CAS No. 7439-97-6), and includes mixtures of mercury (including alloys of mercury) with a mercury concentration of at least 95% by weight, but does not include non-Minamata mercury.

Minamata Convention
means the Minamata Convention on Mercury done at Minamata on 10 October 2013, as in force for Australia at the commencement of this definition.

Note:

The Convention could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

nitrogen trifluoride
(Repealed by FRLI No F2023L00753)

non-Minamata mercury
means any of the following:

(a) mercury to be used for laboratory-scale research or as a reference standard;

(b) naturally occurring trace quantities of mercury present in:

(i) products such as non-mercury metals, ores or mineral products (including coal); or

(ii) products derived from the products mentioned in subparagraph (i);

(c) unintentional trace quantities of mercury in chemical products.

package
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

paint
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

PFC
(Repealed by FRLI No F2023L00753)

pistol
(Omitted by SR No 460 of 1990)

poppy straw
means any part (other than the seeds) of either of the following:

(a) a plant of the species Papaver somniferum (otherwise known as opium poppy);

(b) a plant of the species Papaver bracteatum .

replica
(Omitted by SLI No 275 of 2010)

security sensitive ammonium nitrate
means any of the following:

(a) ammonium nitrate;

(b) an emulsion that is made up of more than 45 per cent ammonium nitrate;

(c) a mixture that is made up of more than 45 per cent ammonium nitrate;

but does not include ammonium nitrate in solution.

SGG
or synthetic greenhouse gas
(Repealed by FRLI No F2023L00753)

solid detergents
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

sulfur hexafluoride
(Repealed by FRLI No F2023L00753)

tablet press
has the meaning given by subregulation 4G(7) .

the Act
means the Customs Act 1901 ;

The British Pharmacopoeia
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

therapeutic substance
means a substance, including a mixture or compound of substances, that has a therapeutic use and includes a surgical ligature, suture or dressing, but does not include a vaccine prepared from microscopic organisms from the body of a person or animal for use in the treatment of that person or animal only;

therapeutic use
means a use for the purpose of:

(a) the preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating of a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons or animals;

(b) the influencing, inhibiting or modifying of a physiological process in persons or animals; or

(c) the testing of the susceptibility of persons or animals to a disease or ailment;

tobacco
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

two-pack paint
(Omitted by SR No 286 of 1992)

viable material
(Omitted by SLI No 188 of 2009)

Work Health and Safety Minister
means the Minister administering the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 .

2(1A)    
(Omitted by SR No 91 of 1996)

2(2)    
(Repealed by FRLI No F2019L01615)

2(3)    
For the purpose of these Regulations:

(a)    a reference to a British Standard published on a date specified in these Regulations shall be read as a reference to such British Standard published by the British Standards Institution on that date; and

(b)    where a British Standard refers to another instrument, that instrument shall be deemed to be incorporated with, and form part of, the British Standard.

2(4)    
For the purposes of these Regulations:

(a)    a reference to an Australian Standard, or a Part of an Australian Standard, published on a date specified in these Regulations shall be read as a reference to the Australian Standard, or the Part of an Australian Standard, as the case requires, approved for publication on that date; and

(b)    where an Australian Standard refers to another instrument, that instrument shall be deemed to be incorporated with, and form part of, the Australian Standard.

2(5)    
For the purposes of these Regulations:

(a)    a reference to an Australian Wool Exchange Standard published on a date specified in these Regulations is taken to include a reference to the Australian Wool Exchange Standard approved for publication on that date; and

(b)    if an Australian Wool Exchange Standard refers to another instrument, that instrument is taken to be incorporated with, and form part of, the Australian Wool Exchange Standard.