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Customs Act 1901
No. 6, 1901
Compilation No. 154
Compilation date: 2 March 2019
Includes amendments up to: Act No. 3, 2019
Registered: 2 March 2019
This compilation is in 4 volumes
Volume 1: sections 1–183U
Volume 2: sections 183UA–269SK
Volume 3: sections 269SM–279
Schedule
Volume 4: Endnotes
Each volume has its own contents
Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra
About this compilation
This compilation
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Contents
Part XVB—Special provisions relating to anti-dumping duties 1 269SM Overview of Part ...............................................................1
Division 1A—Anti-Dumping Commission and Commissioner 3
Subdivision A—Preliminary 3
269SMA What this Division is about ...............................................3
Subdivision B—Anti-Dumping Commission 3
269SMB Establishment ....................................................................3
269SMC Constitution of the Anti-Dumping Commission................3
269SMD Function of the Anti-Dumping Commission .....................4
269SME Anti-Dumping Commission has privileges and
immunities of the Crown ...................................................4
Subdivision C—Commissioner 4
269SMF Establishment ....................................................................4
269SMG Powers of Commissioner...................................................4
269SMH Appointment......................................................................4
269SMI Term of appointment .........................................................4
269SMJ Acting Commissioner........................................................5
269SMK Terms and conditions of appointment ...............................5
269SML Disclosure of interests .......................................................5
269SMM Outside employment..........................................................6
269SMN Resignation........................................................................6
269SMO Termination of appointment ..............................................6
Subdivision D—Staff assisting the Commissioner 7
269SMQ Staff...................................................................................7
Subdivision E—Delegation 7
269SMR Delegation .........................................................................7
Subdivision F—Form and manner of applications 8
269SMS Form and manner of applications ......................................8
Subdivision G—Disclosure of information 8
269SMT Disclosure of information..................................................8
Division 1—Definitions and role of Minister 9
269SN What this Division is about ...............................................9
269T Definitions.........................................................................9
269TAAA Anti-dumping measures not to apply to New
Zealand originating goods ...............................................25
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269TAAB Member countries, developing countries and
special developing countries............................................25
269TAAC Definition—countervailable subsidy...............................26
269TAACA Determination of countervailable subsidy if
non-cooperation by relevant entities................................27
269TAAD Ordinary course of trade..................................................28
269TAA Arms length transactions .................................................29
269TAB Export price.....................................................................32
269TAC Normal value of goods ....................................................36
269TACAA Sampling .........................................................................42
269TACAB Dumping duty notice—export prices and normal
values for different categories of exporters .....................43
269TACA Non-injurious price..........................................................45
269TACB Working out whether dumping has occurred and
levels of dumping ............................................................45
269TACC Working out whether a financial contribution or
income or price support confers a benefit........................48
269TACD Amount of countervailable subsidy .................................49
269TAE Material injury to industry...............................................50
269TAF Currency conversion........................................................56
269TAG Minister may take anti-dumping measures on own
initiative ..........................................................................58
269TAH Minister may delegate functions and powers to
Commissioner or Commission staff members.................59
269TA Minister may give directions to Commissioner in
relation to powers and duties under this Part ...................59
Division 2—Consideration of anti-dumping matters by the
Commissioner
269TBA What this Division is about .............................................61
269TB Application for action under Dumping Duty Act ............61
269TC Consideration of application............................................64
269TD Preliminary affirmative determinations ...........................69
269TDAA Statement of essential facts in relation to
investigation of application under section 269TB ...........71
269TDA Termination of investigations..........................................72
269TE Commissioner to have regard to same
considerations as Minister ...............................................83
269TEA Report to Minister concerning publication of
notices under this Part .....................................................84
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269TEB Commissioner recommendations concerning
undertakings offered after preliminary affirmative
determination...................................................................86
Division 3—Consideration of anti-dumping matters by the
Minister 89
269TF What this Division is about .............................................89
269TG Dumping duties ...............................................................89
269TH Third country dumping duties .........................................94
269TJ Countervailing duties ......................................................96
269TJA Concurrent dumping and subsidy ..................................101
269TK Third country countervailing duties...............................103
269TL Minister to give public notice not to impose duty .........105
269TLA Time limit for Minister to make certain decisions.........105
269TM Periods during which certain notices and
undertakings to remain in force .....................................106
269TN Retrospective notices.....................................................108
269TP Power to specify goods..................................................112
269U Inquiries in relation to undertakings ..............................113
Division 4—Dumping duty or countervailing duty assessment 115
269UA What this Division is about ...........................................115
269V Importers may apply for duty assessment in certain
circumstances ................................................................115
269W Manner of making applications for duty
assessment .....................................................................116
269X Consideration of duty assessment applications..............117
269Y Duty assessments...........................................................121
269YA Rejection etc. of application for duty assessment ..........123
Division 5—Review of anti-dumping measures 125
269Z What this Division is about ...........................................125
269ZA Applications and requests for review of
anti-dumping measures..................................................125
269ZB Content and lodgment of applications for review
of anti-dumping measures .............................................128
269ZC Consideration of applications and requests for
review............................................................................129
269ZCA Application to extend a review of anti-dumping
measures to include revocation......................................131
269ZCB Content and lodgment of application to extend a
review of anti-dumping measures to include
revocation......................................................................132
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269ZCC Consideration of applications and requests for
extensions of reviews ....................................................133
269ZD Statement of essential facts in relation to review of
anti-dumping measures..................................................134
269ZDA Report on review of measures .......................................135
269ZDB Powers of the Minister in relation to review of
anti-dumping measures..................................................138
Division 5A—Anti-circumvention inquiries 141
269ZDBA What this Division is about ...........................................141
269ZDBB Circumvention activities................................................141
269ZDBC Applications and requests for conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry ............................................144
269ZDBD Content and lodgement of applications for conduct
of an anti-circumvention inquiry ...................................146
269ZDBE Consideration of applications and requests for
conduct of an anti-circumvention inquiry......................147
269ZDBEA Termination of anti-circumvention inquiry ...................149
269ZDBF Statement of essential facts in relation to conduct
of an anti-circumvention inquiry ...................................150
269ZDBG Report on anti-circumvention inquiry ...........................151
269ZDBH Minister’s powers in relation to anti-circumvention
inquiry ...........................................................................153
Division 6—Certain exporters may seek accelerated review of
dumping duty notices or countervailing duty notices 155
269ZDC What this Division is about ...........................................155
269ZE Circumstances in which accelerated review may
be sought .......................................................................155
269ZF Application for accelerated review................................156
269ZG Consideration of application..........................................156
269ZH Effect of accelerated review ..........................................158
Division 6A—Continuation of anti-dumping measures 159
269ZHA What this Division is about ...........................................159
269ZHB Applications for continuation of anti-dumping
measures........................................................................159
269ZHC Content and lodgment of application for
continuation of anti-dumping measures.........................160
269ZHD Consideration of applications for continuation of
anti-dumping measures..................................................161
269ZHE Statement of essential facts in relation to
continuation of anti-dumping measures.........................162
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269ZHF Report on application for continuation of
anti-dumping measures..................................................163
269ZHG Powers of the Minister in relation to continuation
of anti-dumping measures .............................................165
Division 7—Procedural and evidentiary matters 168
269ZHH What this Division is about ...........................................168
269ZHI Minister may extend certain periods of time .................168
269ZI Public notice..................................................................169
269ZJ Commissioner to maintain public record for
certain purposes.............................................................173
Division 8—Review Panel 176
269ZK What this Division is about ...........................................176
269ZL Establishment of Review Panel .....................................176
269ZM Membership of the Review Panel..................................176
269ZN Review Panel’s powers .................................................176
269ZO Protection of members...................................................177
269ZP Appointment of members ..............................................177
269ZQ Period of appointment for members ..............................177
269ZR Terms and conditions of appointment ...........................177
269ZS Disclosure of interests to the Minister ...........................178
269ZT Outside employment......................................................178
269ZTA Resignation....................................................................178
269ZTB Termination of appointment ..........................................178
269ZTC Acting appointments......................................................179
269ZTD Provision of resources to Review Panel ........................179
269ZU Review Panel may supply information..........................179
269ZV False or misleading information ....................................180
Division 9—Review by Review Panel 181
Subdivision A—Preliminary 181
269ZW What this Division is about ...........................................181
269ZX Definitions.....................................................................181
269ZY Form and manner of applications ..................................183
269ZYA Constitution of Review Panel for purposes of
review............................................................................183
269ZYB Member unavailable to complete review.......................183
269ZZ Review Panel to have regard to same
considerations as Minister .............................................184
Subdivision B—Review of Ministerial decisions 185
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269ZZA Reviewable decisions ....................................................185
269ZZB Overview of a review of Minister’s decision.................185
269ZZC Who may seek a review?...............................................187
269ZZD When must an application be made? .............................187
269ZZE How must an application be made? ...............................187
269ZZF Withdrawal of application .............................................188
269ZZG Rejection of application—failure to establish
decision not the correct or preferable decision etc.........189
269ZZH Rejection of application—failure to provide
summary of confidential information ............................190
269ZZHA Review Panel may hold conferences .............................190
269ZZI Public notification of review .........................................191
269ZZJ Submissions in relation to reviewable decision .............192
269ZZK The review.....................................................................192
269ZZL Review Panel may require reinvestigation by
Commissioner before making recommendation to
Minister .........................................................................195
269ZZM Minister’s decision ........................................................195
Subdivision C—Review of Commissioner’s decisions 198
269ZZN Reviewable decisions ....................................................198
269ZZO Who may seek a review.................................................199
269ZZP When must an application be made? .............................200
269ZZQ How must an application be made? ...............................200
269ZZQAA Withdrawal of application .............................................201
269ZZQA Rejection of application—failure to establish
decision not the correct or preferable decision etc.........201
269ZZR Rejection of application for review of termination
decision .........................................................................203
269ZZRA Review Panel may hold conferences .............................203
269ZZRB Review Panel may seek further information from
the Commissioner..........................................................204
269ZZRC Notification of review ...................................................204
269ZZS The review of a negative prima facie decision ..............205
269ZZT The review of a termination decision ............................206
269ZZU The review of a negative preliminary decision..............207
269ZZUA The review of a rejection decision.................................208
269ZZV Effect of Review Panel’s decision.................................209
Subdivision D—Public record in relation to reviews 209
269ZZW Application....................................................................209
269ZZX Public record maintained by Review Panel ...................209
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269ZZY Confidential and sensitive commercial information ......210
Part XVC—International Trade Remedies Forum 211 269ZZYA Simplified outline..........................................................211
269ZZYB Establishment of International Trade Remedies
Forum............................................................................211
269ZZYC Functions of the Forum .................................................211
269ZZYD Membership of the Forum.............................................211
269ZZYE Appointment of Forum members ..................................212
269ZZYF Resignation....................................................................212
269ZZYG Forum meetings.............................................................213
269ZZYH Disclosure of information..............................................213
Part XVI—Regulations and by-laws 215 270 Regulations....................................................................215
271 Comptroller-General of Customs may make
by-laws ..........................................................................216
272 By-laws specifying goods..............................................217
273 Determinations ..............................................................217
273A By-laws and determinations for purposes of
repealed items................................................................218
273B Publication of by-laws and notification of
determinations ...............................................................218
273C Retrospective by-laws and determinations not to
increase duty..................................................................219
273D By-laws and determinations for purposes of
proposals .......................................................................219
273EA Notification of proposals when House of
Representatives is not sitting .........................................219
273F Interpretation .................................................................220
Part XVII—Miscellaneous 221 273G Briefing of Leader of Opposition on certain
matters ...........................................................................221
273GAA Notices ..........................................................................221
273GAB Authorisation to disclose information to an officer .......223
273GA Review of decisions.......................................................223
273H Review of decisions under Customs Tariff Act .............228
273K Statement to accompany notification of decisions.........229
273L Entry and transmission of information by
computer........................................................................229
274 Commissioned ships and aircraft to be reported............229
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275 Commissioned ships and aircraft may be searched .......229
275A Direction not to move a ship or aircraft from a
boarding station .............................................................230
276 Collector’s sales ............................................................231
277 Proceeds of sales ...........................................................232
277A Jurisdiction of courts .....................................................232
278 Recoverable payments...................................................233
279 Reports about recoverable payments .............................233
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Section 269SM
Part XVB—Special provisions relating to
anti-dumping duties
269SM Overview of Part
(1) This Part deals with the taking of anti-dumping measures in respect
of goods whose importation into Australia involves a dumping or
countervailable subsidisation of those goods that injures, or
threatens to injure, Australian industry. Those measures might
consist of the publication of a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice or the acceptance of an undertaking on
conditions that make it unnecessary to publish such a notice.
(2) If a notice is published, that notice creates a liability under the
Dumping Duty Act, in relation to any goods to which the notice
extends, to pay a special duty of customs on their importation into
Australia and, pending assessment of that special duty, to pay
interim duty.
(2A) Division 1A deals with the establishment of the Anti-Dumping
Commission and the Commissioner.
(3) Divisions 1, 2 and 3 deal with the preliminary and procedural
matters leading to a Ministerial decision to publish or not to
publish a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice or to
accept an undertaking instead of publishing such a notice.
(4) Division 4 allows a person who has been required to pay interim
duty to seek an assessment of duty payable under the Dumping
Duty Act and reconciles interim duty paid by that person with duty
as so assessed.
(5) Division 5 deals with the rights of persons, periodically, on the
basis of changed circumstances, to seek review by the Minister of
decisions to publish dumping duty notices or countervailing duty
notices or to accept undertakings.
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(5A) Division 5A deals with the rights of persons to ask the
Commissioner to conduct an anti-circumvention inquiry in relation
to certain dumping duty notices or countervailing duty notices.
(6) Division 6 deals with the rights of new exporters to seek an early
review by the Minister of decisions to publish dumping duty
notices or countervailing duty notices.
(7) Division 6A ensures that interested parties are informed of the
impending expiration of anti-dumping measures and allows them
to seek continuation of those measures.
(8) Division 7 deals with procedural and evidentiary matters that are
relevant both to applications for the taking of anti-dumping
measures and for the various review procedures after such
measures are taken.
(9) Divisions 8 and 9 establish an independent panel, the Review
Panel, and provide for the Panel to review a range of Ministerial
decisions (including decisions to publish or not to publish dumping
duty notices or countervailing duty notices) and also a range of
decisions made by the Commissioner.
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Anti-Dumping Commission and Commissioner Division 1A
Section 269SMA
Division 1A—Anti-Dumping Commission and
Commissioner
Subdivision A—Preliminary
269SMA What this Division is about
• This Division establishes the Anti-Dumping Commission
within the Department.
• There is to be a Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping
Commission. The Commissioner has functions and powers
under this Part.
• The Commissioner is to be assisted by APS employees in the
Department.
Subdivision B—Anti-Dumping Commission
269SMB Establishment
(1) The Anti-Dumping Commission that was established by this
section (as in force before the transfer day) continues in existence,
by force of this section, within the Department.
(2) In this section:
transfer day means the day Schedule 1 to the Customs Amendment
(Anti-Dumping Commission Transfer) Act 2013 commenced.
269SMC Constitution of the Anti-Dumping Commission
The Anti-Dumping Commission consists of:
(a) the Commissioner; and
(b) the staff assisting the Commissioner as mentioned in
subsection 269SMQ(1).
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Section 269SMD
269SMD Function of the Anti-Dumping Commission
The Anti-Dumping Commission’s function is to assist the
Commissioner in the performance of his or her functions or the
exercise of his or her powers.
269SME Anti-Dumping Commission has privileges and immunities
of the Crown
The Anti-Dumping Commission has the privileges and immunities
of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth.
Subdivision C—Commissioner
269SMF Establishment
(1) There is to be a Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping Commission.
(2) The Commissioner has the powers and functions conferred or
imposed on him or her by this Act or any other law.
269SMG Powers of Commissioner
The Commissioner has the power to do all things necessary or
convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of
his or her functions.
269SMH Appointment
(1) The Commissioner is to be appointed by the Minister by written
instrument.
(2) The Commissioner may be appointed on a full-time or part-time
basis.
269SMI Term of appointment
The Commissioner holds office for the period specified in the
instrument of appointment. The period must not exceed 5 years.
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Note: The Commissioner may be reappointed: see section 33AA of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
269SMJ Acting Commissioner
The Minister may appoint an individual to act as the
Commissioner:
(a) during a vacancy in the office of the Commissioner (whether
or not an appointment has previously been made to the
office); or
(b) during any period, or during all periods, when the
Commissioner is absent from duty or from Australia, or is,
for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.
Note: Sections 33AB and 33A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 have rules
that apply to acting appointments.
269SMK Terms and conditions of appointment
(1) The Commissioner holds office on such terms and conditions as
are determined in writing by the Minister.
(2) The office of Commissioner is not a public office for the purposes
of Part II of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
269SML Disclosure of interests
(1) A disclosure by the Commissioner under section 29 of the Public
Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which
deals with the duty to disclose interests) must be made to the
Minister.
(2) Subsection (1) applies in addition to any rules made for the
purposes of that section.
(3) For the purposes of this Act and the Public Governance,
Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the Commissioner is
taken not to have complied with section 29 of that Act if the
Commissioner does not comply with subsection (1) of this section.
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269SMM Outside employment
Full-time Commissioner
(1) If the Commissioner is appointed on a full-time basis, he or she
must not engage in paid employment outside the duties of his or
her office without the Minister’s approval.
Part-time Commissioner
(2) If the Commissioner is appointed on a part-time basis, he or she
must not engage in any paid employment that, in the Minister’s
opinion, conflicts or may conflict with the proper performance of
his or her duties.
269SMN Resignation
(1) The Commissioner may resign his or her appointment by giving
the Minister a written resignation.
(2) The resignation takes effect on the day it is received by the
Minister or, if a later day is specified in the resignation, on that
later day.
269SMO Termination of appointment
(1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of the Commissioner:
(a) for misbehaviour; or
(b) if the Commissioner is unable to perform the duties of his or
her office because of physical or mental incapacity.
(2) The Minister may terminate the appointment of the Commissioner
if:
(a) the Commissioner:
(i) becomes bankrupt; or
(ii) applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of
bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or
(iii) compounds with his or her creditors; or
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(iv) makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for the
benefit of his or her creditors; or
(b) the Commissioner is absent, except on leave of absence, for
14 consecutive days or for 28 days in any 12 months; or
(c) the Commissioner fails, without reasonable excuse, to
comply with section 29 of the Public Governance,
Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with
the duty to disclose interests) or rules made for the purposes
of that section; or
(d) the Commissioner is appointed on a full-time basis and
engages, except with the Minister’s approval, in paid
employment outside the duties of his or her office (see
subsection 269SMM(1)); or
(e) the Commissioner is appointed on a part-time basis and
engages in paid employment that, in the Minister’s opinion,
conflicts or may conflict with the proper performance of his
or her duties (see subsection 269SMM(2)).
Subdivision D—Staff assisting the Commissioner
269SMQ Staff
(1) The staff assisting the Commissioner are to be APS employees in
the Department and made available for the purpose by the
Secretary of the Department.
(2) When performing services for the Commissioner under this
section, a person is subject to the directions of the Commissioner.
Subdivision E—Delegation
269SMR Delegation
(1) The Commissioner may, by writing, delegate any of the
Commissioner’s functions or powers under this Part to a
Commission staff member.
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Section 269SMS
(2) In performing functions or exercising powers under a delegation,
the delegate must comply with any written directions of the
Commissioner.
Subdivision F—Form and manner of applications
269SMS Form and manner of applications
(1) The Commissioner may, by writing, approve a form for the
purposes of a provision of this Part.
(2) The Commissioner may, by writing, approve the manner of
lodging an application under a provision of this Part.
(3) The Commissioner may, by writing, approve the manner of
withdrawing, under subsection 269TB(3), an application lodged
under subsection 269TB(1) or (2).
Subdivision G—Disclosure of information
269SMT Disclosure of information
(1) The Commissioner, or a Commission staff member, may disclose
information (including personal information) obtained under this
Part or the Dumping Duty Act, or an instrument under this Part or
the Dumping Duty Act, to an officer of Customs for the purposes
of a Customs Act.
Interaction with the Privacy Act 1988
(2) For the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988, the disclosure of
personal information under subsection (1) is taken to be a
disclosure that is authorised by this Act.
Definition
(3) In this section:
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act
1988.
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Section 269SN
Division 1—Definitions and role of Minister
269SN What this Division is about
This Division deals with preliminary matters. The Division
principally:
• sets out essential definitions and interpretations;
• provides the basis for determining various factors (such as normal value, export price and non-injurious price) necessary
to decide whether dumping or countervailable subsidisation
has occurred;
• sets out the criteria for the use of those factors in so deciding;
• provides the basis for determining whether dumping or subsidisation is causing material injury to Australian industry;
• identifies circumstances in which the Part does not apply;
• empowers the Minister to direct the Commissioner in relation to the Commissioner’s powers and duties.
269T Definitions
(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
affected party, in relation to an application under Division 5 for
review of anti-dumping measures imposed on particular goods,
means:
(a) a person who is directly concerned with the exportation to
Australia of the goods to which the measures relate or who
has been directly concerned with the exportation to Australia
of like goods; or
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(b) a person who is directly concerned with the importation into
Australia of the goods to which the measures relate or who
has been directly concerned with the importation into
Australia of like goods; or
(c) a person representing, or representing a portion of, the
Australian industry producing like goods; or
(d) the Government of a country from which like goods have
been exported to Australia.
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures means the
Agreement by that name:
(a) set out in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organization
Agreement; and
(b) as in force on the day on which the World Trade
Organization Agreement enters into force for Australia.
agricultural operations means:
(a) the cultivation or gathering in of crops; or
(b) the rearing of live-stock; or
(c) the conduct of forestry operations;
and includes:
(d) viticulture, horticulture or apiculture; or
(e) hunting or trapping carried on for the purpose of a business.
allowable exemption or remission, in relation to exported goods,
means:
(a) the exemption of those goods from duties or taxes borne by
like goods destined for domestic consumption; or
(b) the remission of such duties or taxes otherwise payable in
respect of those goods;
in accordance with the provisions of Article XVI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 and the provisions of
Annexes I, II and III of the Agreement on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures.
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anti-dumping measures, in respect of goods, means:
(a) the publication of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing
duty notice or both; or
(b) the acceptance of an undertaking under section 269TG or
269TJ or of undertakings under both of these sections;
in relation to such goods.
application, in relation to a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice, means an application for the
publication of such a notice.
circumvention activity has the meaning given by
section 269ZDBB.
Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping
Commission continued in existence under section 269SMB.
Commission staff member means a member of the staff assisting
the Commissioner as mentioned in subsection 269SMQ(1).
compliance period means a period prescribed in, or worked out in
accordance with, an instrument under subsection (1A).
cooperative exporter, in relation to:
(a) an investigation under this Part in relation to whether a
dumping duty notice should be published; or
(b) a review under Division 5 in relation to the publication of a
dumping duty notice; or
(c) an inquiry under Division 6A in relation to the continuation
of a dumping duty notice;
means an exporter of goods that are the subject of the investigation,
review or inquiry, or an exporter of like goods, where:
(d) the exporter’s exports were examined as part of the
investigation, review or inquiry; and
(e) the exporter was not an uncooperative exporter in relation to
the investigation, review or inquiry.
countervailable subsidy means a subsidy that is, for the purposes
of section 269TAAC, a countervailable subsidy.
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countervailing duty means duty, other than interim countervailing
duty:
(a) that is payable on goods under section 10 of the Dumping
Duty Act because of a declaration under subsection 269TJ(1)
or (2) of this Act; or
(b) that is payable on goods under section 11 of the Dumping
Duty Act.
countervailing duty notice means a notice published by the
Minister under subsection 269TJ(1) or (2) or 269TK(1) or (2).
country of export, in relation to goods exported to Australia,
means a country outside Australia from which those goods are
exported to Australia, whether or not it is the country where those
goods are produced or manufactured.
country of origin, in relation to goods exported to Australia, means
a country, whether the country of export or not, where those goods
are produced or manufactured.
determination means a determination in writing.
direction means a direction in writing.
dumped goods means any goods exported to Australia that the
Minister has determined, under section 269TACB, have been
dumped.
dumping duty means duty, other than interim dumping duty, that is
payable on goods under section 8 or 9 of the Dumping Duty Act.
Dumping Duty Act means the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act
1975.
dumping duty notice means a notice published by the Minister
under subsection 269TG(1) or (2) or 269TH(1) or (2).
economy in transition has the meaning given by subsection (5C).
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fish means freshwater or salt-water fish, and includes turtles,
dugong, crustacea, molluscs or any other living resources of the sea
or of the sea-bed.
fishing operations means:
(a) the taking, catching or capturing of fish; or
(b) the farming of fish; or
(c) pearling operations.
forestry operations means the felling, in a forest or plantation, of
standing timber.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 means the
Agreement by that name:
(a) whose parts are described in Annex 1A to the World Trade
Organization Agreement; and
(b) as in force on the day on which the World Trade
Organization Agreement enters into force for Australia.
importation period, in relation to goods that have been the subject
of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice means:
(a) in respect of goods covered by a retrospective notice—the
period beginning on the day of entry for home consumption
of the first consignment of goods to which the retrospective
notice applied and ending immediately before the day of
publication of the notice; and
(b) in respect of goods covered by a prospective notice:
(i) the period of 6 months beginning on the day of
publication of the prospective notice; and
(ii) each successive period of 6 months.
importer, in relation to goods exported to Australia, means:
(a) if paragraph (b) or (d) does not apply—the beneficial owner
of the goods at the time of their arrival within the limits of
the port or airport in Australia at which they have landed; or
(b) if the goods are taken from parts beyond the seas to an
Australian resources installation or if they are goods on board
an overseas resources installation at the time when it is
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attached to the Australian seabed—the beneficial owner of
the goods at the time when they are imported into Australia;
or
(c) if the goods are an overseas resources installation that
becomes attached to the Australian seabed—the beneficial
owner of the installation at the time when it is imported into
Australia; or
(d) if the goods are taken from parts beyond the seas to an
Australian sea installation or are goods on board an overseas
sea installation at the time when it is installed in an adjacent
area or a coastal area—the beneficial owner of the goods at
the time when they are imported into Australia; or
(e) if the goods are an overseas sea installation that becomes
installed in an adjacent area or in a coastal area—the
beneficial owner of the installation at the time when it is
imported into Australia.
interested party, in relation to:
(a) an application made to the Commissioner under
section 269TB requesting that the Minister publish a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice in
respect of the goods the subject of the application; or
(b) an application under subsection 269ZA(1), or a request under
subsection 269ZA(3), for review of anti-dumping measures
taken in respect of goods; or
(c) an application under subsection 269ZDBC(1), or a request
under subsection 269ZDBC(2), for the conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to a notice published
under subsection 269TG(2) or 269TJ(2) in respect of goods;
or
(d) an application under section 269ZHB for a continuation of
anti-dumping measures taken in respect of goods;
means:
(e) in the case of an application—the applicant; and
(f) a person or body representing, or representing a portion of,
the industry producing, or likely to be established to produce,
like goods; and
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(g) any person who is or is likely to be directly concerned with
the importation or exportation into Australia of the goods the
subject of the application or request or who has been or is
likely to be directly concerned with the importation or
exportation into Australia of like goods; and
(h) any person who is or is likely to be directly concerned with
the production or manufacture of the goods the subject of the
application or request or of like goods that have been, or are
likely to be, exported to Australia; and
(i) a trade organisation a majority of whose members are, or are
likely to be, directly concerned with the production or
manufacture of the goods the subject of the application or
request or of like goods, with their importation or exportation
into Australia or with both of those activities; and
(j) the government of the country of export or country of origin:
(i) of goods the subject of the application or request that
have been, or are likely to be, exported to Australia; or
(ii) of like goods that have been, or are likely to be,
exported to Australia; and
(k) a trade union representing one or more persons employed in
the Australian industry producing, or likely to produce, like
goods; and
(l) a person who uses the goods the subject of the application or
request, or like goods, in the production or manufacture of
other goods in Australia.
interim countervailing duty means:
(a) interim countervailing duty imposed under section 10 of the
Dumping Duty Act; or
(b) interim third country countervailing duty imposed under
section 11 of that Act.
interim dumping duty means:
(a) interim dumping duty imposed under section 8 of the
Dumping Duty Act; or
(b) interim third country dumping duty imposed under section 9
of that Act.
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interim duty means interim dumping duty or interim countervailing
duty.
investigation period, in relation to an application for a dumping
duty notice or a countervailing duty notice in respect of goods,
means a period specified by the Commissioner in a notice under
subsection 269TC(4) to be the investigation period in relation to
the application.
like goods, in relation to goods under consideration, means goods
that are identical in all respects to the goods under consideration or
that, although not alike in all respects to the goods under
consideration, have characteristics closely resembling those of the
goods under consideration.
member country means a country that is, in its own right, a
member of the World Trade Organization established by the World
Trade Organization Agreement.
negative preliminary decision means a decision of the kind
referred to in paragraph 269X(6)(b) or (c).
new exporter, in relation to goods the subject of an application for
a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice or like
goods, means an exporter who did not export such goods to
Australia at any time during the investigation period in relation to
the application.
positive preliminary decision means a decision of the kind referred
to in paragraph 269X(6)(a).
preliminary affirmative determination means a determination
made under section 269TD.
production cost, in relation to processed agricultural goods, means
the sum of the direct labour costs, the direct material costs and the
factory overhead costs incurred in relation to those goods.
prospective notice means a notice issued under
subsection 269TG(2), 269TH(2), 269TJ(2) or 269TK(2).
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public notice, in relation to a decision, determination or other
matter, means notice of the decision, determination or other matter
published in accordance with section 269ZI.
public record means the public record maintained under
section 269ZJ.
raw agricultural goods means goods directly obtained by the
undertaking of any agricultural operation or any fishing operation.
residual exporter, in relation to:
(a) an investigation under this Part in relation to whether a
dumping duty notice should be published; or
(b) a review under Division 5 in relation to the publication of a
dumping duty notice; or
(c) an inquiry under Division 6A in relation to the continuation
of a dumping duty notice;
means an exporter of goods that are the subject of the investigation,
review or inquiry, or an exporter of like goods, where:
(d) the exporter’s exports were not examined as part of the
investigation, review or inquiry; and
(e) the exporter was not an uncooperative exporter in relation to
the investigation, review or inquiry.
retrospective notice means a notice issued under
subsection 269TG(1), 269TH(1), 269TJ(1) or 269TK(1).
Review Panel means the Review Panel established under
section 269ZL.
revocation declaration, in relation to particular anti-dumping
measures, means:
(a) to the extent that the measures involved the publication of a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice—a
declaration by the Minister that the notice is taken to be, or to
have been, revoked either in relation to a particular exporter
or to exporters generally or in relation to a particular kind of
goods; or
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(b) to the extent that the measures involved the acceptance by the
Minister of an undertaking under section 269TG or 269TJ—a
declaration by the Minister that the person who gave the
undertaking is released from it and that the investigation
giving rise to the undertaking is terminated.
revocation recommendation, in relation to particular anti-dumping
measures, means any of the following:
(a) to the extent that the measures involved the publication of a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice—a
recommendation by the Commissioner in a report under
section 269ZDA that the notice be taken to be, or to have
been, revoked either in relation to a particular exporter or to
exporters generally or in relation to a particular kind of
goods;
(b) to the extent that the measures involved the acceptance by the
Minister of an undertaking under section 269TG or 269TJ—a
recommendation by the Commissioner in a report under
section 269ZDA that the Minister indicate to the person who
gave the undertaking that the person is released from it and
that the investigation giving rise to the undertaking is
terminated.
revocation review notice, in relation to a review of anti-dumping
measures, means any of the following:
(a) a notice relating to the review that is published under
subsection 269ZC(4), (5) or (6) and includes information
under paragraph 269ZC(7)(bb);
(b) a notice relating to the review that is published under
subsection 269ZCC(4) or (7) and includes information under
paragraph 269ZCC(8)(c).
small-medium enterprise means an enterprise of a kind prescribed
in an instrument under subsection (1B).
subsidy, in respect of goods exported to Australia, means:
(a) a financial contribution:
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(i) by a government of the country of export or country of
origin of the goods; or
(ii) by a public body of that country or a public body of
which that government is a member; or
(iii) by a private body entrusted or directed by that
government or public body to carry out a governmental
function;
that involves:
(iv) a direct transfer of funds from that government or body;
or
(v) the acceptance of liabilities, whether actual or potential,
by that government or body; or
(vi) the forgoing, or non-collection, of revenue (other than
an allowable exemption or remission) due to that
government or body; or
(vii) the provision by that government or body of goods or
services otherwise than in the course of providing
normal infrastructure; or
(viii) the purchase by that government or body of goods or
services; or
(b) any form of income or price support as referred to in Article
XVI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
that is received from such a government or body;
if that financial contribution or income or price support confers a
benefit (whether directly or indirectly) in relation to the goods
exported to Australia.
Note 1: See also subsection (2AA).
Note 2: Section 269TACC deals with whether a financial contribution or
income or price support confers a benefit.
third country, in relation to goods that have been or may be
exported to Australia means a country other than Australia or the
country of export, or the country of origin, of those goods.
uncooperative exporter, in relation to:
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(a) an investigation under this Part in relation to whether a
dumping duty notice should be published; or
(b) a review under Division 5 in relation to the publication of a
dumping duty notice; or
(c) an inquiry under Division 6A in relation to the continuation
of a dumping duty notice;
means an exporter of goods that are the subject of the investigation,
review or inquiry, or an exporter of like goods, where:
(d) the Commissioner was satisfied that the exporter did not give
the Commissioner information the Commissioner considered
to be relevant to the investigation, review or inquiry within a
period the Commissioner considered to be reasonable; or
(e) the Commissioner was satisfied that the exporter
significantly impeded the investigation, review or inquiry.
World Trade Organization Agreement means the Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization done at Marrakesh on
15 April 1994.
(1A) The Minister may make a legislative instrument for the purposes of
the definition of compliance period in subsection (1).
(1B) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe kinds of
enterprises for the purposes of the definition of small-medium
enterprise in subsection (1).
(2) For the purposes of this Part, goods, other than unmanufactured
raw products, are not to be taken to have been produced in
Australia unless the goods were wholly or partly manufactured in
Australia.
(2A) A reference in this Part to the amount of the export price of goods,
to the amount of the normal value of goods, to the amount of the
subsidy received in respect of goods or to the amount of freight
shall, where that amount is not expressed in Australian currency,
be read as a reference to the equivalent amount in Australian
currency.
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(2AA) Without limiting the definition of subsidy in subsection (1), a
financial contribution or income or price support may confer a
benefit in relation to goods exported to Australia if that
contribution or support is made in relation to goods or services
used in relation to the production, manufacture or export of the
goods exported to Australia.
(2AD) The fact that an investigation period is specified to start at a
particular time does not imply that the Minister may not examine
periods before that time for the purpose of determining whether
material injury has been caused to an Australian industry or to an
industry of a third country.
(2AE) However, subsection (2AD) does not permit any determination
under this Part that dumping has occurred by reference to goods
exported to Australia before the start of the investigation period.
Note: Section 269TACB requires a determination of whether dumping has
occurred by reference to goods exported to Australia during the
investigation period.
(2B) For the purposes of this Part, where, during the exportation of
goods to Australia, the goods pass in transit from a country through
another country, that other country shall be disregarded in
ascertaining the country of export of the goods.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), goods shall not be taken to have
been partly manufactured in Australia unless at least one
substantial process in the manufacture of the goods was carried out
in Australia.
(4) For the purposes of this Part, if, in relation to goods of a particular
kind, there is a person or there are persons who produce like goods
in Australia:
(a) there is an Australian industry in respect of those like goods;
and
(b) subject to subsection (4A), the industry consists of that
person or those persons.
(4A) Where, in relation to goods of a particular kind first referred to in
subsection (4), the like goods referred to in that subsection are
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close processed agricultural goods, then, despite subsection (4), the
industry in respect of those close processed agricultural goods
consists not only of the person or persons producing the processed
goods but also of the person or persons producing the raw
agricultural goods from which the processed goods are derived.
(4B) For the purposes of subsection (4A), processed agricultural goods
derived from raw agricultural goods are not to be taken to be close
processed agricultural goods unless the Minister is satisfied that:
(a) the raw agricultural goods are devoted substantially or
completely to the processed agricultural goods; and
(b) the processed agricultural goods are derived substantially or
completely from the raw agricultural goods; and
(c) either:
(i) there is a close relationship between the price of the
processed agricultural goods and the price of the raw
agricultural goods; or
(ii) a significant part of the production cost of the processed
agricultural goods, whether or not there is a market in
Australia for those goods, is, or would be, constituted by
the cost to the producer of those goods of the raw
agricultural goods.
(4C) Where the Minister is satisfied that sufficient information has not
been furnished or is not available to enable the production cost of
processed agricultural goods to be ascertained for the purpose of
subsection (4B), the production cost of those goods is such amount
as is determined by the Minister having regard to all relevant
information.
(4D) In this Act, a reference to variable factors relevant to the
determination of duty payable under the Dumping Duty Act on
particular goods the subject of a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice is a reference:
(a) if the goods are the subject of a dumping duty notice:
(i) to the normal value of the goods; and
(ii) to the export price of the goods; and
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(iii) to the non-injurious price of the goods; and
(b) if the goods are the subject of a countervailing duty notice:
(i) to the amount of countervailable subsidy received in
respect of the goods; and
(ii) to the export price of the goods; and
(iii) to the non-injurious price of the goods.
(4E) In this Act, a reference to variable factors relevant to the review
under Division 5 of anti-dumping measures, or to the conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to a notice published under
subsection 269TG(2) or 269TJ(2), in respect of goods is a
reference:
(a) if the goods are the subject of a dumping duty notice—to the
normal value, export price and non-injurious price of goods
of that kind as ascertained, or last ascertained, by the
Minister for the purpose of the notice; and
(b) if the goods are the subject of a countervailing duty notice:
(i) to the amount of countervailable subsidy received in
respect of the goods; and
(ia) to the export price of the goods; and
(ii) to the non-injurious price of the goods;
as ascertained, or last ascertained, by the Minister for the
purpose of the notice; and
(c) if the goods are the subject of an undertaking accepted under
section 269TG—to the normal value of the goods, and the
non-injurious price of the goods, as indicated by the Minister
to the exporter in negotiations relating to the acceptability of
the undertaking; and
(d) if the goods are the subject of an undertaking accepted under
section 269TJ—to the countervailable subsidy received in
respect of the goods, and the non-injurious price of the
goods, as indicated by the Minister to the exporter or to the
country of export in negotiations relating to the acceptability
of the undertaking.
(5) A reference in this Act to goods the subject of an application under
section 269TB is a reference to goods referred in the application:
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(a) that have been imported into Australia;
(b) that are likely to be so imported; or
(c) that may be so imported, being like goods to goods to which
paragraph (a) or (b) applies.
(5A) For the purposes of this Part, the weighted average of prices,
values, costs or amounts in relation to goods over a particular
period is to be worked out in accordance with the following
formula:
1 1 2 2 n n
1 2 n
P Q P Q ... P Q
Q Q ... Q
where:
P1 , P2 ... Pn means the price, value, cost or amount, per unit, in
respect of the goods in the respective transactions during the
period.
Q1 , Q2 ... Qn means the number of units of the goods involved in
each of the respective transactions.
(5B) In working out the number of units of goods involved in a
transaction, any units of goods that are, for the purposes of
paragraph 269TAB(1)(b) or (c), subsection 269TAB(3),
paragraph 269TAC(2)(c) or (4)(e) or subsection 269TAC(6),
treated as being involved in a particular transaction are taken to be
actually involved in the transaction.
(5C) A country has an economy in transition at a time if:
(a) before the time, the Government of the country had a
monopoly, or a substantial monopoly, of the trade of that
country and determined, or substantially influenced, the
domestic price of goods in that country; and
(b) at the time, that Government does not:
(i) have a monopoly, or a substantial monopoly, of the
trade of that country; or
(ii) determine, or substantially influence, the domestic price
of goods in that country.
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(6) Sundays and public holidays shall, notwithstanding the definition
of days in section 4 be counted as days for the purpose of
computing a period for the purposes of this Part but nothing in this
subsection shall derogate from the operation of section 36 of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
269TAAA Anti-dumping measures not to apply to New Zealand
originating goods
This Part, so far as it relates to duty that may become payable
under section 8 or 9 of the Dumping Duty Act, does not apply to
goods that are New Zealand originating goods under Division 1E
of Part VIII of this Act.
269TAAB Member countries, developing countries and special
developing countries
(1) The Minister may certify that a particular country is, or was, during
a specified period or on a specified day:
(a) a member country of the World Trade Organization; or
(b) a developing country, whether a member country or not; or
(c) a special developing country within the meaning of
subsection (2).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a country is, or was, during a
specified period or on a specified day, a special developing country
if:
(a) it is or was, during that period or on that day, a developing
country; and
(b) it is or was, during that period or on that day:
(i) a least developed country, whether a member country or
not; or
(ii) a member country that has eliminated and not restored
export subsidies; or
(iii) a member country referred to in paragraph (b) of Annex
VII of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
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Measures having a gross national product of less than
$US1,000 per annum per head of population.
(3) For all purposes of this Part and in all proceedings, a certificate
under subsection (1) is conclusive evidence of the matters certified,
except so far as the contrary is established.
269TAAC Definition—countervailable subsidy
(1) For the purposes of this Part, a subsidy is a countervailable
subsidy if it is specific.
(2) Without limiting the generality of the circumstances in which a
subsidy is specific, a subsidy is specific:
(a) if, subject to subsection (3), access to the subsidy is explicitly
limited to particular enterprises; or
(b) if, subject to subsection (3), access is limited to particular
enterprises carrying on business within a designated
geographical region that is within the jurisdiction of the
subsidising authority; or
(c) if the subsidy is contingent, in fact or in law, and whether
solely or as one of several conditions, on export performance;
or
(d) if the subsidy is contingent, whether solely or as one of
several conditions, on the use of domestically produced or
manufactured goods in preference to imported goods.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a subsidy is not specific if:
(a) eligibility for, and the amount of, the subsidy are established
by objective criteria or conditions set out in primary or
subordinate legislation or other official documents that are
capable of verification; and
(b) eligibility for the subsidy is automatic; and
(c) those criteria or conditions are neutral, do not favour
particular enterprises over others, are economic in nature and
are horizontal in application; and
(d) those criteria or conditions are strictly adhered to in the
administration of the subsidy.
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(4) The Minister may, having regard to:
(a) the fact that the subsidy program benefits a limited number of
particular enterprises; or
(b) the fact that the subsidy program predominantly benefits
particular enterprises; or
(c) the fact that particular enterprises have access to
disproportionately large amounts of the subsidy; or
(d) the manner in which a discretion to grant access to the
subsidy has been exercised;
determine that the subsidy is specific.
(5) In making a determination under subsection (4), the Minister must
take account of:
(a) the extent of diversification of economic activities within the
jurisdiction of the subsidising authority; and
(b) the length of time during which the subsidy program has
been in operation.
269TAACA Determination of countervailable subsidy if
non-cooperation by relevant entities
(1) If:
(a) one of the following applies:
(i) there is an investigation under this Part in relation to
whether a countervailing duty notice should be
published;
(ii) there is a review under Division 5 in relation to the
publication of a countervailing duty notice;
(iii) there is an inquiry under Division 6A in relation to the
continuation of a countervailing duty notice; and
(b) the Commissioner is satisfied that an entity covered by
subsection (2):
(i) has not given the Commissioner information the
Commissioner considers to be relevant to the
investigation, review or inquiry within a period the
Commissioner considers to be reasonable; or
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(ii) has significantly impeded the investigation, review or
inquiry;
then, in relation to the investigation, review or inquiry, in
determining whether a countervailable subsidy has been received
in respect of particular goods, or in determining the amount of a
countervailable subsidy in respect of particular goods, the
Commissioner or the Minister:
(c) may act on the basis of all the facts available to the
Commissioner or the Minister (as the case may be); and
(d) may make such assumptions as the Commissioner or the
Minister (as the case may be) considers reasonable.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the entities are as follows:
(a) any person who is or is likely to be directly concerned with
the importation or exportation into Australia of goods to
which the investigation, review or inquiry relates or who has
been or is likely to be directly concerned with the importation
or exportation into Australia of like goods;
(b) the government of the country of export or country of origin:
(i) of goods to which the investigation, review or inquiry
relates that have been, or are likely to be, exported to
Australia; or
(ii) of like goods that have been, or are likely to be,
exported to Australia.
269TAAD Ordinary course of trade
(1) If the Minister is satisfied, in relation to goods exported to
Australia:
(a) that like goods are sold in the country of export in sales that
are arms length transactions in substantial quantities during
an extended period:
(i) for home consumption in the country of export; or
(ii) for exportation to a third country;
at a price that is less than the cost of such goods; and
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(b) that it is unlikely that the seller of the goods will be able to
recover the cost of such goods within a reasonable period;
the price paid for the goods referred to in paragraph (a) is taken not
to have been paid in the ordinary course of trade.
(2) For the purposes of this section, sales of goods at a price that is less
than the cost of such goods are taken to have occurred in
substantial quantities during an extended period if the volume of
sales of such goods at a price below the cost of such goods over
that period is not less than 20% of the total volume of sales over
that period.
(3) Costs of goods are taken to be recoverable within a reasonable
period of time if, although the selling price of those goods at the
time of their sale is below their cost at that time, the selling price is
above the weighted average cost of such goods over the
investigation period.
(4) The cost of goods is worked out by adding:
(a) the amount determined by the Minister to be the cost of
production or manufacture of those goods in the country of
export; and
(b) the amount determined by the Minister to be the
administrative, selling and general costs associated with the
sale of those goods.
(5) Amounts determined by the Minister for the purposes of
paragraphs (4)(a) and (b) must be worked out in such manner, and
taking account of such factors, as the regulations provide in respect
of those purposes.
269TAA Arms length transactions
(1) For the purposes of this Part, a purchase or sale of goods shall not
be treated as an arms length transaction if:
(a) there is any consideration payable for or in respect of the
goods other than their price; or
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(b) the price appears to be influenced by a commercial or other
relationship between the buyer, or an associate of the buyer,
and the seller, or an associate of the seller; or
(c) in the opinion of the Minister the buyer, or an associate of the
buyer, will, subsequent to the purchase or sale, directly or
indirectly, be reimbursed, be compensated or otherwise
receive a benefit for, or in respect of, the whole or any part of
the price.
(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the Minister must not hold
the opinion referred to in that paragraph because of a
reimbursement in respect of the purchase or sale if the Minister is
of the opinion that the purchase or sale will remain an arms length
transaction in spite of the payment of that reimbursement, having
regard to any or all of the following matters:
(a) any agreement, or established trading practices, in relation to
the seller and the buyer, in respect of the reimbursement;
(b) the period for which such an agreement or practice has been
in force;
(c) whether or not the amount of the reimbursement is
quantifiable at the time of the purchase or sale.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), where:
(a) goods are exported to Australia otherwise than by the
importer and are purchased by the importer from the exporter
(whether before or after exportation) for a particular price;
and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that the importer, whether directly or
through an associate or associates, sells those goods in
Australia (whether in the condition in which they were
imported or otherwise) at a loss;
the Minister may, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), treat the
sale of those goods at a loss as indicating that the importer or an
associate of the importer will, directly or indirectly, be reimbursed,
be compensated or otherwise receive a benefit for, or in respect of,
the whole or a part of the price.
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(3) In determining, for the purposes of subsection (2), whether goods
are sold by an importer at a loss, the Minister shall have regard to:
(a) the amount of the price paid or to be paid for the goods by
the importer; and
(b) such other amounts as the Minister determines to be costs
necessarily incurred in the importation and sale of the goods;
and
(c) the likelihood that the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a)
and (b) will be able to be recovered within a reasonable time;
and
(d) such other matters as the Minister considers relevant.
(4) For the purposes of this Part, 2 persons shall be deemed to be
associates of each other if, and only if:
(a) both being natural persons:
(i) they are members of the same family; or
(ii) one of them is an officer or director of a body corporate
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the other;
(b) both being bodies corporate:
(i) both of them are controlled, directly or indirectly, by a
third person (whether or not a body corporate); or
(ii) both of them together control, directly or indirectly, a
third body corporate; or
(iii) the same person (whether or not a body corporate) is in
a position to cast, or control the casting of, 5% or more
of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a
general meeting of each of them; or
(c) one of them, being a body corporate, is, directly or indirectly,
controlled by the other (whether or not a body corporate); or
(d) one of them, being a natural person, is an employee, officer
or director of the other (whether or not a body corporate); or
(e) they are members of the same partnership.
Note: In relation to the reference to member of a family in
subparagraph (4)(a)(i), see also section 4AAA.
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269TAB Export price
(1) For the purposes of this Part, the export price of any goods
exported to Australia is:
(a) where:
(i) the goods have been exported to Australia otherwise
than by the importer and have been purchased by the
importer from the exporter (whether before or after
exportation); and
(ii) the purchase of the goods by the importer was an arms
length transaction;
the price paid or payable for the goods by the importer, other
than any part of that price that represents a charge in respect
of the transport of the goods after exportation or in respect of
any other matter arising after exportation; or
(b) where:
(i) the goods have been exported to Australia otherwise
than by the importer and have been purchased by the
importer from the exporter (whether before or after
exportation); and
(ii) the purchase of the goods by the importer was not an
arms length transaction; and
(iii) the goods are subsequently sold by the importer, in the
condition in which they were imported, to a person who
is not an associate of the importer;
the price at which the goods were so sold by the importer to
that person less the prescribed deductions; or
(c) in any other case—the price that the Minister determines
having regard to all the circumstances of the exportation.
(2) A reference in paragraph (1)(b) to prescribed deductions in relation
to a sale of goods that have been exported to Australia shall be read
as a reference to:
(a) any duties of Customs or sales tax paid or payable on the
goods; and
(b) any costs, charges or expenses arising in relation to the goods
after exportation; and
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(c) the profit, if any, on the sale by the importer or, where the
Minister so directs, an amount calculated in accordance with
such rate as the Minister specifies in the direction as the rate
that, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), is to be regarded as
the rate of profit on the sale by the importer.
(2A) If an export price of goods exported to Australia is being
ascertained for the purposes of conducting a review of
anti-dumping measures under Division 5, the price may, despite
subsection (1), be determined by the Minister in accordance with
subsection (2B) if:
(a) the price is being ascertained in relation to an exporter of
those goods (whether the review is of the measures as they
affect a particular exporter of those goods, or as they affect
exporters of those goods generally); and
(b) the Minister determines that there is insufficient or unreliable
information to ascertain the price due to an absence or low
volume of exports of those goods to Australia by that
exporter having regard to the following:
(i) previous volumes of exports of those goods to Australia
by that exporter;
(ii) patterns of trade for like goods;
(iii) factors affecting patterns of trade for like goods that are
not within the control of the exporter.
Note: If there is an absence of exports of those goods to Australia by that
exporter, the Minister may deem such exports to have taken place for
the purposes of ascertaining an export price: see subsection (2C).
(2B) For the purposes of subsection (2A), the export price of those
goods is the price determined by the Minister to be the export
price, having regard to any of the following:
(a) the export price for the goods exported to Australia by the
exporter established in accordance with subsection (1) of this
section for a decision of a kind mentioned in subsection (2D);
(b) the price paid or payable for like goods sold by the exporter
in arms length transactions for exportation from the country
of export to a third country determined by the Minister to be
an appropriate third country;
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(c) the export price for like goods exported to Australia from the
country of export by another exporter or exporters
established in accordance with subsection (1) of this section
for a decision mentioned in subsection (2D).
(2C) For the purposes of conducting the review of anti-dumping
measures under Division 5, if there is an absence of exports of
those goods to Australia by the exporter, the Minister may deem
such exports to have occurred for the purposes of applying
subsections (2A) and (2B) of this section.
(2D) For the purposes of paragraphs (2B)(a) and (c), the decisions are
the following:
(a) deciding to publish a notice under any of the following
provisions:
(i) subsection 269TG(1) or (2) (dumping duties);
(ii) subsection 269TJ(1) or (2) (countervailing duties);
(iii) subsection 269ZDB(1) (reviews of anti-dumping
measures);
(iv) subsection 269ZDBH(1) (anti-circumvention inquiries);
(v) subsection 269ZG(3) (accelerated review);
(vi) subsection 269ZHG(1) (continuation of anti-dumping
measures);
(b) any other decision under this Act of a kind prescribed by the
regulations.
(2E) For the purposes of paragraph (2B)(c), the decision must be a
decision made during the period:
(a) beginning 2 years before the day the Commissioner
published notice of the review under subsection 269ZC(4),
(5) or (6); and
(b) ending on the day notice of the review is published under
subsection 269ZDB(1).
(2F) Without limiting the generality of the matters that may be taken
into account by the Minister in determining whether a third country
is an appropriate third country for the purposes of
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paragraph (2B)(b), the Minister may have regard to the following
matters:
(a) whether the volume of trade from the country of export to the
third country is similar to the volume of trade from the
country of export to Australia;
(b) whether the nature of the trade in goods concerned between
the country of export and the third country is similar to the
nature of trade between the country of export and Australia.
(2G) If the export price of goods exported to Australia has been
ascertained under subsection (2B), the export price may be subject
to such adjustments that the Minister determines are necessary to
reflect what the export price would have been had there not been
an absence or low volume of exports, including:
(a) adjustments due to exports (on which the export price is
based) relating to earlier times; or
(b) adjustments due to exports (on which the export price is
based) relating to not identical goods.
(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that sufficient information has not
been furnished, or is not available, to enable the export price of
goods to be ascertained under the preceding subsections, the export
price of those goods shall be such amount as is determined by the
Minister having regard to all relevant information.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the Minister may disregard any
information that he or she considers to be unreliable.
(5) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) apply in relation to a purchase of goods
by an importer from an exporter whether or not the importer and
exporter are associates of each other.
(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) and (2B)(b), the reference in
those paragraphs to the price paid or payable for goods is a
reference to that price after deducting any amount that is
determined by the Minister to be a reimbursement of the kind
referred to in subsection 269TAA(1A) in respect of that
transaction.
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269TAC Normal value of goods
(1) Subject to this section, for the purposes of this Part, the normal
value of any goods exported to Australia is the price paid or
payable for like goods sold in the ordinary course of trade for home
consumption in the country of export in sales that are arms length
transactions by the exporter or, if like goods are not so sold by the
exporter, by other sellers of like goods.
(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), the reference in that subsection
to the price paid or payable for like goods is a reference to that
price after deducting any amount that is determined by the Minister
to be a reimbursement of the kind referred to in
subsection 269TAA(1A) in respect of the sales.
(2) Subject to this section, where the Minister:
(a) is satisfied that:
(i) because of the absence, or low volume, of sales of like
goods in the market of the country of export that would
be relevant for the purpose of determining a price under
subsection (1); or
(ii) because the situation in the market of the country of
export is such that sales in that market are not suitable
for use in determining a price under subsection (1);
the normal value of goods exported to Australia cannot be
ascertained under subsection (1); or
(b) is satisfied, in a case where like goods are not sold in the
ordinary course of trade for home consumption in the country
of export in sales that are arms length transactions by the
exporter, that it is not practicable to obtain, within a
reasonable time, information in relation to sales by other
sellers of like goods that would be relevant for the purpose of
determining a price under subsection (1);
the normal value of the goods for the purposes of this Part is:
(c) except where paragraph (d) applies, the sum of:
(i) such amount as the Minister determines to be the cost of
production or manufacture of the goods in the country
of export; and
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(ii) on the assumption that the goods, instead of being
exported, had been sold for home consumption in the
ordinary course of trade in the country of export—such
amounts as the Minister determines would be the
administrative, selling and general costs associated with
the sale and the profit on that sale; or
(d) if the Minister directs that this paragraph applies—the price
determined by the Minister to be the price paid or payable for
like goods sold in the ordinary course of trade in arms length
transactions for exportation from the country of export to a
third country determined by the Minister to be an appropriate
third country, other than any amount determined by the
Minister to be a reimbursement of the kind referred to in
subsection 269TAA(1A) in respect of any such transactions.
(3) The price determined under paragraph (2)(d) is a price that the
Minister determines, having regard to the quantity of like goods
sold as described in paragraph (2)(d) at that price, is representative
of the price paid in such sales.
(3A) The Minister is not required to consider working out the normal
value of goods under paragraph (2)(d) before working out the
normal value of goods under paragraph (2)(c).
(4) Subject to subsections (6) and (8), where the Minister is satisfied
that it is inappropriate to ascertain the normal value of goods in
accordance with the preceding subsections because the
Government of the country of export:
(a) has a monopoly, or substantial monopoly, of the trade of the
country; and
(b) determines or substantially influences the domestic price of
goods in that country;
the normal value of the goods for the purposes of this Part is to be
a value ascertained in accordance with whichever of the following
paragraphs the Minister determines having regard to what is
appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances of the case:
(c) a value equal to the price of like goods produced or
manufactured in a country determined by the Minister and
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sold for home consumption in the ordinary course of trade in
that country, being sales that are arms length transactions;
(d) a value equal to the price determined by the Minister to be
the price of like goods produced or manufactured in a
country determined by the Minister and sold in the ordinary
course of trade in arms length transactions for exportation
from that country to a third country determined by the
Minister to be an appropriate third country;
(e) a value equal to the sum of the following amounts
ascertained in respect of like goods produced or
manufactured in a country determined by the Minister and
sold for home consumption in the ordinary course of trade in
that country:
(i) such amount as the Minister determines to be the cost of
production or manufacture of the like goods in that
country;
(ii) such amounts as the Minister determines to be the
administrative, selling and general costs associated with
the sale of like goods in that country and the profit on
that sale;
(f) a value equal to the price payable for like goods produced or
manufactured in Australia and sold for home consumption in
the ordinary course of trade in Australia, being sales that are
arms length transactions.
(5) The price determined under paragraph (4)(d) is a price that the
Minister determines, because of the quantity of like goods sold as
described in paragraph (4)(d) at that price, is representative of the
price paid in such sales.
(5A) Amounts determined:
(a) to be the cost of production or manufacture of goods under
subparagraph (2)(c)(i) or (4)(e)(i); and
(b) to be the administrative, selling and general costs in relation
to goods under subparagraph (2)(c)(ii) or (4)(e)(ii);
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must be worked out in such manner, and taking account of such
factors, as the regulations provide for the respective purposes of
paragraphs 269TAAD(4)(a) and (b).
(5B) The amount determined to be the profit on the sale of goods under
subparagraph (2)(c)(ii) or (4)(e)(ii), must be worked out in such
manner, and taking account of such factors, as the regulations
provide for that purpose.
(5C) Without limiting the generality of the matters that may be taken
into account by the Minister in determining whether a third country
is an appropriate third country for the purposes of paragraph (2)(d)
or (4)(d), the Minister may have regard to the following matters:
(a) whether the volume of trade from the country of export
referred to in paragraph (2)(d) or the country first-mentioned
in paragraph (4)(d) is similar to the volume of trade from the
country of export to Australia; and
(b) whether the nature of the trade in goods concerned between
the country of export referred to in paragraph (2)(d) or the
country first-mentioned in paragraph (4)(d) is similar to the
nature of trade between the country of export and Australia.
(5D) The normal value of goods (the exported goods) is the amount
determined by the Minister, having regard to all relevant
information, if the exported goods are exported to Australia and the
Minister is satisfied that the country of export has an economy in
transition and that at least one of the following paragraphs applies:
(a) both of the following conditions exist:
(i) the exporter of the exported goods sells like goods in the
country of export;
(ii) market conditions do not prevail in that country in
respect of the domestic selling price of those like goods;
(b) both of the following conditions exist:
(i) the exporter of the exported goods does not sell like
goods in the country of export but others do;
(ii) market conditions do not prevail in that country in
respect of the domestic selling price of those like goods;
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(c) the exporter of the exported goods does not answer questions
in a questionnaire given to the exporter by the Commissioner
under subsection 269TC(8) within the period described in
that subsection or subsection 269TC(9) for answering
questions;
(d) the answers given within the period mentioned in
subsection 269TC(8), or the further period mentioned in
subsection 269TC(9), by the exporter of the exported goods
to a questionnaire given to the exporter under
subsection 269TC(8) do not provide a reasonable basis for
determining that paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection do
not apply.
Note: Subsection 269TC(8) deals with the Commissioner giving an exporter of goods to Australia a questionnaire about evidence of whether or not paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection apply, with a specified period of at least 30 days for the exporter to answer the questions. Under subsection 269TC(9) the Commissioner may allow the exporter a further period for answering the questions.
(5E) To be satisfied that the conditions in paragraph (5D)(a) or (b) exist,
the Minister must have regard to the matters (if any) prescribed by
the regulations.
(5F) Without limiting the generality of subsection (5D), for the purpose
of working out, under that subsection, the amount that is to be the
normal value of goods exported to Australia, the Minister may
determine that amount in a manner that would be open to the
Minister under paragraph (4)(c), (d), (e) or (f) if subsection (4)
were applicable.
(5J) For the purposes of fulfilling Australia’s international obligations
under an international agreement, regulations may be made to
disapply subsection (5D) to a country.
(6) Where the Minister is satisfied that sufficient information has not
been furnished or is not available to enable the normal value of
goods to be ascertained under the preceding subsections (other than
subsection (5D)), the normal value of those goods is such amount
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as is determined by the Minister having regard to all relevant
information.
(7) For the purposes of this section, the Minister may disregard any
information that he or she considers to be unreliable.
(7A) The application of subsection (5D) to goods that are exported to
Australia from a particular country does not preclude the
application of other provisions of this section (other than
subsections (4) and (5)) to other goods that are exported to
Australia from that country.
(8) Where the normal value of goods exported to Australia is the price
paid or payable for like goods and that price and the export price of
the goods exported:
(a) relate to sales occurring at different times; or
(b) are not in respect of identical goods; or
(c) are modified in different ways by taxes or the terms or
circumstances of the sales to which they relate;
that price paid or payable for like goods is to be taken to be such a
price adjusted in accordance with directions by the Minister so that
those differences would not affect its comparison with that export
price.
(9) Where the normal value of goods exported to Australia is to be
ascertained in accordance with paragraph (2)(c) or (4)(e), the
Minister must make such adjustments, in determining the costs to
be determined under that paragraph, as are necessary to ensure that
the normal value so ascertained is properly comparable with the
export price of those goods.
(10) Where:
(a) the actual country of export of goods exported to Australia is
not the country of origin of the goods; and
(b) the Minister is of the opinion that the normal value of the
goods should be ascertained for the purposes of this Part as if
the country of origin were the country of export;
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he or she may direct that the normal value of the goods is to be so
ascertained.
(11) For the purposes of subsection (10), the country of origin of goods
is:
(a) in the case of unmanufactured raw products—the country of
which they are products; or
(b) in any other case—the country in which the last significant
process in the manufacture or production of the goods was
performed.
(14) If:
(a) application is made for a dumping duty notice; and
(b) goods the subject of the application are exported to Australia;
but
(c) the volume of sales of like goods for home consumption in
the country of export by the exporter or another seller of like
goods is less than 5% of the volume of goods the subject of
the application that are exported to Australia by the exporter;
the volume of sales referred to in paragraph (c) is taken, for the
purposes of paragraph (2)(a), to be a low volume unless the
Minister is satisfied that it is still large enough to permit a proper
comparison for the purposes of assessing a dumping margin under
section 269TACB.
269TACAA Sampling
(1) If:
(a) one of the following applies:
(i) there is an investigation under this Part in relation to
whether a dumping duty notice or countervailing duty
notice should be published;
(ii) there is a review under Division 5 in relation to the
publication of a dumping duty notice or countervailing
duty notice;
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(iii) there is an inquiry under Division 6A in relation to the
continuation of a dumping duty notice or countervailing
duty notice; and
(b) the number of exporters from a particular country of export
in relation to the investigation, review or inquiry is so large
that it is not practicable to examine the exports of all of those
exporters;
then the investigation, review or inquiry may be carried out, and
findings may be made, on the basis of information obtained from
an examination of a selected number of those exporters:
(c) who constitute a statistically valid sample of those exporters;
or
(d) who are responsible for the largest volume of exports to
Australia that can reasonably be examined.
(2) If information is submitted by an exporter not initially selected
under subsection (1) for the purposes of an investigation, review or
inquiry, the investigation, review or inquiry must extend to that
exporter unless to so extend it would prevent its timely completion.
269TACAB Dumping duty notice—export prices and normal values
for different categories of exporters
Uncooperative exporters
(1) If one of the following applies:
(a) there is an investigation under this Part in relation to whether
a dumping duty notice should be published;
(b) there is a review under Division 5 in relation to the
publication of a dumping duty notice;
(c) there is an inquiry under Division 6A in relation to the
continuation of a dumping duty notice;
then:
(d) if the export price of goods for an uncooperative exporter is
to be worked out in relation to the investigation, review or
inquiry—that export price is to be worked out under
subsection 269TAB(3); and
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(e) if the normal value of goods for an uncooperative exporter is
to be worked out in relation to the investigation, review or
inquiry—that normal value is to be worked out under
subsection 269TAC(6).
Residual exporters
(2) If:
(a) one of the following applies:
(i) there is an investigation under this Part in relation to
whether a dumping duty notice should be published;
(ii) there is a review under Division 5 in relation to the
publication of a dumping duty notice;
(iii) there is an inquiry under Division 6A in relation to the
continuation of a dumping duty notice; and
(b) the investigation, review or inquiry is carried out on the basis
of information obtained from an examination of a selected
number of exporters as mentioned in
subsection 269TACAA(1);
then:
(c) if the export price of goods for a residual exporter is to be
worked out in relation to the investigation, review or
inquiry—that export price must not be less than the weighted
average of export prices for like goods of cooperative
exporters from the same country of export; and
(d) if the normal value of goods for a residual exporter is to be
worked out in relation to the investigation, review or
inquiry—that normal value must not exceed the weighted
average of normal values for like goods of cooperative
exporters from the same country of export.
(3) To the extent that subsection (2) applies in relation to an
investigation, the weighted average of export prices, and the
weighted average of normal values, of the cooperative exporters
must not include any export price or normal value if, in a
comparison under section 269TACB involving that export price or
normal value, the Minister has determined:
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(a) that there is no dumping; or
(b) that the dumping margin, when expressed as a percentage of
the export price or weighted average of export prices used to
establish that dumping margin, is less than 2%.
269TACA Non-injurious price
The non-injurious price of goods exported to Australia is the
minimum price necessary:
(a) if the goods are the subject of, or of an application for, a
dumping duty notice under subsection 269TG(1) or (2)—to
prevent the injury, or a recurrence of the injury, or to remove
the hindrance, referred to in paragraph 269TG(1)(b) or (2)(b);
or
(b) if the goods are the subject of, or of an application for, a third
country dumping duty notice under subsection 269TH(1) or
(2)—to prevent the injury, or a recurrence of the injury,
referred to in paragraph 269TH(1)(b) or (2)(b); or
(c) if the goods are the subject of, or of an application for, a
countervailing duty notice under subsection 269TJ(1) or
(2)—to prevent the injury, or a recurrence of the injury, or to
remove the hindrance, referred to in paragraph 269TJ(1)(b)
or (2)(b); or
(d) if the goods are the subject of, or of an application for, a third
country countervailing duty notice under
subsection 269TK(1) or (2)—to prevent the injury, or a
recurrence of the injury, referred to in
paragraph 269TK(1)(b) or (2)(b).
269TACB Working out whether dumping has occurred and levels of
dumping
(1) If:
(a) application is made for a dumping duty notice; and
(b) export prices in respect of goods the subject of the
application exported to Australia during the investigation
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period have been established in accordance with
section 269TAB; and
(c) corresponding normal values in respect of like goods during
that period have been established in accordance with
section 269TAC;
the Minister must determine, by comparison of those export prices
with those normal values, whether dumping has occurred.
(2) In order to compare those export prices with those normal values,
the Minister may, subject to subsection (3):
(a) compare the weighted average of export prices over the
whole of the investigation period with the weighted average
of corresponding normal values over the whole of that
period; or
(aa) use the method of comparison referred to in paragraph (a) in
respect of parts of the investigation period as if each of these
parts were the whole of the investigation period; or
(b) compare the export prices determined in respect of individual
transactions over the whole of the investigation period with
the corresponding normal values determined over the whole
of that period; or
(c) use:
(i) the method of comparison referred to in paragraph (a) in
respect of a part or parts of the investigation period as if
the part or each of these parts were the whole of the
investigation period; and
(ii) the method of comparison referred to in paragraph (b) in
respect of another part or other parts of the investigation
period as if that other part or each of these other parts
were the whole of the investigation period.
(2A) If paragraph (2)(aa) or (c) applies:
(a) each part of the investigation period referred to in the
paragraph must not be less than 1 month; and
(b) the parts of the investigation period as referred to in
paragraph (2)(aa), or as referred to in subparagraphs (2)(c)(i)
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and (ii), must together comprise the whole of the
investigation period.
(3) If the Minister is satisfied:
(a) that the export prices differ significantly among different
purchasers, regions or periods; and
(b) that those differences make the methods referred to in
subsection (2) inappropriate for use in respect of a period
constituting the whole or a part of the investigation period;
the Minister may, for that period, compare the respective export
prices determined in relation to individual transactions during that
period with the weighted average of corresponding normal values
over that period.
(4) If, in a comparison under subsection (2), the Minister is satisfied
that the weighted average of export prices over a period is less than
the weighted average of corresponding normal values over that
period:
(a) the goods exported to Australia during that period are taken
to have been dumped; and
(b) the dumping margin for the exporter concerned in respect of
those goods and that period is the difference between those
weighted averages.
(4A) To avoid doubt, a reference to a period in subsection (4) includes a
reference to a part of the investigation period.
(5) If, in a comparison under subsection (2), the Minister is satisfied
that an export price in respect of an individual transaction during
the investigation period is less than the corresponding normal
value:
(a) the goods exported to Australia in that transaction are taken
to have been dumped; and
(b) the dumping margin for the exporter concerned in respect of
those goods and that transaction is the difference between
that export price and that normal value.
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(6) If, in a comparison under subsection (3), the Minister is satisfied
that the export prices in respect of particular transactions during the
investigation period are less than the weighted average of
corresponding normal values during that period:
(a) the goods exported to Australia in each such transaction are
taken to have been dumped; and
(b) the dumping margin for the exporter concerned in respect of
those goods is the difference between each relevant export
price and the weighted average of corresponding normal
values.
(10) Any comparison of export prices, or weighted average of export
prices, with any corresponding normal values, or weighted average
of corresponding normal values, must be worked out in respect of
similar units of goods, whether determined by weight, volume or
otherwise.
269TACC Working out whether a financial contribution or income
or price support confers a benefit
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the question whether a financial
contribution or income or price support confers a benefit is to be
determined by the Minister having regard to all relevant
information.
(2) A direct financial payment received from any of the following is
taken to confer a benefit:
(a) a government of a country;
(b) a public body of a country;
(c) a public body of which a government of a country is a
member;
(d) a private body entrusted or directed by a government of a
country or by such a public body to carry out a governmental
function.
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Guidelines for financial contributions
(3) In determining whether a financial contribution confers a benefit,
the Minister must have regard to the following guidelines:
(a) the provision of equity capital from a government or body
referred to in subsection (2) does not confer a benefit unless
the decision to provide the capital is inconsistent with normal
investment practice of private investors in the country
concerned;
(b) the making of a loan by a government or body referred to in
subsection (2) does not confer a benefit unless the loan
requires the enterprise receiving the loan to repay a lesser
amount than would be required for a comparable commercial
loan which the enterprise could actually obtain;
(c) the guarantee of a loan by a government or body referred to
in subsection (2) does not confer a benefit unless the
enterprise receiving the guarantee is required to repay on the
loan a lesser amount than would be required for a comparable
commercial loan without that guarantee;
(d) the provision of goods or services by a government or body
referred to in subsection (2) does not confer a benefit unless
the goods or services are provided for less than adequate
remuneration;
(e) the purchase of goods or services by a government or body
referred to in subsection (2) does not confer a benefit unless
the purchase is made for more than adequate remuneration.
(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (3)(d) and (e), the adequacy of
remuneration in relation to goods or services is to be determined
having regard to prevailing market conditions for like goods or
services in the country where those goods or services are provided
or purchased.
269TACD Amount of countervailable subsidy
(1) If the Minister is satisfied that a countervailable subsidy has been
received in respect of goods, the amount of the subsidy is an
amount determined by the Minister in writing.
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(2) After the amount of the countervailable subsidy received in respect
of goods has been worked out, the Minister must, if that subsidy is
not quantified by reference to a unit of those goods determined by
weight, volume or otherwise, work out how much of that amount is
properly attributable to each such unit.
269TAE Material injury to industry
(1) In determining, for the purposes of section 269TG or 269TJ,
whether material injury to an Australian industry has been or is
being caused or is threatened or would or might have been caused,
or whether the establishment of an Australian industry has been
materially hindered, because of any circumstances in relation to the
exportation of goods to Australia from the country of export, the
Minister may, without limiting the generality of that section but
subject to subsections (2A) to (2C), have regard to:
(aa) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TG—the size of the dumping margin, or of each
of the dumping margins, worked out in respect of goods of
that kind that have been exported to Australia and dumped;
and
(ab) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TJ—particulars of any countervailable subsidy
received in respect of goods of that kind that have been
exported to Australia; and
(a) the quantity of goods of that kind that, during a particular
period, have been or are likely to be exported to Australia
from the country of export; and
(b) any increase or likely increase, during a particular period, in
the quantity of goods of that kind exported to Australia from
the country of export; and
(c) any change or likely change, during a particular period, in the
proportion that:
(i) the quantity of goods of that kind exported to Australia
from the country of export and sold or consumed in
Australia; or
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(ii) the quantity of goods of that kind, or like goods,
produced or manufactured in the Australian industry
and sold or consumed in Australia;
bears to the quantity of goods of that kind, or like goods, sold
or consumed in Australia; and
(d) the export price that has been or is likely to be paid by
importers for goods of that kind exported to Australia from
the country of export; and
(e) the difference between:
(i) the price that has been or is likely to be paid for goods
of that kind, or like goods, produced or manufactured in
the Australian industry and sold in Australia; and
(ii) the price that has been or is likely to be paid for goods
of that kind exported to Australia from the country of
export and sold in Australia; and
(f) the effect that the exportation of goods of that kind to
Australia from the country of export in those circumstances
has had or is likely to have on the price paid for goods of that
kind, or like goods, produced or manufactured in the
Australian industry and sold in Australia; and
(g) any effect that the exportation of goods of that kind to
Australia from the country of export in those circumstances
has had or is likely to have on the relevant economic factors
in relation to the Australian industry; and
(h) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TJ and the goods are agricultural products—
whether the exportation of goods of that kind to Australia
from the country of export in those circumstances has given
or is likely to give rise to a need for financial or other
support, or an increase in financial or other support, for the
Australian industry from the Commonwealth Government.
(2) In determining, for the purposes of section 269TH or 269TK,
whether material injury to an industry in a third country has been
or is being caused or is threatened or would or might have been
caused because of any circumstances in relation to the exportation
of goods to Australia from the country of export, the Minister may,
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without limiting the generality of that section but subject to
subsections (2A) to (2C), have regard to:
(aa) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TH—the size of the dumping margin, or of each
of the dumping margins, worked out in respect of goods of
that kind that have been exported to Australia and dumped;
and
(ab) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TK—particulars of any countervailable subsidy
received in respect of goods of that kind that have been
exported to Australia; and
(a) the quantity of goods of that kind that, during a particular
period, have been or are likely to be exported to Australia
from the country of export; and
(b) any increase or likely increase, during a particular period, in
the quantity of goods of that kind exported to Australia from
the country of export; and
(c) any change or likely change, during a particular period, in the
proportion that:
(i) the quantity of goods of that kind exported to Australia
from the country of export and sold or consumed in
Australia; or
(ii) the quantity of goods of that kind, or like goods,
produced or manufactured in the third country and sold
or consumed in Australia;
bears to the quantity of goods of that kind, or like goods, sold
or consumed in Australia; and
(d) the export price that has been or is likely to be paid by
importers for goods of that kind exported to Australia from
the country of export; and
(e) the difference between:
(i) the price that has been or is likely to be paid for goods
of that kind, or like goods, produced or manufactured in
the third country and sold in Australia; and
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(ii) the price that has been or is likely to be paid for goods
of that kind exported to Australia from the country of
export and sold in Australia; and
(f) the effect that the exportation of goods of that kind to
Australia from the country of export in those circumstances
has had or is likely to have on the price paid for goods of that
kind, or like goods, produced or manufactured in the third
country and sold in Australia; and
(g) any effect that the exportation of goods of that kind to
Australia from the country of export in those circumstances
has had or is likely to have on the relevant economic factors
in relation to the producer or manufacturer in the third
country.
(2A) In making a determination in relation to the exportation of goods to
Australia for the purposes referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the
Minister must consider whether any injury to an industry, or
hindrance to the establishment of an industry, is being caused or
threatened by a factor other than the exportation of those goods
such as:
(a) the volume and prices of imported like goods that are not
dumped; or
(b) the volume and prices of importations of like goods that are
not subsidised; or
(c) contractions in demand or changes in patterns of
consumption; or
(d) restrictive trade practices of, and competition between,
foreign and Australian producers of like goods; or
(e) developments in technology; or
(f) the export performance and productivity of the Australian
industry;
and any such injury or hindrance must not be attributed to the
exportation of those goods.
(2AA) A determination for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) must be
based on facts and not merely on allegations, conjecture or remote
possibilities.
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(2B) In determining:
(a) for the purposes of subsection (1), whether or not material
injury is threatened to an Australian industry; or
(b) for the purposes of subsection (2), whether or not material
injury is threatened to an industry in a third country;
because of the exportation of goods into the Australian market, the
Minister must take account only of such changes in circumstances,
including changes of a kind determined by the Minister, as would
make that injury foreseeable and imminent unless dumping or
countervailing measures were imposed.
(2C) In determining, for the purposes referred to in subsection (1) or (2),
the effect of the exportations of goods to Australia from different
countries of export, the Minister should consider the cumulative
effect of those exportations only if the Minister is satisfied that:
(a) each of those exportations is the subject of an investigation;
and
(b) either:
(i) all the investigations of those exportations resulted from
applications under section 269TB lodged with the
Commissioner on the same day; or
(ii) the investigations of those exportations resulted from
applications under section 269TB lodged with the
Commissioner on different days but the investigation
periods for all the investigations of those exportations
overlap significantly; and
(c) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TG or 269TH—the dumping margin worked out
under section 269TACB for the exporter for each of the
exportations is at least 2% of the export price or weighted
average of export prices used to establish that dumping
margin; and
(d) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TG or 269TH—for each application, the volume
of goods the subject of the application that have been, or may
be, exported to Australia over a reasonable examination
period (as defined in subsection 269TDA(17)) from the
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country of export and dumped is not taken to be negligible
for the purposes of subsection 269TDA(3) because of
subsection 269TDA(4); and
(da) if the determination is being made for the purposes of
section 269TJ or 269TK:
(i) the amount of the countervailable subsidy in respect of
the goods the subject of each of the exportations
exceeds the negligible level of countervailable subsidy
worked out under subsection 269TDA(16); and
(ii) the volume of each of those exportations is not
negligible; and
(e) it is appropriate to consider the cumulative effect of those
exportations, having regard to:
(i) the conditions of competition between those goods; and
(ii) the conditions of competition between those goods and
like goods that are domestically produced.
(3) A reference in subsection (1) or (2) to the relevant economic
factors in relation to an Australian industry, or in relation to an
industry in a third country, in relation to goods of a particular kind
exported to Australia is a reference to:
(a) the quantity of goods of that kind, or like goods, produced or
manufactured in the industry; and
(b) the degree of utilization of the capacity of the industry to
produce or manufacture goods of that kind, or like goods;
and
(c) the quantity of goods of that kind, or like goods, produced or
manufactured in the industry:
(i) for which there are sales or forward orders; or
(ii) which are held as stocks; and
(d) the value of sales of, or forward orders for, goods of that
kind, or like goods, produced or manufactured in the
industry; and
(e) the level of profits earned in the industry, that are attributable
to the production or manufacture of goods of that kind, or
like goods; and
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(f) the level of return on investment in the industry; and
(g) cash flow in the industry; and
(h) the number of persons employed, and the level of wages paid
to persons employed, in the industry in relation to the
production or manufacture of goods of that kind, or like
goods; and
(ha) the terms and conditions of employment (including the
number of hours worked) of persons employed in the
industry in relation to the production or manufacture of
goods of that kind, or like goods; and
(j) the share of the market in Australia for goods of that kind, or
like goods, that is held by goods of that kind, or like goods,
produced or manufactured in the industry; and
(k) the ability of persons engaged in the industry, to raise capital
in relation to the production or manufacture of goods of that
kind, or like goods; and
(m) investment in the industry.
269TAF Currency conversion
(1) If, for the purposes of this Part, comparison of the export prices of
goods exported to Australia and corresponding normal values of
like goods requires a conversion of currencies, that conversion,
subject to subsection (2), is to be made using the rate of exchange
on the date of the transaction or agreement that, in the opinion of
the Minister, best establishes the material terms of the sale of the
exported goods.
(2) If, in relation to goods exported to Australia, a forward rate of
exchange is used, the Minister may, in a conversion of currencies
under subsection (1), make use of that rate of exchange.
(3) If:
(a) the comparison referred to in subsection (1) requires the
conversion of currencies; and
(b) the rate of exchange between those currencies has undergone
a short-term fluctuation;
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the Minister may, for the purpose of that comparison, disregard
that fluctuation.
(4) If:
(a) the comparison referred to in subsection (1) requires the
conversion of currencies; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that the rate of exchange between
those currencies has undergone a sustained movement;
the Minister may, by notice published on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website, declare that this subsection applies with
effect from a day specified in the notice and, if the Minister does
so, the Minister may use the rate of exchange in force on that day
for the purposes of that comparison during the period of 60 days
starting on that day.
(5) Nothing in subsection (4) prevents the Minister specifying a day in
a notice that is earlier than the day of publication of the notice if
the day specified:
(a) is a day after the start of the sustained movement; and
(b) is not a day occurring within 60 days after the day specified
in a prior notice.
(6) Nothing in subsection (4) prevents the Minister publishing more
than one notice if a sustained movement in the rate of exchange
continues for more than 60 days.
(7) The Commissioner may, if he or she considers it desirable so to do
for the avoidance of doubt, specify, by notice published on the
Anti-Dumping Commission’s website, a means of establishing a
rate that is taken to be, or to have been, the rate of exchange
between the Australian currency and another currency or between
other currencies:
(a) on a day, or during a period, preceding the day of publication
of the notice; or
(b) from and including the day of publication of the notice, or an
earlier day specified in the notice, until the revocation of the
notice.
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(8) The rate of exchange established between currencies in a notice
under subsection (7) is, for the purpose of working out the amount
of duty or interim duty payable on any goods exported on the day
or during the period to which the rate so specified applies, the rate
of exchange that applies for the purposes of this section in respect
of the currencies specified in the notice.
269TAG Minister may take anti-dumping measures on own
initiative
(1) Nothing in this Part implies that the Minister cannot initiate an
investigation into the need to take anti-dumping measures in
respect of goods although no application has been made under
section 269TB for the taking of such measures in respect of such
goods.
(2) An investigation under subsection (1) must be carried out in
accordance with the Minister’s written requirements instead of the
requirements set out in this Part.
(3) The Minister may, subject to subsection (4), take anti-dumping
measures as a result of the investigation as if the investigation had
been carried out under this Part.
(4) The Minister must not take such anti-dumping measures unless the
Minister:
(a) has determined any matters which the Minister would be
required to determine; and
(b) is satisfied of any matters of which the Minister would be
required to be satisfied;
in order to take those measures if the investigation had been carried
out in accordance with the requirements of the other provisions of
this Part.
(5) The Minister must ensure that:
(a) his or her instructions under subsection (2) for the conduct of
an investigation referred to in subsection (1); and
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(b) his or her actions in taking any anti-dumping measures as a
result of such an investigation;
are consistent with Australia’s international obligations under the
World Trade Organization Agreement.
(6) The anti-dumping measures taken and any matters determined to
permit the taking of those measures are to be treated, for all
purposes of this Act and the Dumping Duty Act, as measures
taken, and matters determined, under the relevant provisions of this
Part.
269TAH Minister may delegate functions and powers to
Commissioner or Commission staff members
(1) The Minister may, by signed instrument, delegate to the following
any of the functions and powers of the Minister under this Part or
the Dumping Duty Act:
(a) the Commissioner;
(b) a Commission staff member.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a function or power
under:
(a) subsection 269TG(1) or (2), 269TH(1) or (2), 269TJ(1) or (2)
or 269TK(1) or (2) of this Act; or
(b) subsection 8(5), 9(5), 10(3B) or 11(4) of the Dumping Duty
Act.
269TA Minister may give directions to Commissioner in relation to
powers and duties under this Part
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, give to the
Commissioner such directions in connection with carrying out or
giving effect to the Commissioner’s powers and duties under this
Part as the Minister thinks fit, and the Commissioner shall comply
with any directions so given.
(2) A direction under subsection (1) shall not deal with carrying out or
giving effect to the powers or duties of the Commissioner in
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relation to a particular consignment of goods or to like goods to
goods in a particular consignment but shall deal instead with the
general principles for carrying out or giving effect to the
Commissioner’s powers.
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Commissioner
269TBA What this Division is about
This Division:
• sets out the requirements for making applications for the publication of dumping duty notices and countervailing duty
notices;
• sets out the procedures to be followed, and the matters to be considered, by the Commissioner in conducting investigations
in relation to goods covered by such applications, for the
purpose of making a report to the Minister;
• empowers the Commonwealth, in certain cases, to take securities in respect of interim duty that may become payable,
in order to prevent injury to Australian industry while such
investigations continue;
• sets out the circumstances in which the Commissioner must terminate such investigations.
269TB Application for action under Dumping Duty Act
(1) Where:
(a) a consignment of goods:
(i) has been imported into Australia;
(ii) is likely to be imported into Australia; or
(iii) may be imported into Australia, being like goods to
goods to which subparagraph (i) or (ii) applies;
(b) there is, or may be established, an Australian industry
producing like goods; and
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(c) a person believes that there are, or may be, reasonable
grounds for the publication of a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice in respect of the goods in the
consignment;
that person may, by application in writing lodged with the
Commissioner, request that the Minister publish that notice in
respect of the goods in the consignment.
(2) Where:
(a) a consignment of goods produced or manufactured in a
country other than Australia:
(i) has been imported into Australia;
(ii) is likely to be imported into Australia; or
(iii) may be imported into Australia, being like goods to
goods to which subparagraph (i) or (ii) applies; and
(b) there is, in a third country, an industry that produces or
manufactures like goods for export to Australia; and
(c) the Government of that third country believes that there are,
or may be, reasonable grounds for the publication of a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice in
respect of the goods in the consignment;
the Government of that third country may, by application in
writing lodged with the Commissioner, request that the Minister
publish that notice in respect of the goods in the consignment.
(2A) During the period after receiving an application for a dumping duty
notice and before giving public notice under subsection 269TC(4)
of a decision not to reject the application, the Commissioner must
notify the government of the country, or of each country, whose
exporters are nominated in the application.
(2B) During the period after receiving an application for a
countervailing duty notice and before giving public notice under
subsection 269TC(4) of a decision not to reject the application, the
Commissioner must notify:
(a) the government of the country, or of each country, whose
exporters are nominated in the application; and
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(b) the government of any other country from which
countervailable subsidies are alleged to have been received.
(2C) A notification by the Commissioner under subsection (2B) must
include an invitation to consult with the Commissioner in relation
to whether:
(a) any countervailable subsidies exist; and
(b) any such subsidies, if found to exist, are causing or are likely
to cause material injury of a kind referred to in
paragraph 269TJ(1)(b) or 269TK(1)(b);
with the aim of arriving at a mutually agreed solution.
(3) An applicant may, at any time before the Minister decides:
(a) to publish a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty
notice in respect of an exporter to whom the application
extends; or
(b) to accept an undertaking from an exporter to whom the
application extends or from a country to whose exporters the
application extends;
by notice in writing lodged with the Commissioner, withdraw the
application so far as it extends to that exporter, or to exporters
exporting from that country, as the case requires.
(4) An application under subsection (1) or (2) or a notice under
subsection (3) withdrawing such an application must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in a form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes
of this section; and
(c) contain such information as the form requires; and
(d) be signed in the manner indicated in the form; and
(e) in the case of an application under subsection (1)—be
supported by a sufficient part of the Australian industry; and
(f) be lodged in the manner approved under section 269SMS.
(5) The application, or the notice withdrawing an application, is taken
to have been received by the Commissioner when the application
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or notice is first received by a Commission staff member doing
duty in relation to dumping applications.
(6) An application under subsection (1) in relation to a consignment of
goods is taken to be supported by a sufficient part of the Australian
industry if the Commissioner is satisfied that persons (including
the applicant) who produce or manufacture like goods in Australia
and who support the application:
(a) account for more than 50% of the total production or
manufacture of like goods produced or manufactured by that
portion of the Australian industry that has expressed either
support for, or opposition to, the application; and
(b) account for not less than 25% of the total production or
manufacture of like goods in Australia.
269TC Consideration of application
(1) The Commissioner shall, within 20 days after receiving an
application under subsection 269TB(1) in respect of goods,
examine the application and, if the Commissioner is not satisfied,
having regard to the matters contained in the application and to any
other information that the Commissioner considers relevant:
(a) that the application complies with subsection 269TB(4); or
(b) that there is, or is likely to be established, an Australian
industry in respect of like goods; or
(c) that there appear to be reasonable grounds:
(i) for the publication of a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice, as the case requires, in
respect of the goods the subject of the application; or
(ii) for the publication of such a notice upon the importation
into Australia of such goods;
he or she shall reject the application and inform the applicant, by
notice in writing, accordingly.
(2) The Commissioner shall, within 20 days after receiving an
application by the Government of a country under
subsection 269TB(2) in respect of goods, examine the application
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and, if the Commissioner is not satisfied, having regard to the
matters contained in the application and to any other information
that the Commissioner considers relevant:
(a) that the application complies with subsection 269TB(4); or
(b) that there is a producer or manufacturer of like goods in that
country who exports such goods to Australia; or
(c) that there appear to be reasonable grounds:
(i) for the publication of a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice, as the case requires, in
respect of the goods the subject of the application; or
(ii) for the publication of such a notice upon the importation
into Australia of such goods;
he or she shall reject the application and inform the applicant, by
notice in writing, accordingly.
(2A) If an applicant, after lodging an application under section 269TB,
decides to give the Commissioner further information in support of
that application without having been requested to do so:
(a) the information must be lodged with the Commissioner, in
writing, in the manner in which applications under that
section must be lodged; and
(b) the information is taken to have been received by the
Commissioner when the information is first received by a
Commission staff member doing duty in relation to dumping
applications; and
(c) this Part has effect as if:
(i) the application had included that further information;
and
(ii) the application had only been lodged when that further
information was lodged; and
(iii) the application had only been received when that further
information was received.
(3) Where, in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), the Commissioner
rejects an application, the notice informing the applicant of that
rejection:
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(a) shall state the reasons why the Commissioner was not
satisfied of one or more of the matters set out in that
subsection; and
(b) shall inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 30
days of the receipt of the notice, to apply for a review of the
Commissioner’s decision by the Review Panel under
Division 9.
(4) If the Commissioner decides not to reject an application under
subsection 269TB(1) or (2) in respect of goods, the Commissioner
must give public notice of the decision:
(a) setting out particulars of goods the subject of the application;
and
(b) setting out the identity of the applicant; and
(ba) setting out the countries of export known to be involved; and
(bb) if the application is for a countervailing duty notice—also
setting out the countries from which countervailable
subsidisation is alleged to have been received; and
(bc) setting a date, which should be the date or estimated date of
publication of the notice, as the date of initiation of the
investigation; and
(bd) indicating the basis on which dumping or countervailable
subsidisation is alleged to have occurred; and
(be) summarising the factors on which the allegation of injury or
hindrance to the establishment of an industry is based; and
(bf) indicating that a report will be made to the Minister:
(i) within 155 days after the date of initiation of the
investigation; or
(ii) within such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI;
on the basis of the examination of exportations to Australia
of goods the subject of the application during a period
specified in the notice as the investigation period in relation
to the application; and
(c) inviting interested parties to lodge with the Commissioner,
within 37 days after the date of initiation of the investigation,
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submissions concerning the publication of the notice sought
in the application; and
(d) stating that if the Commissioner, in accordance with
section 269TD, makes a preliminary affirmative
determination in relation to the application, he or she may
apply provisional measures, including the taking of securities
under section 42, in respect of interim duty that may become
payable on the importation of the goods the subject of the
application; and
(e) stating that:
(i) within 110 days after the date of initiation of the
investigation; or
(ii) such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI;
the Commissioner, in accordance with section 269TDAA,
will place on the public record a statement of the essential
facts on which the Commissioner proposes to base a
recommendation to the Minister; and
(f) inviting interested parties to lodge with the Commissioner,
within 20 days of that statement being placed on the public
record, submissions in response to that statement; and
(g) indicating the address at which, or the manner in which,
submissions under paragraph (c) or (f) can be lodged; and
(h) stating that if the Minister decides to publish or not to publish
a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice after
considering the report referred to in paragraph (bf), certain
persons will have the right to seek review of that decision in
accordance with Division 9.
(5) Information required to be included in the notice under
subsection (4) may be included in a separate report to which the
notice makes reference.
(5A) The Commissioner cannot vary the length of the investigation
period.
(6) Despite the fact that a notice under this section specifies a
particular period for interested parties to lodge submissions with
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the Commissioner, if the Commissioner is satisfied, by
representation in writing by an interested party:
(a) that a longer period is reasonably required for the party to
make a submission; and
(b) that allowing a longer period will be practicable in the
circumstances;
the Commissioner may notify the party, in writing, that a specified
further period will be allowed for the party to lodge a submission.
(7) As soon as practicable after the Commissioner decides not to reject
an application under section 269TB for a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice, the Commissioner must ensure that a
copy of the application, or of so much of the application as is not
claimed to be confidential or to constitute information whose
publication would adversely affect a person’s business or
commercial interests, is made available:
(a) unless paragraph (b) applies—to all persons known to be
exporters of goods the subject of the application and to the
government of each country of export; or
(b) if the number of persons known to be exporters of goods the
subject of the application is so large that it is not practicable
to provide a copy of the application, or of so much of the
application as is not the subject of such a claim, to each of
them—to the government of each country of export and to
each relevant trade association.
(8) If the Commissioner is satisfied that a country whose exporters are
nominated in an application for a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice has an economy in transition, the
Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after deciding not to
reject the application:
(a) give each nominated exporter from such a country a
questionnaire about evidence of whether or not paragraphs
269TAC(5D)(a) and (b) apply; and
(b) inform each such exporter that the exporter has a specified
period of not less than 30 days for answering questions in the
questionnaire; and
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(c) inform each such exporter that the investigation of the
application will proceed on the basis that
subsection 269TAC(5D) applies to the normal value of the
exporter’s goods that are the subject of the application if:
(i) the exporter does not give the answers to the
Commissioner within the period; or
(ii) the exporter gives the answers to the Commissioner
within the period but they do not provide a reasonable
basis for determining that paragraphs 269TAC(5D)(a)
and (b) do not apply.
Note: Paragraph 269TAC(5D)(a) or (b) applies if a government of the
country of export significantly affects the selling price in that country
of like goods to the goods that are the subject of the application.
(9) Despite the fact that, under subsection (8), the Commissioner has
informed an exporter given a questionnaire that the exporter has a
particular period to answer the questions in the questionnaire, if the
Commissioner is satisfied, by representation in writing by the
exporter:
(a) that a longer period is reasonably required for the exporter to
answer the questions; and
(b) that allowing a longer period will be practicable in the
circumstances;
the Commissioner may notify the exporter, in writing, that a
specified further period will be allowed for the exporter to answer
the questions.
(10) If, during an investigation in respect of goods the subject of an
application under section 269TB, the Commissioner becomes
aware of an issue as to whether a countervailable subsidy (other
than one covered by the application) has been received in respect
of the goods, the Commissioner may examine that issue as part of
the investigation.
269TD Preliminary affirmative determinations
(1) At any time not earlier than 60 days after the date of initiation of an
investigation as to whether there are sufficient grounds for the
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publication of a dumping duty notice, or a countervailing duty
notice, in respect of goods the subject of an application under
section 269TB, the Commissioner may, if he or she is satisfied:
(a) that there appears to be sufficient grounds for the publication
of such a notice; or
(b) that it appears that there will be sufficient grounds for the
publication of such a notice subsequent to the importation
into Australia of such goods;
make a determination (a preliminary affirmative determination) to
that effect.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), in deciding whether to make such a
preliminary affirmative determination, the Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application concerned; and
(ii) any submissions concerning publication of the notice
that are received by the Commissioner within 37 days
after the date of initiation of the investigation; and
(b) may have regard to any other matters that the Commissioner
considers relevant.
(3) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to any submission
that is received by the Commissioner after the end of the period
referred to in subparagraph (2)(a)(ii) if to do so would, in the
Commissioner’s opinion, prevent the timely consideration of the
question whether or not to make a preliminary affirmative
determination.
(4) If the Commissioner makes a preliminary affirmative
determination:
(a) the Commissioner must give public notice of that
determination; and
(b) the Commonwealth may, at the time that determination is
made or at any later time during the investigation, require
and take securities under section 42 in respect of interim duty
that may become payable if the Commissioner is satisfied
that it is necessary to do so to prevent material injury to an
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Australian industry occurring while the investigation
continues.
(5) If the Commonwealth decides to require and take securities under
subsection (4), the Commissioner must give public notice of that
decision.
269TDAA Statement of essential facts in relation to investigation of
application under section 269TB
(1) The Commissioner must, within 110 days after the date of
initiation of an investigation arising from an application under
section 269TB or such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI, place on the public record a statement of the facts
(the statement of essential facts) on which the Commissioner
proposes to base a recommendation to the Minister in relation to
that application.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), in formulating the statement of essential
facts, the Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application concerned; and
(ii) any submissions concerning publication of the notice
that are received by the Commissioner within 37 days
after the date of initiation of the investigation; and
(b) may have regard to any other matters that the Commissioner
considers relevant.
(3) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to a submission
received by the Commissioner after the end of the period referred
to in subparagraph (2)(a)(ii) if to do so would, in the
Commissioner’s opinion, prevent the timely placement of the
statement of essential facts on the public record.
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269TDA Termination of investigations
Commissioner must terminate if all dumping margins are
negligible
(1) If:
(a) application is made for a dumping duty notice; and
(b) in an investigation, for the purposes of the application, of an
exporter to Australia of goods the subject of the application,
the Commissioner is satisfied that:
(i) there has been no dumping by the exporter of any of
those goods; or
(ii) there has been dumping by the exporter of some or all
of those goods, but the dumping margin for the
exporter, or each such dumping margin, worked out
under section 269TACB, when expressed as a
percentage of the export price or weighted average of
export prices used to establish that dumping margin, is
less than 2%;
the Commissioner must terminate the investigation so far as it
relates to the exporter.
Commissioner must terminate if countervailable subsidisation is
negligible
(2) If:
(a) application is made for a countervailing duty notice; and
(b) in an investigation, for the purposes of the application, of an
exporter to Australia of goods the subject of the application,
the Commissioner is satisfied that:
(i) no countervailable subsidy has been received in respect
of any of those goods; or
(ii) a countervailable subsidy has been received in respect
of some or all of those goods but it never, at any time
during the investigation period, exceeded the negligible
level of countervailable subsidy under subsection (16);
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the Commissioner must terminate the investigation so far as it
relates to the exporter.
Commissioner must terminate if negligible volumes of dumping are
found
(3) If:
(a) application is made for a dumping duty notice; and
(b) in an investigation for the purposes of the application the
Commissioner is satisfied that the total volume of goods the
subject of the application:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over a
reasonable examination period from a particular country
of export; and
(ii) that have been, or may be, dumped;
is negligible;
the Commissioner must terminate the investigation so far as it
relates to that country.
What is a negligible volume of dumped goods?
(4) For the purpose of subsection (3), the total volume of goods the
subject of the application that have been, or may be, exported to
Australia over a reasonable examination period from the particular
country of export and dumped is taken to be a negligible volume if:
(a) when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, it is less than 3%; and
(b) subsection (5) does not apply in relation to those
first-mentioned goods.
Aggregation of volumes of dumped goods
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), this subsection applies in
relation to goods the subject of the application that have been, or
may be, exported to Australia over a reasonable examination
period from the particular country of export and dumped if:
(a) the volume of such goods that have been, or may be, so
exported from that country and dumped, when expressed as a
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percentage of the total Australian import volume, is less than
3%; and
(b) the volume of goods the subject of the application that have
been, or may be, exported to Australia over that period from
another country of export and dumped, when expressed as a
percentage of the total Australian import volume, is also less
than 3%; and
(c) the total volume of goods the subject of the application that
have been, or may be, exported to Australia over that period
from the country to which paragraph (a) applies, and from all
countries to which paragraph (b) applies, and dumped, when
expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is more than 7%.
Negligible dumping margins to count in determining volume
(6) The fact that the dumping margin, or each of the dumping margins,
in relation to a particular exporter, when expressed as a percentage
of the export price or weighted average of export prices used to
establish that dumping margin, is less than 2%, does not prevent
exports by that exporter being taken into account:
(a) in working out the total volume of goods that have been, or
may be, exported from a country of export and dumped; and
(b) in aggregating, for the purposes of subsection (5), the
volumes of goods that have been, or may be, exported from
that country of export and other countries of export and
dumped.
Commissioner must terminate if negligible volumes of
countervailable subsidisation are found
(7) If:
(a) application is made for a countervailing duty notice; and
(b) in an investigation for the purposes of the application, the
Commissioner is satisfied that the total volume of goods the
subject of the application:
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(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia from a
particular country of export during a reasonable
examination period; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
is negligible;
the Commissioner must terminate the investigation so far as it
relates to that country.
What is a negligible volume of subsidised goods?
(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), the total volume of goods the
subject of the application for a countervailing duty notice that have
been, or may be, exported to Australia over a reasonable
examination period from the particular country of export and in
respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been received is
taken to be a negligible volume if:
(a) that country of export is not a developing country and that
total volume, when expressed as a percentage of the total
Australian import volume, is less than 3%; or
(b) that country of export is a developing country and that total
volume, when expressed as a percentage of the total
Australian import volume, is less than 4%;
and subsections (9), (10) and (11) do not apply in relation to those
first-mentioned goods.
Aggregation of volumes of subsidised goods from countries other
than developing countries
(9) For the purposes of subsection (8), this subsection applies in
relation to goods the subject of the application that have been, or
may be, exported to Australia over a reasonable examination
period from the particular country of export and in respect of
which a countervailable subsidy has been, or may be, received, if:
(a) the country of export is not a developing country; and
(b) the volume of such goods:
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(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from that country; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is less than 3%; and
(c) the volume of goods the subject of the application:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from another country that is not a developing
country; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is also less than 3%; and
(d) the total volume of goods the subject of the application:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from the country to which paragraph (b)
applies and from all countries to which paragraph (c)
applies; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is more than 7%.
Aggregation of volumes of subsidised goods from developing
countries
(10) For the purposes of subsection (8), this subsection applies in
relation to goods the subject of the application that have been, or
may be, exported to Australia over a reasonable examination
period from the particular country of export and in respect of
which a countervailable subsidy has been, or may be, received if:
(a) the country of export is a developing country; and
(b) the volume of such goods:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from that country; and
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(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is less than 4%; and
(c) the volume of goods the subject of the application:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from another country that is a developing
country; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is also less than 4%; and
(d) the total volume of goods the subject of the application:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from the country to which paragraph (b)
applies and from all countries to which paragraph (c)
applies; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is more than 9%.
Aggregation of volumes of subsidised goods from member
countries that are developing countries
(11) For the purposes of subsection (8), this subsection applies in
relation to goods the subject of the application that have been, or
may be, exported to Australia over a reasonable examination
period from the particular country of export and in respect of
which a countervailable subsidy has been, or may be, received if:
(a) the country of export is a member country and a developing
country; and
(b) the volume of such goods;
(i) that have been, or may be exported to Australia over
that period from that country; and
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(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is less than 4%; and
(c) the volume of goods the subject of the application:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from another member country that is a
developing country; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is less than 4%; and
(d) the volume of goods the subject of the application:
(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over
that period from the country to which paragraph (b)
applies and from all countries to which paragraph (c)
applies; and
(ii) in respect of which a countervailable subsidy has been,
or may be, received;
when expressed as a percentage of the total Australian import
volume, is more than 9%.
Negligible countervailable subsidies to count in determining
volume
(12) The fact that the level of countervailable subsidy that has been, or
may be, received in respect of goods that have been, exported, or
may be exported, to Australia from a country of export is a
negligible level under subsection (16) does not prevent exports
from that country being taken into account:
(a) in working out the total volume of goods that have been, or
may be, exported from a country of export and in respect of
which a countervailable subsidy has been, or may be,
payable; and
(b) in aggregating, for the purposes of subsection (9), (10) or
(11), volumes of goods that have been, or may be, exported
to Australia from that country and other countries and in
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respect of which a countervailing subsidy has been, or may
be, received.
Commissioner must terminate dumping investigation if export
causes negligible injury etc.
(13) Subject to subsection (13A), if:
(a) application is made for a dumping duty notice; and
(b) in an investigation, for the purposes of the application, of
goods the subject of the application that have been, or may
be, exported to Australia from a particular country of export,
the Commissioner is satisfied that the injury, if any, to an
Australian industry or an industry in a third country, or the
hindrance, if any, to the establishment of an Australian
industry, that has been, or may be, caused by that export is
negligible;
the Commissioner must terminate the investigation so far as it
relates to that country.
(13A) If, in relation to the investigation referred to in subsection (13), the
Commissioner, in accordance with subsection (14B), considers the
cumulative effect of exportations of goods to Australia from 2 or
more countries of export, then the following apply in relation to
those countries:
(a) if the Commissioner is not satisfied that the injury to an
Australian industry or an industry in a third country, or the
hindrance to the establishment of an Australian industry, that
has been, or may be, caused by those exports is negligible—
subsection (13) does not apply in relation to those countries;
(b) if the Commissioner is satisfied that such injury or hindrance
that has been, or may be, caused by those exports is
negligible—the Commissioner must terminate the
investigation so far as it relates to those countries.
Note: If the investigation also covers exports of goods from a country that
was not part of the cumulation consideration because those exports did
not satisfy the criteria in subsection (14B), then the Commissioner
will consider whether subsection (13) applies to that country.
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Commissioner must terminate countervailable subsidy
investigation if export causes negligible injury
(14) Subject to subsection (14A), if:
(a) application is made for a countervailing duty notice; and
(b) in an investigation, for the purpose of the application, of
goods the subject of the application that have been, or may
be, exported to Australia from a particular country of export,
the Commissioner is satisfied that the injury, if any, to an
Australian industry or an industry in a third country that has
been, or may be, caused by that export is negligible;
the Commissioner must terminate the investigation so far as it
relates to that country.
(14A) If, in relation to the investigation referred to in subsection (14), the
Commissioner, in accordance with subsection (14B), considers the
cumulative effect of exportations of goods to Australia from 2 or
more countries of export, then the following apply in relation to
those countries:
(a) if the Commissioner is not satisfied that the injury to an
Australian industry or an industry in a third country that has
been, or may be, caused by those exports is negligible—
subsection (14) does not apply in relation to those countries;
(b) if the Commissioner is satisfied that such injury that has
been, or may be, caused by those exports is negligible—the
Commissioner must terminate the investigation so far as it
relates to those countries.
Note: If the investigation also covers exports of goods from a country that
was not part of the cumulation consideration because those exports did
not satisfy the criteria in subsection (14B), then the Commissioner
will consider whether subsection (14) applies to that country.
Cumulative assessment of injury or hindrance
(14B) For the purpose of subsection (13A) or (14A), the Commissioner
must consider the cumulative effect of exportations of goods to
Australia from 2 or more countries of export if the Commissioner
is satisfied that:
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(a) each of those exportations is the subject of an investigation;
and
(b) either:
(i) all the investigations of those exportations resulted from
applications under section 269TB lodged with the
Commissioner on the same day; or
(ii) the investigations of those exportations resulted from
applications under section 269TB lodged with the
Commissioner on different days but the investigation
periods for all the investigations of those exportations
overlap significantly; and
(c) for the purposes of subsection (13A)—the dumping margin
worked out under section 269TACB for the exporter for each
of the exportations is at least 2% of the export price or
weighted average of export prices used to establish that
dumping margin; and
(d) for the purposes of subsection (13A)—for each application,
the volume of goods the subject of the application that have
been, or may be, exported to Australia over a reasonable
examination period (as defined in subsection 269TDA(17))
from the country of export and dumped is not taken to be
negligible for the purposes of subsection 269TDA(3) because
of subsection 269TDA(4); and
(e) for the purposes of subsection (14A):
(i) the amount of the countervailable subsidy in respect of
the goods the subject of each of the exportations
exceeds the negligible level of countervailable subsidy
worked out under subsection 269TDA(16); and
(ii) the volume of each of those exportations is not
negligible; and
(f) it is appropriate to consider the cumulative effect of those
exportations, having regard to:
(i) the conditions of competition between those goods; and
(ii) the conditions of competition between those goods and
like goods that are domestically produced.
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Commissioner must give public notice of termination decisions
(15) If the Commissioner decides to terminate an investigation so far as
it relates to a particular exporter or country of export, the
Commissioner must:
(a) give public notice of that decision; and
(b) ensure that:
(i) in the case of an exporter, a copy of the notice is sent to
the applicant, the exporter and the government of the
country of export; or
(ii) in the case of a country of export, a copy of the notice is
sent to the applicant and the government of that country;
and
(c) inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 30 days
after the first publication of the public notice, to apply for a
review of the Commissioner’s decision by the Review Panel
under Division 9.
Negligible countervailable subsidisation
(16) For the purposes of this section, a countervailable subsidy received
in respect of goods exported to Australia is negligible if:
(a) the country of export is not a developing country and the
subsidy, when expressed as a percentage of the export price
of the goods, is less than 1%; or
(b) the country of export is a developing country but not a
special developing country and the subsidy, when expressed
as a percentage of the export price of the goods, is not more
than 2%; or
(c) the country of export is a special developing country and the
subsidy, when expressed as a percentage of the export price
of the goods, is not more than 3%.
Definition—reasonable examination period
(17) In this section:
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reasonable examination period, in relation to an application for a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice in respect of
goods, means a period comprising:
(a) the whole or a substantial part of the investigation period; or
(b) any period after the end of the investigation period that is
taken into account for the purpose of considering possible
future importations of goods the subject of the application.
total Australian import volume, in relation to a volume of goods
the subject of an application for a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice that have been, or may be, exported to
Australia from a particular country during a period, means the total
volume of all goods the subject of the application and like goods
that have been, or may be, exported to Australia from all countries
during that period.
269TE Commissioner to have regard to same considerations as
Minister
(1) In this section:
decision means:
(a) a decision of the Commissioner under section 269TC or
269TD; or
(b) a decision contained in a report by the Commissioner under
section 269ZZL.
recommendation means:
(a) a recommendation included in a report prepared by the
Commissioner under section 269TEA, 269ZDA, 269ZDBG,
269ZG or 269ZHF; or
(b) a recommendation by the Commissioner to the Minister
under section 269TEB or 269X.
(2) If the Commissioner is required, in making a recommendation or
decision, to determine any matter ordinarily required to be
determined by the Minister under this Act or the Dumping Duty
Act, the Commissioner must determine the matter:
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(a) in like manner as if he or she were the Minister; and
(b) having regard to the considerations to which the Minister
would be required to have regard if the Minister were
determining the matter.
(3) Subsection (2) applies in respect of goods that have not been
imported into Australia at the time of the Commissioner’s
determination of a matter in respect of those goods as if:
(a) the Commissioner’s determination of the matter were being
made after an importation of those goods into Australia; and
(b) the importation had occurred at the time of the anticipated
importation of those goods into Australia.
(4) Nothing in this section implies that the determination of a matter
by the Commissioner affects the power of the Minister to make a
final determination in respect of that matter for the purposes of the
Dumping Duty Act.
269TEA Report to Minister concerning publication of notices under
this Part
(1) If:
(a) application has been made under section 269TB for
publication of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty
notice; and
(b) the Commissioner has initiated an investigation in respect of
the application under section 269TC;
the Commissioner must, after holding such an investigation and
within 155 days after the date of initiation of the investigation or
such longer period as the Minister allows under section 269ZHI,
give the Minister a report in respect of the goods the subject of the
application that:
(c) recommends whether any such notice should be published
and the extent of any duties that are, or should be, payable
under the Dumping Duty Act because of that notice; and
(d) recommends, in particular, whether the Minister ought to be
satisfied as to the matters in respect of which the Minister is
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required to be satisfied before such a notice can be published;
and
(e) recommends, where applicable, whether the Minister ought
to give notice to the exporter under subsection 269TG(3D) or
to the government of the country of export or to the exporter
under subsection 269TJ(2A).
(2) The Commissioner’s report must, to the extent that it is practicable
to do so, also extend to any like goods not covered by the
application but imported into Australia during the period starting
on the date of initiation of the investigation and ending 20 days
after the statement of essential facts in respect of the investigation
is placed on the public record.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), in deciding on the recommendations to
be made to the Minister in the Commissioner’s report in relation to
an application under section 269TB for publication of a dumping
duty notice or a countervailing duty notice, the Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application; and
(ii) any submission concerning the publication of that notice
to which the Commissioner has had regard for the
purpose of formulating the statement of essential facts;
and
(iii) the statement of essential facts; and
(iv) any submission made in response to that statement that
is received by the Commissioner within 20 days after
the placing of that statement on the public record; and
(b) may have regard to any other matters that the Commissioner
considers to be relevant.
(4) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to any submission
made in response to the statement of essential facts that is received
by the Commissioner after the end of the period referred to in
subparagraph (3)(a)(iv) if to do so would, in the Commissioner’s
opinion, prevent the timely preparation of the report to the
Minister.
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(5) The report to the Minister must include a statement of the
Commissioner’s reasons for any recommendation contained in the
report that:
(a) sets out the material findings of fact on which that
recommendation is based; and
(b) provides particulars of the evidence relied on to support those
findings.
269TEB Commissioner recommendations concerning undertakings
offered after preliminary affirmative determination
(1) A person who:
(a) if application has been made for publication of a dumping
duty notice in respect of goods—is an exporter of such
goods; or
(b) if application has been made for publication of a
countervailing duty notice in respect of goods—is the
government of the country of export, or is an exporter, of
such goods;
may, at any time after the making of a preliminary affirmative
determination in respect of the application, indicate in writing to
the Commissioner the terms in which the government or exporter
would be prepared to give an undertaking to the Minister.
(2) The Commissioner must consider whether he or she is satisfied that
those terms are adequate to remove the injury, or the threat of
injury, to which the application is addressed so far as the
government or exporter offering the undertaking is concerned and,
by notice in writing:
(a) if the Commissioner is so satisfied—recommend to the
Minister that he or she accept the undertaking; or
(b) if the Commissioner is not so satisfied—indicate to the
government or exporter the reasons why he or she is not so
satisfied.
(3) A government or an exporter may, having regard to those reasons,
indicate to the Commissioner that the government or exporter is
prepared to give an undertaking to the Minister in revised terms.
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(4) If an undertaking in revised terms is proposed to the
Commissioner, the Commissioner must:
(a) if he or she is not satisfied that the undertaking as so revised
is adequate to remove the injury, or the threat of injury, to
which the application is addressed—inform the government
or exporter to that effect; and
(b) if he or she is so satisfied—recommend to the Minister that
the Minister accept the undertaking as revised.
(5) If the Minister accepts the undertaking proposed by a government,
investigation of the application is suspended so far as it relates to
goods exported from that country.
(6) If the Minister accepts the undertaking proposed by an exporter,
investigation of the application is suspended so far as it relates to
goods exported by that exporter.
(7) If:
(a) investigation of an application is suspended:
(i) so far as it relates to goods exported from a particular
country; or
(ii) so far as it relates to goods exported by a particular
exporter;
on the Minister’s acceptance of an undertaking proposed by
the government of that country or by that exporter; and
(b) that government or exporter breaches that undertaking;
the Minister may take such steps as he or she considers necessary
to facilitate the resumption of the investigation in so far as it relates
to goods exported from that country or by that exporter.
(8) Without limiting the generality of subsection (7), the Minister may,
in writing, require the Commissioner to resume the investigation so
far as it relates to goods exported from the country, or by the
exporter, who breached the undertaking subject to such conditions
as to the conduct of the investigation as the Minister considers
appropriate.
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(9) In determining the steps to be taken in order to facilitate the
resumption of an investigation, and, where the Minister requires
that the Commissioner resume the investigation, to determine the
conditions on which the resumed investigation is to be conducted,
the Minister must have regard to:
(a) the procedures that had been completed when the
undertaking was accepted; and
(b) the length of time that has elapsed since the acceptance of the
undertaking.
(10) The Commissioner is not obliged to consider the terms of any
proposed undertaking provided by a government or an exporter if
to do so would prevent the timely making of a recommendation by
the Commissioner to the Minister under section 269TEA.
(11) If the Commissioner does not recommend the acceptance of an
undertaking under this section, the Commissioner may nonetheless
recommend to the Minister that he or she seek an undertaking from
the government or exporter who proposed the undertaking and set
out the terms of the undertaking that he or she recommends the
Minister seek.
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269TF What this Division is about
This Division sets out the role of the Minister in considering an
anti-dumping matter. The Minister will normally be acting after
receipt of a report from the Commissioner. In particular, the
Division:
• empowers the Minister to publish dumping duty notices or countervailing duty notices;
• empowers the Minister to accept undertakings rather than publish such notices;
• outlines the matters of which the Minister must be satisfied before publishing such notices or accepting such
undertakings;
• indicates the period during which such notices or undertakings remain in force;
• sets out the circumstances in which such notices can extend to goods already exported.
269TG Dumping duties
(1) Subject to section 269TN, where the Minister is satisfied, as to any
goods that have been exported to Australia, that:
(a) the amount of the export price of the goods is less than the
amount of the normal value of those goods; and
(b) because of that:
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(i) material injury to an Australian industry producing like
goods has been or is being caused or is threatened, or
the establishment of an Australian industry producing
like goods has been or may be materially hindered; or
(ii) in a case where security has been taken under section 42
in respect of any interim duty that may become payable
on the goods under section 8 of the Dumping Duty
Act—material injury to an Australian industry
producing like goods would or might have been caused
if the security had not been taken;
the Minister may, by public notice, declare that section 8 of that
Act applies:
(c) to the goods in respect of which the Minister is so satisfied;
and
(d) to like goods that were exported to Australia after the
Commissioner made a preliminary affirmative determination
under section 269TD in respect of the goods referred to in
paragraph (c) but before the publication of that notice.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied, as to goods of any kind, that:
(a) the amount of the export price of like goods that have already
been exported to Australia is less than the amount of the
normal value of those goods, and the amount of the export
price of like goods that may be exported to Australia in the
future may be less than the normal value of the goods; and
(b) because of that, material injury to an Australian industry
producing like goods has been or is being caused or is
threatened, or the establishment of an Australian industry
producing like goods has been or may be materially
hindered;
the Minister may, by public notice (whether or not he or she has
made, or proposes to make, a declaration under subsection (1) in
respect of like goods that have been exported to Australia), declare
that section 8 of the Dumping Duty Act applies to like goods that
are exported to Australia after the date of publication of the notice
or such later date as is specified in the notice.
(3) Where:
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(a) a notice under subsection (1) declares particular goods to be
goods to which section 8 of the Dumping Duty Act applies;
or
(b) a notice under subsection (2) declares like goods in relation
to goods of a particular kind to be goods to which that section
applies;
the notice must, subject to subsection (3A), include a statement of
the respective amounts that the Minister ascertained, at the time of
publication of the notice:
(c) was or would be the normal value of the goods to which the
declaration relates; and
(d) was or would be the export price of those goods; and
(e) was or would be the non-injurious price of those goods.
(3A) If any person who has provided information to assist the Minister
to ascertain the normal value, export price or non-injurious price of
goods to which a declaration under subsection (1) or (2) relates
claims, in writing, that the information is confidential or that the
inclusion in a notice under that subsection of that value or price
would adversely affect the person’s business or commercial
interests:
(a) in accordance with subsection 269ZI(9) the Minister is not
required to include in the notice a statement of that value or
price; but
(b) upon request the Commissioner may notify that value or
price to persons who, in the Commissioner’s opinion, would
be affected parties in any review of the rate of interim duty
imposed on like goods to the goods to which the declaration
relates.
(3D) If the export of a consignment of goods to Australia by an exporter
has been under consideration by the Minister so as to decide
whether or not to publish a dumping duty notice under this section
in relation to the goods in the consignment or to like goods, the
Minister may give notice, in writing, to the exporter stating that:
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(a) the Minister is of the opinion that it would be appropriate for
the exporter to give an undertaking in accordance with
subsection (4) to the Minister; and
(b) an undertaking, in the terms set out in the notice, would be
satisfactory to the Minister.
(4) Whether or not a notice has been given to an exporter, the Minister
may defer the decision to publish or not to publish a dumping duty
notice covering that exporter, for so long as the Minister considers
appropriate, if the exporter offers, and the Minister accepts, an
undertaking that the exporter will so conduct future trade to
Australia in like goods as to avoid:
(a) causing or threatening material injury to an Australian
industry producing like goods; or
(b) materially hindering the establishment of such an Australian
industry.
(5) In giving a notice, and in considering the terms of any proposed
undertaking, the Minister must have regard to the desirability that
any price increase to which the undertaking relates is limited to an
amount such that the total price of the goods is not more than the
non-injurious price of the goods.
(5A) However, subsection (5) does not require the Minister to have
regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied
that either or both of the following apply in relation to the goods in
the consignment:
(a) the normal value of the goods was not ascertained under
subsection 269TAC(1) because of the operation of
subparagraph 269TAC(2)(a)(ii);
(b) there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that
consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or
not that industry consists of other enterprises.
(6) The Minister:
(a) may give a notice to an exporter under subsection (3D)
whether or not the giving of such a notice has been
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recommended by the Commissioner in a report under
section 269TEA; and
(b) may accept an undertaking whether or not the acceptance of
such an undertaking has been recommended by the
Commissioner in a recommendation under section 269TEB;
and
(c) must not give a notice to an exporter under subsection (3D),
or accept an undertaking from an exporter, before a
preliminary affirmative determination, or an equivalent
determination in an investigation conducted under
section 269TAG, has been made that extends to that exporter;
and
(d) must give public notice of any undertaking so accepted.
(7) The acceptance by the Minister of an undertaking may be subject
to conditions that include, but are not limited to, conditions relating
to:
(a) giving the Minister, on an agreed basis, information that is
relevant to the fulfilment of the undertaking; and
(b) providing the Minister with appropriate access to such
information.
(8) The acceptance by the Minister of an undertaking from an exporter
does not prevent the exporter requesting the Minister to determine
whether, had the undertaking not been accepted, the Minister
would have published a dumping duty notice or would have
decided not to publish such a notice.
(9) The Minister must, if an exporter makes such a request, and may,
on his or her own initiative, determine whether he or she would
have published a dumping duty notice or would have decided not
to publish such a notice if the undertaking had not been accepted.
(10) Subsection (9) does not imply that the Minister is required to make
a determination under that subsection before the Minister has
received a report of the Commissioner in relation to the matter.
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(11) If the Minister determines under subsection (9) that he or she
would have decided not to publish a dumping duty notice, the
undertaking automatically lapses.
269TH Third country dumping duties
(1) Subject to section 269TN, where the Minister is satisfied, as to any
goods produced or manufactured in a particular country that have
been exported to Australia, that:
(a) the amount of the export price of the goods is less than the
amount of the normal value of the goods; and
(b) because of that:
(i) material injury to an industry in a third country engaged
in the production or manufacture of like goods has been
or is being caused or is threatened; or
(ii) in a case where security has been taken under section 42
in respect of any interim duty that may become payable
on the goods under section 9 of the Dumping Duty
Act—material injury to an industry in a third country
engaged in the production or manufacture of like goods
would or might have been caused if the security had not
been taken;
the Minister, if requested by the Government of the third country to
do so, may, by public notice, declare that section 9 of that Act
applies:
(c) to the goods in respect of which the Minister is so satisfied;
and
(d) to like goods that were exported to Australia after the
Commissioner made a preliminary affirmative determination
under section 269TD in respect of the goods referred to in
paragraph (c) but before the publication of that notice.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied, as to goods of any kind produced
or manufactured in a particular country that:
(a) the amount of the export price of like goods so produced or
manufactured that have already been exported to Australia is
less than the amount of the normal value of those goods, and
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the amount of the export price of like goods so produced or
manufactured that may be exported to Australia in the future
may be less than the normal value of the goods; and
(b) because of that, material injury to an industry in a third
country engaged in the production or manufacture of like
goods has been or is being caused or is threatened;
the Minister, if requested by the Government of the third country
so to do, may, by public notice (whether or not he or she has made,
or proposes to make, a declaration under subsection (1) in respect
of like goods so manufactured or produced that have been exported
to Australia), declare that section 9 of the Dumping Duty Act
applies to like goods so produced or manufactured that are
exported to Australia after the date of publication of the notice or
such later date as is specified in the notice.
(3) Where:
(a) a notice under subsection (1) declares particular goods to be
goods to which section 9 of the Dumping Duty Act applies;
or
(b) a notice under subsection (2) declares like goods in relation
to goods of a particular kind to be goods to which that section
applies;
the notice must, subject to subsection (4), include a statement of
the respective amounts that the Minister ascertained at the time of
publication of the notice:
(c) was or would be the normal value of the goods to which the
declaration relates; and
(d) was or would be the export price of those goods; and
(e) was or would be the non-injurious price of those goods.
(4) If any person who has provided information to assist the Minister
to ascertain the normal value, export price or non-injurious price of
goods to which a declaration under subsection (1) or (2) relates
claims, in writing, that the information is confidential or that the
inclusion in a notice under that subsection of that value or price
would adversely affect the person’s business or commercial
interests:
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(a) in accordance with subsection 269ZI(9), the Minister is not
required to include in the notice a statement of that value or
price; but
(b) upon request the Commissioner may notify that value or
price to persons who, in the Commissioner’s opinion, would
be affected parties in any review of the rate of interim duty
imposed on like goods to the goods to which the declaration
relates.
269TJ Countervailing duties
(1) Subject to section 269TN, where the Minister is satisfied, as to any
goods that have been exported to Australia, that:
(a) a countervailable subsidy has been received in respect of the
goods; and
(b) because of that:
(i) material injury to an Australian industry producing like
goods has been or is being caused or is threatened or the
establishment of an Australian industry producing like
goods has been or may be materially hindered; or
(ii) in a case where security has been taken under section 42
in respect of any interim duty that may become payable
on the goods under section 10 of the Dumping Duty
Act—material injury to an Australian industry
producing like goods would or might have been caused
if the security had not been taken;
the Minister may, by public notice, declare that section 10 of that
Act applies:
(c) to the goods in respect of which the Minister is so satisfied;
and
(d) to like goods that were exported to Australia after the
Commissioner made a preliminary affirmative determination
under section 269TD in respect of the goods referred to in
paragraph (c) but before the publication of that notice.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied, as to goods of any kind that:
(a) a countervailable subsidy:
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(i) has been received in respect of goods the subject of the
application that have already been exported to Australia;
and
(ii) may be received in respect of like goods that may be
exported to Australia in the future; and
(b) because of that, material injury to an Australian industry
producing like goods has been or is being caused or is being
threatened, or the establishment of an Australian industry
producing like goods has been or may be materially
hindered;
the Minister may, by public notice (whether or not he or she has
made, or proposes to make, a declaration under subsection (1) in
respect of like goods that have been exported to Australia), declare
that section 10 of the Dumping Duty Act applies to like goods that
are exported to Australia after the date of publication of the notice
or such later date as is specified in the notice.
(2A) If the export of a consignment of goods to Australia has been under
consideration by the Minister so as to decide whether or not to
publish a countervailing duty notice under this section in relation to
the goods in the consignment or to like goods, the Minister may
give notice, in writing, to the government of the country of export
or to the exporter stating that:
(a) the Minister is of the opinion that it would be appropriate for
the government or the exporter to give an undertaking in
accordance with subsection (3) to the Minister; and
(b) an undertaking, in the terms set out in the notice, would be
satisfactory to the Minister.
(3) Whether or not a notice has been given to a government or to an
exporter in respect of goods in the consignment or like goods, the
Minister may defer the decision to publish or not to publish a
countervailing duty notice covering those goods if the Minister is
given and accepts an undertaking to which subsection (3A) applies.
(3A) This subsection applies:
(a) to an undertaking given by a government—if it is an
undertaking that the government will, in relation to any
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export trade to Australia in like goods, review any
countervailable subsidy delivered by that government and
make any changes found to be necessary to avoid:
(i) causing or threatening material injury to an Australian
industry producing like goods; or
(ii) materially hindering the establishment of such an
Australian industry; and
(b) to an undertaking by an exporter—if it is an undertaking that
the exporter will so conduct future trade to Australia in like
goods as to avoid:
(i) causing or threatening material injury to an Australian
industry producing like goods; or
(ii) materially hindering the establishment of such an
Australian industry.
(3B) In giving a notice, and in considering the terms of any proposed
undertaking, the Minister must have regard to the desirability that
any price increase arising from the undertaking is limited to an
amount such that the total price of the goods is not more than the
non-injurious price of the goods.
(3BA) However, subsection (3B) does not require the Minister to have
regard to the matter in that subsection if the Minister is satisfied
that either or both of the following apply in relation to the goods in
the consignment:
(a) the country of export has not complied with Article 25 of the
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures for the
compliance period;
(b) there is an Australian industry in respect of like goods that
consists of at least 2 small-medium enterprises, whether or
not that industry consists of other enterprises.
(3C) The Minister:
(a) may give a notice under subsection (2A) whether or not the
giving of such a notice has been recommended by the
Commissioner in a recommendation under section 269TEA;
and
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(b) may accept an undertaking whether or not the acceptance of
such an undertaking has been recommended by the
Commissioner in a recommendation under section 269TEB;
and
(c) must not:
(i) give a notice to a government or exporter under
subsection (2A); or
(ii) accept an undertaking from a government or an
exporter;
in respect of particular goods or like goods unless a
preliminary affirmative determination, or an equivalent
determination in an investigation conducted under
section 269TAG, has been made to the effect that there are
grounds for publication of a countervailing duty notice in
respect of those like goods; and
(d) must not accept an undertaking from an exporter unless the
government of the country of export consents to the giving of
the undertaking; and
(e) must give public notice of any undertaking so accepted.
(3D) The acceptance by the Minister of an undertaking may be subject
to conditions that include, but are not limited to, conditions relating
to:
(a) giving the Minister, on an agreed basis, information that is
relevant to the fulfilment of the undertaking; and
(b) providing the Minister with appropriate access to such
information.
(3E) The acceptance by the Minister of an undertaking from an exporter
does not prevent the exporter requesting the Minister to determine
whether, had the undertaking not been accepted, the Minister
would have published a countervailing duty notice or would have
decided not to publish such a notice.
(3F) The Minister must, if an exporter makes such a request, and may,
on his or her own initiative, determine whether he or she would
have published a countervailing duty notice or would have decided
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not to publish such a notice if the undertaking had not been
accepted.
(3G) Subsection (3F) does not imply that the Minister is required to
make a determination under that subsection before the Minister has
received a report from the Commissioner in relation to the matter.
(3H) If the Minister determines under subsection (3F) that he or she
would have decided not to publish a countervailing duty notice, the
undertaking automatically lapses.
(11) If a notice under subsection (1) or (2) declares particular goods to
be goods to which section 10 of the Dumping Duty Act applies, the
notice must, subject to subsection (12), include a statement setting
out:
(a) the amount of countervailable subsidy that the Minister
ascertained, at the time of publication of the notice, had been
or would be received in respect of the goods to which the
notice relates; and
(b) the amount that the Minister has ascertained, at that time, was
or would be the non-injurious price of the goods.
(12) If any person who has provided information to assist the Minister
to ascertain:
(a) the amount of any countervailable subsidy received in respect
of goods to which a declaration under subsection (1) or (2)
relates; or
(b) the non-injurious price of any goods to which a declaration
under subsection (1) or (2) relates;
claims, in writing, that the information is confidential or that the
inclusion in a notice under that subsection of the amount of that
subsidy or of the amount of that non-injurious price would
adversely affect the person’s business or commercial interests:
(c) in accordance with subsection 269ZI(9), the Minister is not
required to include a statement of that amount or that price in
the notice; but
(d) upon request the Commissioner may provide a statement of
that amount or that price to persons who, in the
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Commissioner’s opinion, would be affected parties in any
review of the rate of interim duty imposed on like goods to
the goods to which the declaration relates.
269TJA Concurrent dumping and subsidy
(1) Where the Minister is satisfied, as to any goods that have been
exported to Australia:
(a) that the amount of the export price of those goods is less than
the amount of the normal value of those goods; and
(b) that a countervailable subsidy has been received in respect of
the goods; and
(c) that, because of the combined effect of the difference
between the 2 amounts referred to in paragraph (a) and of the
subsidy referred to in paragraph (b):
(i) material injury to an Australian industry producing like
goods has been or is being caused or is threatened; or
(ii) the establishment of an Australian industry producing
like goods has been or may be materially hindered;
the Minister may publish a notice under subsection 269TG(1), a
notice under subsection 269TJ(1) or notices under both
subsections 269TG(1) and 269TJ(1) at the same time in respect of
the same goods.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied, as to goods of any kind:
(a) that the amount of the export price of like goods that have
already been exported to Australia is less than the amount of
the normal value of those goods, and the amount of the
export price of like goods that may be exported to Australia
in the future may be less than the normal value of the goods;
and
(b) that a countervailable subsidy:
(i) has been received in respect of goods the subject of the
application that have already been exported to Australia;
and
(ii) may be received in respect of like goods that may be
exported to Australia in the future; and
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(c) that, because of the combined effect of the difference referred
to in paragraph (a) and of the subsidy referred to in
paragraph (b):
(i) material injury to an Australian industry producing like
goods has been or is being caused or is being
threatened; or
(ii) the establishment of an Australian industry producing
like goods has been or may be materially hindered;
the Minister may publish a notice under subsection 269TG(2), a
notice under subsection 269TJ(2) or notices under both
subsections 269TG(2) and 269TJ(2) at the same time in respect of
the same goods.
(3) If the Minister has had under consideration the export of a
consignment of goods to Australia with a view to determining
whether or not notices should be published in accordance with
subsection (1) or (2), under both section 269TG and 269TJ in
respect of the same goods, the Minister may defer the decision to
publish or not to publish notices under both of those sections
covering the exporter concerned if he or she is given and accepts:
(a) an undertaking by the exporter under section 269TG, and an
undertaking by the exporter under section 269TJ, in respect
of the same goods; or
(b) an undertaking by the exporter under section 269TG and an
undertaking by the government of the country of origin, or of
the country of export, of the goods in the consignment under
section 269TJ.
(4) If, in respect of the same consignment of goods, the Minister
accepts 2 undertakings from the exporter of the goods or an
undertaking from the exporter of the goods and an undertaking
from the government of the country of origin or country of export
of the goods, the Minister must be satisfied that the combined
effect of the undertakings is not greater than is necessary to prevent
material injury or the recurrence of material injury to an Australian
industry producing like goods or to remove the actual or possible
hindrance to the establishment of such an Australian industry.
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269TK Third country countervailing duties
(1) Subject to section 269TN, where the Minister is satisfied, as to any
goods produced or manufactured in a particular country that have
been exported to Australia, that:
(a) a countervailable subsidy has been received in respect of the
goods; and
(b) because of that:
(i) material injury to an industry in a third country engaged
in the production or manufacture of like goods has been
or is being caused or is being threatened; or
(ii) in a case where security has been taken under section 42
in respect of any interim duty that may become payable
on the goods under this section—material injury to an
industry in a third country engaged in the production or
manufacture of like goods would or might have been
caused if the security had not been taken;
the Minister, if requested by the Government of the third country to
do so, may, by public notice, declare that section 11 of that Act
applies:
(c) to the goods in respect of which the Minister is so satisfied;
and
(d) to like goods that were exported to Australia after the
Commissioner made a preliminary affirmative determination
under section 269TD in respect of the goods referred to in
paragraph (c) but before the publication of that notice.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied, as to goods of any kind produced
or manufactured in a particular country that:
(a) a countervailable subsidy:
(i) has been received in respect of goods the subject of the
application that have already been exported to Australia;
and
(ii) may be received in respect of like goods that may be
exported to Australia in the future; and
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(b) by reason thereof material injury to an industry in a third
country engaged in the production of like goods has been or
is being caused or is being threatened;
the Minister, if requested by the Government of the third country
so to do, may, by public notice (whether or not he or she has made,
or makes, a declaration under subsection (1) in respect of like
goods that have been exported to Australia), declare that section 11
of the Dumping Duty Act applies to like goods that are exported to
Australia after the date of publication of the notice or such later
date as is specified in the notice.
(3) If the Minister is satisfied that adequate information as to the
amount of countervailable subsidy in relation to goods cannot be
obtained for the purposes of this section, the amount of
countervailable subsidy is to be taken to be such amount as is
determined, in writing, by the Minister.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the benefit accruing to an exporter
from the use of dual or multiple rates of exchange in relation to the
proceeds of export sales is to be taken to be financial assistance
paid to the exporter.
(5) Where a notice under subsection (1) or (2) declares particular
goods to be goods to which section 11 of the Dumping Duty Act
applies, the notice must, subject to subsection (6), include a
statement setting out:
(a) the amount of countervailable subsidy that the Minister
ascertained, at the time of publication of the notice, had been
or would be received in respect of the goods to which the
notice relates; and
(b) the amount that the Minister ascertained, at that time, was or
would be the non-injurious price of the goods.
(6) If any person who has provided information to assist the Minister
to ascertain:
(a) the amount of any countervailable subsidy received in respect
of goods to which a notice under subsection (1) or (2) relates;
or
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(b) the non-injurious price of such goods;
claims, in writing, that the information is confidential or that the
inclusion in a notice under that subsection of the amount of that
subsidy or of the amount of that non-injurious price would
adversely affect the person’s business or commercial interests:
(c) in accordance with subsection 269ZI(9), the Minister is not
required to include a statement of that amount or that price in
the notice; but
(d) upon request the Commissioner may provide a statement of
that amount or that price to persons who, in the
Commissioner’s opinion, would be affected parties in any
review of the rate of interim duty imposed on like goods to
the goods to which the declaration relates.
269TL Minister to give public notice not to impose duty
(1) Where the Minister receives a recommendation from the
Commissioner concerning the imposition of dumping duty, third
country dumping duty, countervailing duty or third country
countervailing duty on particular goods or on goods of a like kind
to particular goods and the Minister decides, after having regard to
that recommendation, not to declare those goods to be goods to
which section 8, 9, 10 or 11, as the case requires, of the Dumping
Duty Act applies, the Minister must give public notice to that
effect.
269TLA Time limit for Minister to make certain decisions
(1) This section applies if the Minister receives a recommendation
from the Commissioner concerning the imposition of dumping
duty, third country dumping duty, countervailing duty or third
country countervailing duty on goods.
(2) The Minister must decide whether or not to publish a dumping
duty notice or a countervailing duty notice, or both a dumping duty
notice and a countervailing duty notice, in respect of the goods
within:
(a) 30 days after receiving the recommendation; or
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(b) if the Minister considers there are special circumstances that
prevent the decision being made within that period—such
longer period as the Minister considers appropriate.
(3) If paragraph (2)(b) applies, the Minister must give public notice of
the longer period.
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply if:
(a) the Minister defers the decision under subsection 269TG(4),
269TJ(3) or 269TJA(3); or
(b) subsection 269TN(4A) or (6) applies in relation to the
decision; or
(c) the application to which the recommendation relates is
withdrawn before the Minister makes the decision.
269TM Periods during which certain notices and undertakings to
remain in force
(1) Subject to subsection (1A), if a notice is published after section 17
of the Customs Legislation (Tariff Concessions and Anti-Dumping)
Amendment Act 1992 commences under a relevant notification
provision in respect of goods of a particular kind, that notice
expires 5 years after the day on which it is published unless it is
revoked before the end of that period.
(1A) If:
(a) a notice (the original notice) is published under a relevant
notification provision in respect of goods of a particular kind;
and
(b) in relation to the investigation that resulted in the publication
of the original notice, the Minister accepted an undertaking
under subsection 269TEB(5) or (6) that was proposed by a
government of a country of export, or by an exporter, of
goods of that kind; and
(c) before the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day
(the start day) that the Minister accepted that undertaking:
(i) that government or exporter breaches that undertaking;
and
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(ii) the Minister, under subsection 269TEB(7), takes steps
to facilitate the resumption of the investigation in so far
as it relates to goods of that kind exported from that
country or exported by that exporter; and
(iii) another notice is published under a relevant notification
provision in respect of goods of that kind exported from
that country or exported by that exporter;
then the other notice expires 5 years after the start day unless it is
revoked before the end of that period.
(2) Where an undertaking is entered into after section 17 of the
Customs Legislation (Tariff Concessions and Anti-Dumping)
Amendment Act 1992 commences under a relevant undertaking
provision in respect of goods of a particular kind, that undertaking
expires 5 years after the day on which it was entered into unless
provision is made for its earlier expiration.
(3) If:
(a) a notice was or is published before section 17 of the Customs
Legislation (Tariff Concessions and Anti-Dumping)
Amendment Act 1992 commences; and
(b) the notice is in force immediately before the commencement
of that section;
the notice expires 5 years after the day on which it was published
unless it is sooner revoked.
(3A) If:
(a) an undertaking was or is entered into before section 17 of the
Customs Legislation (Tariff Concessions and Anti-Dumping)
Amendment Act 1992 commences; and
(b) the undertaking is in force immediately before that section
commences;
the Minister must, by notice in writing, give the person who gave
the undertaking the opportunity, before the undertaking expires, to
extend the undertaking so that it expires 5 years after the day on
which it was entered into unless provision is made for its earlier
expiration.
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(3B) If a person who gave an undertaking of the kind referred to in
subsection (3A) refuses or fails to extend its operation in the
manner referred to in subsection (3A) before the undertaking
expires, the Minister may, in substitution for the extension of the
undertaking, publish a dumping duty notice or a countervailing
duty notice that commences on the day after the undertaking
expired and ends 2 years after that day unless it is sooner revoked.
(7) In this section:
relevant notification provision means subsection 269TG(2),
269TH(2), 269TJ(2), (4), (5) or (6) or 269TK(2).
relevant undertaking provision means subsection 269TG(4) or
269TJ(3).
269TN Retrospective notices
(1) Subject to this section, the Minister must not cause a notice to be
published under subsection 269TG(1), 269TH(1), 269TJ(1) or
269TK(1) in respect of goods that have been entered for home
consumption.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the publication of a notice under
subsection 269TG(1), 269TH(1), 269TJ(1) or 269TK(1) in respect
of goods that have been entered for home consumption in relation
to which security has been taken under section 42 in respect of any
interim duty that might become payable under section 8, 9, 10 or
11 of the Dumping Duty Act, as the case may be (not being
security that has been cancelled), by reason of the publication of
such a notice or in relation to which the Commonwealth had the
right to require and take such security (not being security that
would have been cancelled under this Act if it had been taken).
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(3) Subsection (1) does not prevent the publication of a notice under
subsection 269TG(1) in respect of goods that have been entered for
home consumption to which, by virtue of subsection (4) of this
section, this subsection applies, if:
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(a) within 90 days after the entry of the goods for home
consumption, security has been taken under section 42 in
respect of any interim duty that might be payable on goods of
the same kind under section 8 of the Dumping Duty Act or,
within that period, the Commonwealth had the right to
require and take such security; and
(b) the Minister considers that material injury has been caused to
an Australian industry by the export to Australia during a
short period of large quantities of goods of the same kind,
being injury arising by reason of the amount of the export
price of the goods exported being less than the amount of the
normal value of the goods exported, and the Minister
considers that the publication of the notice is necessary to
prevent the serious undermining of the remedial effect of the
dumping duty that will become payable upon publication of
the notice.
(4) Subsection (3) applies to goods:
(a) that have been imported into Australia by an importer who
the Minister considers knew, or ought to have known, that
the amount of the export price of the goods was less than the
normal value of the goods and that by reason thereof material
injury would be caused to an Australian industry; or
(b) that are goods of a kind the exportation of which to Australia
on a number of occasions has caused, or, but for the
publication of a notice under section 269TG in respect of
goods of that kind, would have caused, material injury to an
Australian industry by reason of the amount of the export
price of the goods exported being less than the normal value
of the goods exported.
(4A) Before the Minister decides to publish a dumping duty notice under
subsection 269TG(1) in circumstances referred to in subsection (3)
of this section, in respect of goods that have already been entered
for home consumption, the Minister must:
(a) inform the importer of the goods of the decision he or she
proposes to make; and
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(b) allow a reasonable opportunity for the importer of the goods
to comment on the proposed decision; and
(c) give consideration to the comment provided by the importer.
(4B) If:
(a) the Minister is satisfied that an act or omission of an exporter
who has given an undertaking under subsection 269TG(4) is
a violation of that undertaking; and
(b) at the time of, or at any time after, that act or omission,
security has been taken under section 42 in respect of any
interim duty that might be payable under section 8 of the
Dumping Duty Act on goods of the kind to which the
undertaking relates or the Commonwealth had the right to
require and take such security;
subsection (1) of this section does not prevent the publication of a
notice under subsection 269TG(1) in respect of goods that:
(c) have been exported by the exporter; and
(d) are of the kind to which the undertaking relates; and
(e) have been entered for home consumption on a day that:
(i) was not earlier than the day on which that act or
omission occurred; and
(ii) was not more than 90 days before the day on which that
security was taken or there was a right to require and
take such security.
(4C) Despite subsections (3) to (4B), the Minister must not publish a
notice under subsection 269TG(1) in respect of goods that have
been entered for home consumption before the date of initiation of
the investigation concerned.
Countervailing duties
(5) Subsection (1) does not prevent the publication of a notice under
subsection 269TJ(1) in respect of goods that have been entered for
home consumption if:
(a) within 90 days after the entry of the goods for home
consumption, security has been taken under section 42 in
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respect of any interim duty that might be payable on goods of
the same kind under section 10 of the Dumping Duty Act or,
within that period, the Commonwealth had the right to
require and take such security; and
(b) the Minister considers that material injury, which is difficult
to repair, has been caused to an Australian industry by the
export to Australia during a short period of large quantities of
goods of the same kind because a countervailable subsidy has
been received from the country of export or country of origin
of those goods, and the Minister considers that the
publication of the notice is necessary to prevent the
recurrence of the injury.
(6) Before the Minister decides to publish a countervailing duty notice
under subsection 269TJ(1) in circumstances referred to in
subsection (5) of this section, in respect of goods that have already
been entered for home consumption, the Minister must:
(a) inform the importer of the goods of the decision he or she
proposes to make; and
(b) allow a reasonable opportunity for the importer of the goods
to comment on the proposed decision; and
(c) give consideration to the comments provided by the importer.
(7) Where:
(a) the Minister is satisfied that an act or omission of the
Government of a country that has given an undertaking in
accordance with subsection 269TJ(3) is a violation of that
undertaking; and
(b) at the time of, or at any time after, that act or omission,
security has been taken under section 42 in respect of any
interim duty that might be payable under section 10 of the
Dumping Duty Act on goods of the kind to which the
undertaking relates or the Commonwealth had the right to
require and take such security;
subsection (1) does not prevent the publication of a notice under
subsection 269TJ(1) in respect of goods that:
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(c) are the produce or manufacture of that country or have been
exported from that country, as the case may be; and
(d) are of the kind to which the undertaking relates; and
(e) have been entered for home consumption on a day that:
(i) was not earlier than the day on which that act or
omission occurred; and
(ii) was not more than 90 days before the day on which that
security was taken or there was a right to require and
take such security.
(8) Where:
(a) the Minister is satisfied that an act or omission of an exporter
who has given an undertaking in accordance with
subsection 269TJ(3) is a violation of that undertaking; and
(b) at the time of, or at any time after, that act or omission,
security has been taken under section 42 in respect of any
interim duty that might be payable under section 10 of the
Dumping Duty Act on goods of the kind to which the
undertaking relates or the Commonwealth had the right to
require and take such security;
subsection (1) does not prevent the publication of a notice under
subsection 269TJ(1) in respect of goods that:
(c) have been exported by the exporter; and
(d) are of the kind to which the undertaking relates; and
(e) have been entered for home consumption on a day that:
(i) was not earlier than the day on which that act or
omission occurred; and
(ii) was not more than 90 days before the day on which that
security was taken or there was a right to require and
take such security.
269TP Power to specify goods
A notice under subsection 269TG(2), 269TH(2), 269TJ(2) or
269TK(2) in respect of a kind of goods, may, without limiting the
generality of those provisions be expressed to apply to:
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(a) goods of that kind exported from a particular country; or
(b) goods of that kind exported by a particular exporter.
269U Inquiries in relation to undertakings
(1) Where the Minister is considering, in relation to goods the subject
of an application under section 269TB:
(a) whether to give a notice, in accordance with
subsection 269TG(3D), to the exporter of the goods in the
consignment in relation to an undertaking in relation to an
Australian industry; or
(b) whether to give a notice, in accordance with
subsection 269TJ(2A), to the Government of the country of
origin, or of the country of export, of the goods in the
consignment or to the exporter of the goods in the
consignment in relation to an undertaking in relation to an
Australian industry;
the Commissioner may authorise a Commission staff member in
writing to convene a meeting of representatives of the Australian
industry for the purpose of obtaining information and submissions
from those representatives in relation to the question what terms of
undertaking should be set out in the notice, if it is to be given, as
the terms that may be satisfactory to the Minister.
(2) A Commission staff member authorised under subsection (1) to
convene a meeting of representatives of an Australian industry
shall give notice in writing to such persons as, in his or her
opinion, represent the Australian industry, setting out:
(a) the day, time and place for the convening of the meeting; and
(b) the question to be considered by the meeting.
(3) The Commission staff member convening a meeting in pursuance
of subsection (2):
(a) shall preside at the meeting; and
(b) may adjourn the meeting from time to time.
(4) At a meeting of representatives of an Australian industry convened
in pursuance of subsection (2), the representatives attending the
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meeting may provide information, or make submissions, to the
Commission staff member convening the meeting in relation to the
question being considered by the meeting.
(5) Nothing in subsection (4) shall be taken to prevent a representative
of an Australian industry who attends a meeting convened in
pursuance of subsection (2) from providing information or making
a submission, in relation to the question considered or to be
considered at the meeting, to the Commission staff member
convening the meeting otherwise than at the meeting or to the
Minister.
(6) The Commission staff member convening a meeting in pursuance
of subsection (2) may, subject to subsection (7), put before the
meeting information in relation to the question being considered by
the meeting.
(7) The Commission staff member convening a meeting in pursuance
of subsection (2) shall not put before the meeting any information
provided to him or her by another person that is information of a
confidential nature (whether or not confidentiality was claimed in
respect of the information by the person who provided the
information).
(8) After the close of a meeting convened in pursuance of
subsection (2), the Commission staff member convening the
meeting shall furnish to the Commissioner for submission to the
Minister a report in writing of the information provided and the
submissions made at the meeting.
(9) Nothing in this section shall be taken, for the purposes of
subsection 51(1) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, to
authorize any act or thing other than the providing of information
or the making of a submission, at a meeting of representatives of
an Australian industry convened in pursuance of subsection (2), by
a representative of the Australian industry to the Commission staff
member convening the meeting in relation to the question being
considered by the meeting.
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269UA What this Division is about
This Division enables a reconciliation of interim duty, and final
duty, payable under the Dumping Duty Act. The Division permits
an importer who has paid interim duty on particular goods to apply,
within specified time limits, for an assessment of duty payable on
those goods. In particular, the Division provides that:
• if the duty is less than the interim duty, the excess is to be refunded;
• if the duty is more than the interim duty, the interim duty is treated as duty and the balance waived;
• if the importer fails, within the time limits available, to seek an assessment of duty, the interim duty paid on the goods is
taken to be duty actually payable.
269V Importers may apply for duty assessment in certain
circumstances
(1) An importer of goods on which, under the Dumping Duty Act, an
interim duty has been paid may, subject to subsection (2), by
application lodged with the Commissioner, request that the
Minister make an assessment of the liability of those goods to duty
under that Act.
(2) An application for an assessment of duty under subsection (1) may
only be lodged if:
(a) the application is lodged not more than 6 months after the
end of the particular importation period in which the goods
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the subject of the application were entered for home
consumption; and
(b) the importer contends that the total amount of duty payable in
respect of those goods under the Dumping Duty Act is less,
by a specified amount, than the total amount of interim duty
that has been paid on those goods under that Act.
269W Manner of making applications for duty assessment
(1) An application for an assessment of duty on goods of a particular
kind entered for home consumption during a particular importation
period must be in writing and contain:
(a) a full description of the goods of that kind in each
consignment imported during the particular importation
period; and
(b) information concerning the amount of interim duty paid on
the goods of that kind in each such consignment; and
(c) if an interim dumping duty has been imposed—a statement
of the amounts that, in the opinion of the applicant, are the
normal value and the export price of goods of that kind in
each such consignment; and
(d) if an interim countervailing duty has been imposed—a
statement of the amounts that, in the opinion of the applicant,
are:
(i) the amount of the countervailable subsidy received on
goods of that kind in each such consignment; and
(ii) the amount of the export price of goods of that kind in
each such consignment; and
(e) a statement of the amount by which the applicant contends
that the total interim duty paid on those goods exceeds the
total duty payable under the Dumping Duty Act.
(1A) The application must also contain either:
(a) sufficient evidence to establish that the applicant’s opinion of
the amounts described in whichever of paragraphs (1)(c) and
(d) apply is correct; or
(b) both of the following:
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(i) the evidence the applicant has to establish that the
applicant’s opinion of the amounts described in
whichever of paragraphs (1)(c) and (d) apply is correct;
(ii) a commitment that someone else will give the
Commissioner further evidence within 30 days after
lodgment or such longer period as the Commissioner
allows, so that the Commissioner will then have
sufficient evidence to establish that the applicant’s
opinion of those amounts is correct.
(1B) If the interim duty on the goods covered by the application was
calculated using the export price of the goods worked out (under
paragraph 269TAB(1)(b) or otherwise) as the difference between:
(a) the price at which the importer of the goods sold them, in the
condition in which they were imported, to someone who was
not an associate of the importer; and
(b) the prescribed deductions (as defined in
subsection 269TAB(2)) relating to the goods;
the requirement in subsection (1A) of this section is met only if the
evidence referred to in that subsection includes evidence of the
things described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
(2) An application must be lodged with the Commissioner in the
manner approved under section 269SMS.
(2A) The application is taken to have been lodged when the application
is first received by a Commission staff member doing duty in
relation to final duty assessment applications.
(3) The day on which an application is taken to have been lodged must
be recorded on the application.
269X Consideration of duty assessment applications
(1) The Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after the lodgment
of an application for assessment of duty in respect of goods that
were entered for home consumption during a particular importation
period and within 155 days after the lodgement of that application
or such longer period as the Minister allows under section 269ZHI,
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examine the application and decide what recommendation to make
to the Minister under subsection (6).
Note: The Commissioner may be required to reject the application or be able
to terminate the examination of it without deciding what
recommendation to make to the Minister. See section 269YA.
(2) If the Commissioner considers that any person (including the
applicant) may be able to supply information relevant to the
consideration of the application, the Commissioner may, by notice
in writing, request the supply of that information, in writing:
(a) if the information is sought from a person other than the
applicant—within a period specified in the notice ending not
later than 120 days after the lodgment of the application; and
(b) if the information is sought from the applicant—within a
period specified in the notice ending not later than 155 days
after the lodgment of the application.
(3) Where the Commissioner proposes to take into account any
relevant information that was not supplied to the Commissioner by
the applicant, the Commissioner must:
(a) give the applicant a copy of the information that he or she
proposes to take into account unless, in the opinion of the
Commissioner, the provision of that information would
adversely affect the business or commercial interests of a
person supplying the information; and
(b) invite the applicant, within a specified period ending not later
than 155 days after the lodgment of the application, to make
any further submission the applicant considers appropriate in
relation to that information.
(3A) However, the Commissioner must not give the applicant
information that the exporter of goods covered by the application
supplied to the Commissioner (whether as a result of a request
under subsection (2) or otherwise) that is relevant to working out:
(a) the normal value of the goods; or
(b) the countervailable subsidy relating to the goods; or
(c) the export price of the goods;
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unless the exporter indicates that he or she is willing for the
Commissioner to give the information to the applicant under
paragraph (3)(a).
(4) If a person refuses or fails to supply information or to make a
submission within the period allowed but subsequently supplies
that information or makes that submission, the Commissioner may
disregard that information or submission in considering the
application.
(5) On the basis of the information and evidence contained in the
application, any other information provided under subsection (2) or
(3) that is not disregarded under subsection (4) and any other
information the Commissioner considers relevant, the
Commissioner must:
(a) provisionally ascertain, in relation to each consignment of
goods to which the application relates, each variable factor
relevant to the determination of duty payable on the goods
under the Dumping Duty Act; and
(b) having regard to those variable factors as so provisionally
ascertained and, where appropriate, to the non-injurious price
of goods of that kind—provisionally calculate, in respect of
each such consignment, the amount of duty payable under the
Dumping Duty Act.
(5A) Subsection (5B) of this section applies if the Commissioner
proposes to ascertain provisionally, for the purposes of
paragraph (5)(a) of this section, the export price of goods (under
paragraph 269TAB(1)(b) or otherwise) as the difference between:
(a) the price at which the importer of the goods sold them, in the
condition in which they were imported, to someone who was
not an associate of the importer; and
(b) the prescribed deductions (as defined in
subsection 269TAB(2)) relating to the goods.
(5B) In provisionally ascertaining the export price of goods as described
in subsection (5A), the Commissioner must:
(a) take account of the following in relation to the goods:
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(i) any change in normal value;
(ii) any change in costs incurred between importation and
resale;
(iii) any movement in resale price which is duly reflected in
subsequent selling prices; and
(b) despite paragraph 269TAB(1)(b), not deduct the amount of
interim duty if the Commissioner has conclusive evidence of
the things mentioned in subparagraphs (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of
this subsection.
An expression used in this subsection and subparagraph 3.3 of
Article 9 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 set out in Annex 1A
to the World Trade Organization Agreement has the same meaning
in this subsection as it has in that subparagraph.
(6) On the basis of the provisional calculation of duty referred to in
paragraph (5)(b), the Commissioner must decide:
(a) if satisfied that the total interim duty paid on the goods the
subject of the application exceeds the total duty payable
under the Dumping Duty Act by at least the amount
contended in the application—to recommend to the Minister:
(i) that the Minister make an assessment of duty by
ascertaining, for each consignment of those goods, the
variable factors as so provisionally ascertained; and
(ii) that the Minister order a repayment of the amount of
interim duty overpaid; or
(b) if satisfied that the total interim duty paid on the goods the
subject of the application exceeds the total duty payable
under the Dumping Duty Act but not to the extent contended
in the application—to recommend to the Minister:
(i) that the Minister make an assessment of duty by
ascertaining, for each consignment of those goods, the
variable factors as so provisionally ascertained; and
(ii) that the Minister order a repayment of the amount of
interim duty overpaid; or
(c) if satisfied that the total amount of duty payable under the
Dumping Duty Act on the goods the subject of the
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application is equal to or exceeds the total of interim duty
that was paid on the goods—to recommend to the Minister:
(i) that the Minister make an assessment of duty by
ascertaining, for each consignment of those goods, the
variable factors as so provisionally ascertained; but
(ii) that the Minister order that any duty in excess of the
interim duty paid on those goods be waived.
(7) As soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days after making a
decision under subsection (6), the Commissioner must:
(a) notify the applicant, in writing, of the decision made; and
(b) if the decision is a negative preliminary decision:
(i) inform the applicant of the reasons why the
Commissioner made the decision; and
(ii) inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 30
days of the receipt of the notification, to apply for a
review of the Commissioner’s decision by the Review
Panel under Division 9.
(8) The Commissioner must:
(a) if he or she has made a positive preliminary decision—
recommend to the Minister, not later than 7 days after
making the decision, that the Minister give effect to that
decision; and
(b) if he or she has made a negative preliminary decision and the
applicant has not exercised the right to seek a review of the
decision by the Review Panel—recommend to the Minister,
not later than 7 days after the end of the period available for
seeking review of the decision, that the Minister give effect
to that decision.
269Y Duty assessments
(1) As soon as practicable, but no later than 30 days, after receiving a
recommendation from the Commissioner or from the Review Panel
under subsection 269ZZU(2) in relation to goods the subject of an
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application, the Minister must, having regard to the terms of that
recommendation, by notice in writing:
(a) ascertain, for the purposes of this Act and the Dumping Duty
Act, the variable factors relevant to the determination of duty
payable under the Dumping Duty Act in respect of each
consignment; and
(b) order that the total interim duty overpaid in respect of all
consignments to which the application relates be repaid or
that the total unpaid duty in excess of the interim duty
already paid be waived, as the case requires.
(2) As soon as practicable after issuing a notice under subsection (1)
the Minister must ensure that a copy of that notice is provided to
the applicant.
(3) If the Minister issues a notice under subsection (1) ordering that an
amount of interim duty be repaid to an applicant the
Commonwealth is liable to make a repayment to the applicant
accordingly.
(4) If:
(a) one or more consignments of goods of a particular kind that
are the subject of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing
duty notice are entered for home consumption during an
importation period; and
(b) interim duty is paid on those goods under the Dumping Duty
Act; and
(c) application is not lodged under section 269V of this Act for
an assessment of duty payable on those goods under the
Dumping Duty Act;
then:
(d) the Minister is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the
Dumping Duty Act, to have ascertained each variable factor
relevant to the determination of duty on each such
consignment at the level at which that factor was ascertained
or last ascertained by the Minister for the purpose of the
dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice; and
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(e) the interim duty paid on those goods is taken to be the duty
payable.
269YA Rejection etc. of application for duty assessment
(1) This section has effect despite sections 269X and 269Y if an
application under section 269V is lodged with the Commissioner
under section 269W.
(2) The Commissioner must reject the application if the Commissioner
is satisfied within 20 days after it is lodged that it does not contain
everything it must contain under subsections 269W(1) and (1A).
(3) The Commissioner must reject the application if:
(a) the application contains a commitment described in
paragraph 269W(1A)(b); and
(b) within 20 days after the time described in that paragraph, the
Commissioner is satisfied that he or she has not received
from the applicant and one or more other persons sufficient
evidence to establish that the applicant’s opinion of the
amounts described in whichever of paragraphs 269W(1)(c)
and (d) apply is correct.
(4) The Commissioner may terminate examination of the application if
he or she is satisfied after the last of the 20 days mentioned in
subsection (2) or (3) of this section that he or she does not have
enough information to be able to comply with
paragraph 269X(5)(a).
(5) If the Commissioner rejects the application or terminates
examination of it:
(a) the Commissioner must notify the applicant in writing of the
following:
(i) the rejection or termination;
(ii) the reasons for the rejection or termination;
(iii) the applicant’s right, within 30 days of the receipt of the
notification, to apply for a review by the Review Panel
under Division 9 of the rejection or termination; and
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(b) the Commissioner must not:
(i) provisionally ascertain a variable factor or provisionally
calculate an amount under subsection 269X(5) in
connection with the application; or
(ii) decide what recommendation to make to the Minister
under subsection 269X(6) in connection with the
application; and
(c) subsection 269Y(4) has effect as if the application had not
been lodged under section 269V.
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Division 5—Review of anti-dumping measures
269Z What this Division is about
This Division enables affected parties (exporters, industry etc.) to
apply for the review of anti-dumping measures. The Division also
empowers the Minister to initiate such a review. The Division:
• sets out the circumstances in which applications can be brought;
• empowers the Commissioner to recommend, through a Minister’s request, an extension of the ambit of a review
where appropriate;
• sets out the procedure to be followed by the Commissioner in dealing with applications or requests and preparing reports for
the Minister;
• empowers the Minister, after consideration of such reports, to leave the anti-dumping measures unaltered or to modify them
as appropriate;
• empowers the Minister, if interim duty has been paid under the Dumping Duty Act, to make any necessary adjustment of
that interim duty.
269ZA Applications and requests for review of anti-dumping
measures
(1) If:
(a) anti-dumping measures have been taken in respect of goods;
and
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(b) an affected party considers that it may be appropriate to
review those measures as they affect a particular exporter of
those goods, or as they affect exporters of those goods
generally, because:
(i) one or more of the variable factors relevant to the taking
of the measures in relation to that exporter or those
exporters have changed; or
(ii) the anti-dumping measures are no longer warranted;
the affected party may, by application lodged with the
Commissioner, request that the Commissioner initiate such a
review.
(2) An application for review of anti-dumping measures must not be
made:
(a) if the measures involve the publication of a dumping duty
notice or a countervailing duty notice—earlier than 12
months after:
(i) the publication of the notice; or
(ii) the publication of a notice declaring the outcome of the
last review of the notice (whether that last review was
undertaken at the applicant’s request or not); and
(b) if the measures involve the acceptance of an undertaking—
earlier than 12 months after:
(i) the publication of notice of the acceptance of that
undertaking; or
(ii) the publication of a notice declaring the outcome of the
last review of the undertaking (whether that last review
was undertaken at the applicant’s request or not).
Example: If an application under section 269TB resulted in:
(a) the publication of the acceptance of an undertaking from exporter A on 1 January 1999; and
(b) the publication of a dumping duty notice covering exporters B and C on 1 March 1999;
an affected party could seek review of the undertaking on 2 January
2000 but could not seek review of both the undertaking and the
dumping duty notices until 2 March 2000.
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However, the Minister could decide to review the notices before
2 March 2000 either on his or her own initiative or on the
recommendation of the Commissioner. See subsection (3).
(3) If:
(a) anti-dumping measures have been taken in respect of goods;
and
(b) the Minister considers (either as a result of a
recommendation from the Commissioner under
subsection 269ZC(4) or on his or her own initiative) that it
may be appropriate to review those measures as they affect a
particular exporter of those goods, or as they affect exporters
of those goods generally, because:
(i) one or more of the variable factors relevant to the taking
of the measures in relation to that exporter or those
exporters may have changed; or
(ii) the anti-dumping measures are no longer warranted;
the Minister may, at any time, by notice in writing, request that the
Commissioner initiate a review under this Division.
(4) If, as a result of a person’s application under Division 6 for
accelerated review of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing
duty notice, the Minister has made a declaration under
subsection 269ZG(3):
(a) that person may not make an application, under
subsection (1) of this section, for a review of that notice
earlier than 12 months after the making of that declaration;
but
(b) for the purpose of determining whether subsection (2)
permits any other person to apply for a review of the notice,
the making of that declaration is not to be treated as a review
of the notice.
(5) If:
(a) a person applies, under Division 9, for a review of the
Minister’s decision to publish a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice or not to publish such a notice;
and
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(b) as a result of that review:
(i) a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice is
published by the Minister despite an earlier decision not
to publish such a notice; or
(ii) a dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice
originally published by the Minister is varied; or
(iii) another dumping duty notice or countervailing duty
notice is substituted for the notice originally published
by the Minister;
then, for the purpose only of determining whether subsection (2)
permits a review of the new notice, the notice as varied or the
substituted notice, that new notice, notice as varied or substituted
notice has effect as if it had been published at the time of the
Minister’s decision not to publish a notice, or at the time of
publication of the original notice, as the case requires.
269ZB Content and lodgment of applications for review of
anti-dumping measures
(1) An application under subsection 269ZA(1) for review of
anti-dumping measures must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in a form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes
of this section; and
(c) contain such information as the form requires; and
(d) be signed in the manner indicated by the form; and
(e) be lodged in the manner approved under section 269SMS.
(2) Without otherwise limiting the matters that can be required by the
form to be included, the application must include:
(a) a description of the kind of goods to which the measures the
subject of the application relate; and
(b) a description of the measures the subject of the application;
and
(c) if the application is based on a change in variable factors—a
statement of the opinion of the applicant concerning:
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(i) the variable factors relevant to the taking of the
measures taken that have changed; and
(ii) the amount by which each such factor has changed; and
(iii) the information that establishes that amount; and
(d) if the application is based on circumstances that in the
applicant’s view indicate that the anti-dumping measures are
no longer warranted—evidence, in accordance with the form,
of the circumstances.
(3) The application is taken to have been lodged when the application
is first received by a Commission staff member doing duty in
relation to applications for review of anti-dumping measures.
(4) The day on which the application is taken to have been lodged
must be recorded on the application.
269ZC Consideration of applications and requests for review
(1) If an application under subsection 269ZA(1) for review of
anti-dumping measures is lodged with the Commissioner, the
Commissioner must, within 20 days after receiving the application:
(a) examine the application; and
(b) if the Commissioner is not satisfied, having regard to the
application and to any other information that the
Commissioner considers relevant, of one or more of the
matters referred to in subsection (2)—reject the application
and inform the applicant, by notice in writing, accordingly.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the matters to be considered in
relation to an application are:
(a) that the application complies with section 269ZB; and
(b) that there appear to be reasonable grounds for asserting
either, or both, of the following:
(i) that the variable factors relevant to the taking of
anti-dumping measures have changed;
(ii) that the anti-dumping measures are no longer warranted.
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(3) The notice informing the applicant of the rejection of the
application must set out the reasons why the Commissioner was
not satisfied of one or more of the matters set out in subsection (2).
(4) If the Commissioner decides not to reject an application for review
of anti-dumping measures, the Commissioner must either:
(a) publish a notice on the Anti-Dumping Commission’s website
indicating that it is proposed to review the measures covered
by the application; or
(b) if the Commissioner considers that the review applied for
should be extended to include any additional matter—
recommend to the Minister that the review be extended
accordingly.
(5) If the Commissioner is requested by the Minister to undertake a
review of anti-dumping measures, either as a result of a
recommendation made to the Minister under subsection (4) or
otherwise, the Commissioner must, on receipt of that request,
publish a notice on the Anti-Dumping Commission’s website
indicating that it is proposed to review the measures covered by the
request.
(6) If:
(a) the Commissioner recommends to the Minister under
paragraph (4)(b) the extension of a review of anti-dumping
measures; but
(b) the Commissioner is informed by the Minister, within 20
days after that recommendation is made, that the Minister
does not require the review to be so extended;
the Commissioner must, on being so informed, publish a notice on
the Anti-Dumping Commission’s website indicating that it is
proposed to review the anti-dumping measures under this Division
covered by the original application.
(7) The notice published by the Commissioner under subsection (4),
(5) or (6) must:
(a) describe the kind of goods to which the review relates; and
(b) describe the measures to which the review relates; and
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(ba) if the review will examine whether the variable factors
relevant to the taking of the measures have changed—state
that fact; and
(bb) if the review will examine whether the measures are no
longer warranted—state that fact; and
(c) indicate that a report will be made to the Minister:
(i) within 155 days after the date of publication of the
notice; or
(ii) within such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI; and
(d) invite interested parties to lodge with the Commissioner,
within 37 days after the date of publication of the notice,
submissions concerning the review; and
(e) state that:
(i) within 110 days after the publication of the notice; or
(ii) such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI;
the Commissioner will place on the public record a statement
of the essential facts on which the Commissioner proposes to
base a recommendation concerning the measures under
review; and
(f) invite interested parties to lodge with the Commissioner,
within 20 days of that statement being placed on the public
record, submissions in response to that statement; and
(g) indicate the address at which, or the manner in which,
submissions under paragraph (d) or (f) can be lodged.
269ZCA Application to extend a review of anti-dumping measures
to include revocation
If:
(a) a notice was published by the Commissioner under
subsection 269ZC(4), (5) or (6); and
(b) the notice did not state the review will examine whether the
measures are no longer warranted (see
paragraph 269ZC(7)(bb)); and
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(c) an affected party considers that it can provide evidence that
may satisfy the Commissioner that there are reasonable
grounds for determining that the anti-dumping measures
described in the notice are no longer warranted;
the affected party may, by application lodged with the
Commissioner, request that the Commissioner consider that
evidence.
269ZCB Content and lodgment of application to extend a review of
anti-dumping measures to include revocation
(1) An application under section 269ZCA must:
(a) be lodged within 37 days of the publication of the relevant
notice under subsection 269ZC(4), (5) or (6); and
(b) be in writing; and
(c) be in a form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes
of this section; and
(d) contain such information as the form requires; and
(e) be signed in the manner indicated by the form; and
(f) be lodged in the manner approved under section 269SMS.
(2) Without otherwise limiting the matters that can be required by the
form to be included, the application must include evidence of the
circumstances that in the applicant’s view indicate that the
anti-dumping measures are no longer warranted.
(3) The application is taken to have been lodged when the application
is first received by a Commission staff member doing duty in
relation to applications for review of anti-dumping measures.
(4) The day on which the application is taken to have been lodged
must be recorded on the application.
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269ZCC Consideration of applications and requests for extensions
of reviews
(1) If an application under section 269ZCA is lodged with the
Commissioner, the Commissioner must, within 20 days after
receiving the application:
(a) examine the application; and
(b) if the Commissioner is not satisfied, having regard to the
application and to any other information that the
Commissioner considers relevant, of one or more of the
matters referred to in subsection (2)—reject the application
and inform the applicant, by notice in writing, accordingly.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the matters to be considered in
relation to an application are:
(a) that the application complies with section 269ZCB; and
(b) that the Commissioner is satisfied that there appear to be
reasonable grounds for recommending that the anti-dumping
measures are no longer warranted.
(3) The notice informing the applicant of the rejection of the
application must set out the reasons why the Commissioner was
not satisfied of one or more of the matters set out in subsection (2).
(4) If the Commissioner decides not to reject an application, the
Commissioner must publish a notice on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website in accordance with subsection (8).
(5) If the Commissioner considers (either as a result of an application
under section 269ZCA or on the Commissioner’s own initiative)
that the review applied for should be extended to include any
additional matter, the Commissioner may, within 40 days after the
publication of the notice under subsection 269ZC(4), (5) or (6)
relating to the review, recommend to the Minister that the review
be extended accordingly.
(6) If:
(a) anti-dumping measures have been taken in respect of goods;
and
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(b) an application under subsection 269ZA(1) for review of
anti-dumping measures has been made; and
(c) the Minister considers (either as a result of a
recommendation from the Commissioner under
subsection (5) of this section or on the Minister’s own
initiative) that there appear to be reasonable grounds to
extend the review applied for to include any additional
matter;
the Minister may, within 60 days of the publication of the relevant
notice under subsection 269ZC(4), (5) or (6), by notice in writing,
request that the Commissioner extend the review applied for
accordingly.
(7) If the Commissioner is requested under this section by the Minister
to extend a review of anti-dumping measures, the Commissioner
must, on receipt of that request, publish a notice on the
Anti-Dumping Commission’s website indicating that it is proposed
to so extend the review.
(8) The notice published by the Commissioner under subsection (4) or
(7) must:
(a) describe the kind of goods to which the relevant review of
anti-dumping measures relates; and
(b) describe the measures to which the review relates; and
(c) if the Commissioner is satisfied that there may be reasonable
grounds for the Commissioner making a revocation
recommendation—state that fact; and
(d) invite affected parties to lodge with the Commissioner
submissions concerning the extended review.
269ZD Statement of essential facts in relation to review of
anti-dumping measures
(1) If the Commissioner publishes a notice under
subsection 269ZC(4), (5) or (6) in relation to the review of
anti-dumping measures, he or she must, within 110 days after the
publication of the notice or such longer period as the Minister
allows under section 269ZHI, place on the public record a
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statement of the facts (the statement of essential facts) on which
the Commissioner proposes to base a recommendation to the
Minister in relation to the review of those measures.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), in formulating the statement of essential
facts, the Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application or request; and
(ii) any submissions relating generally to the review that are
received by the Commissioner within 37 days after the
publication of the notice under subsection 269ZC(4), (5)
or (6); and
(iii) any other submission received by the Commissioner
relating generally to the review if, in the
Commissioner’s opinion, having regard to the
submission would not prevent the timely placement of
the statement of essential facts on the public record; and
(b) may have regard to any other matters that the Commissioner
considers relevant.
(3) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to any
submissions relating generally to the review that are received by
the Commissioner after the end of the period referred to in
subparagraph (2)(a)(ii) if to do so would, in the Commissioner’s
opinion, prevent the timely placement of the statement of essential
facts on the public record.
269ZDA Report on review of measures
(1) The Commissioner must, after conducting a review of
anti-dumping measures and within 155 days after the date of
publication of the notice under subsection 269ZC(4), (5) or (6) in
relation to those measures or such longer period as the Minister
allows under section 269ZHI, give the Minister a report
recommending:
(a) to the extent that the measures involved the publication of a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice:
(i) that the notice remain unaltered; or
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(ii) that the notice be revoked in its application to a
particular exporter or to a particular kind of goods or
revoked generally; or
(iii) that the notice have effect in relation to a particular
exporter or to exporters generally, as if different
variable factors had been ascertained; and
(b) to the extent that the measures involved the acceptance by the
Minister of an undertaking:
(i) that the undertaking remain unaltered; or
(ii) that the Minister seek a variation of the terms of the
undertaking as indicated in the Commissioner’s report;
or
(iii) that the Minister indicate to the person who gave the
undertaking that the undertaking is no longer acceptable
and that the investigation of the need for a dumping
duty notice or a countervailing duty notice, as the case
requires, covering that person is to be resumed; or
(iv) that the Minister indicate to the person who gave the
undertaking that the person is released from the
undertaking and that the investigation of the need for a
dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice
covering that person is terminated.
(1A) After conducting a review of anti-dumping measures under this
Division, the Commissioner:
(a) must not make a revocation recommendation in relation to
the measures unless a revocation review notice has been
published in relation to the review; and
(b) otherwise must make a revocation recommendation in
relation to the measures, unless the Commissioner is satisfied
as a result of the review that revoking the measures would
lead, or be likely to lead, to a continuation of, or a recurrence
of, the dumping or subsidisation and the material injury that
the measures are intended to prevent.
(2) Nothing in this section is to be taken to imply that the
Commissioner cannot simultaneously make the same
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recommendation in relation to more than one exporter or person
giving an undertaking.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), in deciding on the recommendations to
be made to the Minister in the report, the Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application or request for review; and
(ia) any application to extend the review that was not
rejected; and
(ib) any request to extend the review; and
(ii) any submission relating generally to the review to which
the Commissioner has had regard for the purpose of
formulating the statement of essential facts in relation to
the review; and
(iii) that statement of essential facts; and
(iv) any submission made in response to that statement that
is received by the Commissioner within 20 days after
the placing of that statement on the public record; and
(b) may have regard to any other matter that the Commissioner
considers to be relevant to the review.
(4) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to any submission
made in response to the statement of essential facts that is received
by the Commissioner after the end of the period referred to in
subparagraph (3)(a)(iv) if to do so would, in the Commissioner’s
opinion, prevent the timely preparation of the report to the
Minister.
(5) The report to the Minister must include a statement of the
Commissioner’s reasons for any recommendation contained in the
report that:
(a) sets out the material findings of fact on which that
recommendation is based; and
(b) provides particulars of the evidence relied on to support those
findings.
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269ZDB Powers of the Minister in relation to review of
anti-dumping measures
(1) After considering the report of the Commissioner and any other
information that the Minister considers relevant, the Minister must
declare, by notice published in accordance with subsection (7), that
for the purposes of this Act and the Dumping Duty Act:
(a) to the extent that the anti-dumping measures concerned
involved the publication of a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice:
(i) that the notice is to remain unaltered; or
(ii) that, with effect from a date specified in the declaration,
the notice is taken to be, or to have been, revoked either
in relation to a particular exporter or to exporters
generally or in relation to a particular kind of goods; or
(iii) that, with effect from a date specified in the declaration,
the notice is to be taken to have effect or to have had
effect, either in relation to a particular exporter or to
exporters generally, as if the Minister had fixed
different variable factors in respect of that exporter or of
exporters generally, relevant to the determination of
duty; and
(b) to the extent that the anti-dumping measures concerned
involved the acceptance by the Minister of an undertaking:
(i) that the undertaking is to remain unaltered; or
(ii) that if, before a date specified in the declaration, the
terms of the undertaking are altered in a manner
specified in the declaration, the undertaking as so varied
will be acceptable to the Minister; or
(iii) that the undertaking is no longer acceptable to the
Minister and that the investigation of the need for a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice is
to be resumed immediately; or
(iv) that, with effect from a date specified in the declaration,
the person who gave the undertaking is released from
the undertaking and that the investigation giving rise to
the undertaking is terminated.
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(1AA) The Minister must not make a revocation declaration in relation to
anti-dumping measures unless a revocation review notice has been
published in relation to the relevant review of those measures.
(1A) The Minister must make a declaration under subsection (1) within:
(a) 30 days after receiving the report; or
(b) if the Minister considers there are special circumstances that
prevent the declaration being made within that period—such
longer period as the Minister considers appropriate.
(1B) If paragraph (1A)(b) applies, the Minister must give public notice
of the longer period.
(2) If the Minister makes a declaration under subsection (1), that
declaration has effect according to its terms.
(3) If:
(a) the Minister makes a declaration under subsection (1); and
(b) under that declaration, new variable factors are taken to have
been fixed, in relation to goods exported to Australia by a
particular exporter, with effect from a date specified in the
declaration; and
(c) interim duty paid on such goods on the basis of the variable
factors as previously fixed exceeds the interim duty that
would be payable on the basis of the new variable factors;
the person who paid the interim duty may apply under Division 3
of Part VIII for a refund of the excess.
(4) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after the making of a
declaration under subsection (1) that affects an exporter or person
giving an undertaking, inform that exporter or person of the terms
of the declaration.
(5) Nothing in this section is to be taken to imply that the Minister
cannot simultaneously make the same declaration in relation to
more than one exporter or person giving an undertaking.
(6) For the purposes of a declaration under subsection (1), the Minister
must not fix a date:
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(a) in a circumstance to which subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) or (iii)
applies—that is earlier than the date of publication under
section 269ZC of a notice indicating the proposal to
undertake the review concerned; and
(b) in a circumstance to which subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) or (iv)
applies—that is earlier than the date of the declaration.
(7) A notice under subsection (1) must be published on the
Anti-Dumping Commission’s website.
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Division 5A—Anti-circumvention inquiries
269ZDBA What this Division is about
If a notice has been published under subsection 269TG(2) or
269TJ(2) in respect of goods, this Division allows a person
representing, or representing a portion of, the Australian industry
producing like goods to apply for the conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to the notice. This Division
also allows the Minister to request such an inquiry. It:
• sets out when applications may be made; and
• sets out the procedure to be followed by the Commissioner in dealing with applications or requests and preparing reports for
the Minister; and
• empowers the Minister, after consideration of such reports, to leave the notice unaltered or to alter the notice as appropriate.
269ZDBB Circumvention activities
(1) This section sets out when circumvention activity, in relation to a
notice published under subsection 269TG(2) or 269TJ(2), occurs.
Assembly of parts in Australia
(2) Circumvention activity, in relation to the notice, occurs if the
following apply:
(a) goods in the form of individual parts (the circumvention
goods) are exported to Australia;
(b) those parts are manufactured in a foreign country in respect
of which the notice applies;
(c) those parts are assembled in Australia, whether or not with
other parts, to create goods (the assembled goods) that would
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be the subject of the notice if they were exported to Australia
by an exporter in respect of which the notice applies;
(d) the total value of the parts manufactured in that foreign
country is a significant proportion of the value of the
assembled goods;
(e) section 8 or 10 of the Dumping Duty Act, as the case
requires, does not apply to the export of the circumvention
goods to Australia.
Assembly of parts in third country
(3) Circumvention activity, in relation to the notice, occurs if the
following apply:
(a) goods in the form of individual parts are manufactured in a
foreign country (the original country) in respect of which the
notice applies;
(b) those parts are assembled in a foreign country in respect of
which the notice does not apply, whether or not with other
parts, to create goods (the circumvention goods) that would
be the subject of the notice if they were exported to Australia
by an exporter in respect of which the notice applies;
(c) the circumvention goods are exported to Australia;
(d) the total value of the parts manufactured in the original
country is a significant proportion of the customs value
(within the meaning of section 159) of the circumvention
goods;
(e) section 8 or 10 of the Dumping Duty Act, as the case
requires, does not apply to the export of the circumvention
goods to Australia.
Export of goods through one or more third countries
(4) Circumvention activity, in relation to the notice, occurs if the
following apply:
(a) goods (the circumvention goods) are exported to Australia
from a foreign country in respect of which the notice does
not apply;
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(b) before that export, there were one or more other exports of
the goods from a foreign country to another foreign country;
(c) the first of those other exports was from a foreign country in
respect of which the notice applies;
(d) the circumvention goods would be the subject of the notice if
they were exported to Australia by an exporter in respect of
which the notice applies;
(e) section 8 or 10 of the Dumping Duty Act, as the case
requires, does not apply to the export of the circumvention
goods to Australia.
Arrangements between exporters
(5) Circumvention activity, in relation to the notice, occurs if the
following apply:
(a) goods (the circumvention goods) are exported to Australia
from a foreign country in respect of which the notice applies;
(b) the exporter exported the circumvention goods under an
arrangement with another exporter from that foreign country;
(c) the other exporter is an exporter in respect of which the
notice applies;
(d) the circumvention goods would be the subject of the notice if
they were exported to Australia by the other exporter;
(e) either:
(i) section 8 or 10 of the Dumping Duty Act, as the case
requires, does not apply to the export of the
circumvention goods to Australia; or
(ii) section 8 or 10 of the Dumping Duty Act, as the case
requires, applies to the export of the circumvention
goods to Australia, but the interim duty payable in
relation to that export is less than the interim duty that
would have been payable if the other exporter had
exported the goods to Australia.
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Avoidance of intended effect of duty
(5A) Circumvention activity, in relation to the notice, occurs if the
following apply:
(a) goods (the circumvention goods) are exported to Australia
from a foreign country in respect of which the notice applies;
(b) the exporter is an exporter in respect of which the notice
applies;
(c) either or both of sections 8 and 10 of the Dumping Duty Act
apply to the export of the circumvention goods to Australia;
(d) the importer of the circumvention goods, whether directly or
through an associate or associates, sells those goods in
Australia without increasing the price commensurate with the
total amount of duty payable on the circumvention goods
under the Dumping Duty Act;
(e) the circumstances covered by paragraphs (a) to (d) occur over
a reasonable period.
Regulations
(6) Circumvention activity, in relation to the notice, occurs in the
circumstances prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
subsection.
269ZDBC Applications and requests for conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry
Applications by Australian industry
(1) If:
(a) a notice (an original notice) has been published under
subsection 269TG(2) or 269TJ(2) in respect of goods; and
(b) a person representing, or representing a portion of, the
Australian industry producing like goods considers that one
or more circumvention activities in relation to the notice have
occurred; and
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(c) the person considers that it may be appropriate to alter the
notice because of the circumvention activities;
the person may, by application lodged with the Commissioner,
request that the Commissioner conduct an anti-circumvention
inquiry in relation to the notice.
(1A) If:
(a) a person lodges an application under subsection (1) with the
Commissioner; and
(b) the person describes, in the application, circumvention
activity, in relation to the original notice, within the meaning
of subsection 269ZDBB(5A); and
(c) the Commissioner publishes a notice (the inquiry notice)
under subsection 269ZDBE(4) because of the application;
the person must not lodge another application under subsection (1)
of this section describing circumvention activity, in relation to the
original notice, within the meaning of subsection 269ZDBB(5A),
within 12 months after the day the inquiry notice was published.
Requests by Minister
(2) If:
(a) a notice (an original notice) has been published under
subsection 269TG(2) or 269TJ(2) in respect of goods; and
(b) the Minister considers that one or more circumvention
activities in relation to the notice have occurred; and
(c) the Minister considers that it may be appropriate to alter the
notice because of the circumvention activities;
the Minister may, by notice in writing, request that the
Commissioner conduct an anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to
the original notice.
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269ZDBD Content and lodgement of applications for conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry
Content of application
(1) An application under subsection 269ZDBC(1) for the conduct of
an anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to an original notice must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in a form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes
of this section; and
(c) contain such information as the form requires; and
(d) be signed in the manner indicated by the form; and
(e) be lodged in the manner approved under section 269SMS.
Note: For original notice, see section 269ZDBC.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the application must include:
(a) a description of the kind of goods that are the subject of the
original notice; and
(b) a description of the original notice the subject of the
application; and
(c) a description of the circumvention activities in relation to the
original notice that the applicant considers have occurred;
and
(d) a description of the alterations to the original notice that the
applicant considers should be made.
(2A) An application that describes circumvention activity, in relation to
the original notice, within the meaning of
subsection 269ZDBB(5A), must not describe any other kind of
circumvention activity in relation to that notice.
Time of lodgement
(3) The application is taken to have been lodged when the application
is first received by a Commission staff member doing duty in
relation to applications for the conduct of anti-circumvention
inquiries.
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(5) The day on which the application is taken to have been lodged
must be recorded on the application.
269ZDBE Consideration of applications and requests for conduct of
an anti-circumvention inquiry
Applications
(1) If an application under subsection 269ZDBC(1) for the conduct of
an anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to an original notice is
lodged with the Commissioner, the Commissioner must, within 20
days after receiving the application:
(a) examine the application; and
(b) if the Commissioner is not satisfied, having regard to the
application and any other information that the Commissioner
considers relevant, of either or both of the matters referred to
in subsection (2)—reject the application and inform the
applicant, by notice in writing, accordingly.
Note: For original notice, see section 269ZDBC.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the matters to be considered in
relation to an application are:
(a) that the application complies with section 269ZDBD; and
(b) that there appear to be reasonable grounds for asserting that
one or more circumvention activities in relation to the
original notice have occurred.
(3) The notice informing the applicant of the rejection of the
application must set out the reasons why the Commissioner was
not satisfied of either or both of the matters referred to in
subsection (2).
(4) If the Commissioner does not reject an application for the conduct
of an anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to the original notice,
the Commissioner must publish a notice on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website indicating that such an inquiry is to be
conducted.
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Requests
(5) If, under subsection 269ZDBC(2), the Minister requests the
Commissioner to conduct an anti-circumvention inquiry in relation
to an original notice, the Commissioner must, on receipt of that
request, publish a notice on the Anti-Dumping Commission’s
website indicating that such an inquiry is to be conducted.
Note: For original notice, see section 269ZDBC.
Content of notice
(6) A notice (the inquiry notice) published by the Commissioner under
subsection (4) or (5) must:
(a) describe the kind of goods to which the inquiry relates; and
(b) describe the original notice the subject of the inquiry; and
(c) state that the inquiry will examine whether circumvention
activities in relation to the original notice have occurred; and
(d) indicate that a report will be made to the Minister:
(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies—within 155 days after
the day the inquiry notice is published or such longer
period as the Minister allows under section 269ZHI; or
(ii) if the inquiry relates to whether circumvention activity,
in relation to the original notice, within the meaning of
subsection 269ZDBB(5A), has occurred—within 100
days after the day the inquiry notice is published or such
longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI; and
(e) invite interested parties to lodge with the Commissioner,
within 37 days after the day of publication of the inquiry
notice, submissions concerning the inquiry; and
(f) if subparagraph (d)(i) applies—state that:
(i) within 110 days after the publication of the inquiry
notice; or
(ii) within such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI;
the Commissioner will place on the public record a statement
of the essential facts on which the Commissioner proposes to
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base a recommendation to the Minister in relation to the
original notice; and
(g) if subparagraph (d)(i) applies—invite interested parties to
lodge with the Commissioner, within 20 days of that
statement being placed on the public record, submissions in
response to that statement; and
(h) indicate the address at which, or the manner in which,
submissions under paragraph (e) or (g) may be lodged.
269ZDBEA Termination of anti-circumvention inquiry
General inquiry
(1) If:
(a) the Commissioner publishes a notice under
subsection 269ZDBE(4); and
(b) subparagraph 269ZDBE(6)(d)(i) applies; and
(c) before the Commissioner would otherwise be required to
place on the public record a statement referred to in
subsection 269ZDBF(1), the Commissioner becomes
satisfied that no circumvention activity in relation to the
original notice has occurred;
the Commissioner may terminate the anti-circumvention inquiry
concerned.
Note: For original notice, see section 269ZDBC.
Accelerated inquiry
(2) If:
(a) the Commissioner publishes a notice under
subsection 269ZDBE(4); and
(b) subparagraph 269ZDBE(6)(d)(ii) applies; and
(c) the Commissioner is satisfied that no circumvention activity,
in relation to the original notice, within the meaning of
subsection 269ZDBB(5A), has occurred;
the Commissioner may terminate the anti-circumvention inquiry
concerned.
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Notice of termination decision
(3) The Commissioner must:
(a) give public notice of a decision under subsection (1) or (2);
and
(b) notify the applicant for the conduct of the anti-circumvention
inquiry of the decision; and
(c) inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 30 days
after the applicant is so notified, to apply for a review of the
decision by the Review Panel under Division 9.
269ZDBF Statement of essential facts in relation to conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry
(1) If the Commissioner publishes a notice under
subsection 269ZDBE(4) or (5) about the conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to an original notice and
subparagraph 269ZDBE(6)(d)(i) applies, the Commissioner must:
(a) within 110 days after the publication of the notice under
subsection 269ZDBE(4) or (5); or
(b) within such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI;
place on the public record a statement of the facts (the statement of
essential facts) on which the Commissioner proposes to base a
recommendation to the Minister in relation to the original notice.
Note: For original notice, see section 269ZDBC.
(2) In formulating the statement of essential facts, the Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application or request; and
(ii) any submissions concerning the inquiry that are
received by the Commissioner within 37 days after the
publication of the notice under subsection 269ZDBE(4)
or (5); and
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(b) may have regard to any other matters that the Commissioner
considers relevant.
Late submissions
(3) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to a submission
concerning the inquiry that is received by the Commissioner after
the end of the period referred to in subparagraph (2)(a)(ii) if to do
so would, in the Commissioner’s opinion, prevent the timely
placement of the statement of essential facts on the public record.
269ZDBG Report on anti-circumvention inquiry
Commissioner recommendations
(1) The Commissioner must, after conducting an anti-circumvention
inquiry in relation to an original notice and within:
(a) if subparagraph 269ZDBE(6)(d)(i) applies—155 days after
the day the notice under subsection 269ZDBE(4) or (5) about
the inquiry is published or such longer period as the Minister
allows under section 269ZHI; or
(b) if subparagraph 269ZDBE(6)(d)(ii) applies—100 days after
the day the notice under subsection 269ZDBE(4) or (5) about
the inquiry is published or such longer period as the Minister
allows under section 269ZHI;
give the Minister a report recommending:
(c) the original notice remain unaltered; or
(d) the following:
(i) the original notice be altered because the Commissioner
is satisfied that circumvention activities in relation to
the original notice have occurred;
(ii) the alterations to be made to the original notice.
Note: For original notice, see section 269ZDBC.
(2) In deciding on the recommendations to be made to the Minister in
the report, the Commissioner:
(a) if paragraph (1)(a) applies—must have regard to:
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(i) the application or request for the inquiry; and
(ii) any submission concerning the inquiry to which the
Commissioner has had regard for the purpose of
formulating the statement of essential facts in relation to
the inquiry; and
(iii) that statement of essential facts; and
(iv) any submission made in response to that statement that
is received by the Commissioner within 20 days after
the placing of that statement on the public record; and
(aa) if paragraph (1)(b) applies—must have regard to:
(i) the application or request for the inquiry; and
(ii) any submission concerning the inquiry that is received
by the Commissioner within 37 days after the
publication of the notice under subsection 269ZDBE(4)
or (5); and
(b) in any case—may have regard to any other matter that the
Commissioner considers to be relevant to the inquiry.
Late submissions
(3) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to a submission
made in response to the statement of essential facts that is received
by the Commissioner after the end of the period referred to in
subparagraph (2)(a)(iv) if to do so would, in the Commissioner’s
opinion, prevent the timely preparation of the report to the
Minister.
(3A) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to a submission
concerning the inquiry that is received by the Commissioner after
the end of the period referred to in subparagraph (2)(aa)(ii) if to do
so would, in the Commissioner’s opinion, prevent the timely
preparation of the report to the Minister.
Reasons for Commissioner recommendations
(4) The report to the Minister must include a statement of the
Commissioner’s reasons for any recommendation contained in the
report that:
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(a) sets out the material findings of fact on which that
recommendation is based; and
(b) provides particulars of the evidence relied on to support those
findings.
269ZDBH Minister’s powers in relation to anti-circumvention
inquiry
Minister’s decision
(1) After considering the report of the Commissioner and any other
information that the Minister considers relevant, the Minister must
declare, by notice published in accordance with subsection (9), that
for the purposes of this Act and the Dumping Duty Act:
(a) the original notice is to remain unaltered; or
(b) the alterations specified in the declaration are taken to have
been made to the original notice, with effect on and after a
day specified in the declaration.
Note: For original notice, see section 269ZDBC.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the alterations may be of the
following kind:
(a) the specification of different goods that are to be the subject
of the original notice;
(b) the specification of different foreign countries that are to be
the subject of the original notice;
(c) the specification of different exporters that are to be the
subject of the original notice;
(d) in relation to existing exporters that are the subject of the
original notice—the specification of different variable factors
in respect of one or more of those exporters;
(e) in relation to exporters that are to be the subject of the
original notice—the specification of variable factors in
respect of those exporters.
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Timing of decision
(3) The Minister must make a declaration under subsection (1) within:
(a) 30 days after receiving the report; or
(b) if the Minister considers there are special circumstances that
prevent the declaration being made within that period—such
longer period as the Minister considers appropriate.
(4) If paragraph (3)(b) applies, the Minister must give public notice of
the longer period.
Declaration has effect according to its terms
(5) If the Minister makes a declaration under subsection (1), that
declaration has effect according to its terms.
Notification of declaration
(6) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after the making of a
declaration under subsection (1) that affects an exporter, inform
that exporter of the terms of the declaration.
Declaration may cover more than one exporter
(7) Nothing in this section is taken to imply that the Minister cannot
simultaneously make the same declaration in relation to more than
one exporter.
When declaration takes effect
(8) A day specified in a declaration as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)
must not be earlier than the day of publication of the notice under
subsection 269ZDBE(4) or (5) about the conduct of an
anti-circumvention inquiry in relation to the original notice.
Manner of publication
(9) A notice under subsection (1) must be published on the
Anti-Dumping Commission’s website.
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Division 6—Certain exporters may seek accelerated review
of dumping duty notices or countervailing duty
notices
269ZDC What this Division is about
This Division provides for the early review of a dumping duty
notice or a countervailing duty notice on the application of certain
exporters of goods covered by the notice. The review can be sought
when a review of the notice under Division 5 would not be
available and is only open to new exporters.
269ZE Circumstances in which accelerated review may be sought
(1) If a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice has been
published:
(a) in respect of goods exported from a particular country of
export; or
(b) in respect of goods exported by new exporters from a
particular country of export;
a new exporter from that country (other than such an exporter in
respect of whom a declaration has already been made under
paragraph 269ZG(3)(b) in respect of a previous application) may,
by application lodged with the Commissioner, request an
accelerated review of that notice in so far as it affects that exporter.
(2) If the Commissioner is satisfied that:
(a) because that exporter refused to co-operate, in relation to the
application for publication of that notice, the exportations of
that exporter were not investigated; or
(b) the exporter is related to an exporter whose exports were
examined in relation to the application for publication of that
notice;
the Commissioner may reject the application.
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(3) If, during the course of an accelerated review, the Commissioner
becomes satisfied that:
(a) the exporter is refusing to co-operate with any aspect of the
review; or
(b) the exporter is related to an exporter whose exports were
examined in relation to the application for publication of that
notice;
the Commissioner may terminate the review.
(4) For the purposes of this section, an exporter is taken to be related
to another exporter if the 2 exporters are associates of each other
under subsection 269TAA(4).
269ZF Application for accelerated review
(1) An application for accelerated review must be in writing, be lodged
in the manner approved under section 269SMS, and contain:
(a) a description of the kind of goods to which the dumping duty
notice or countervailing duty notice relates; and
(b) a statement of the basis on which the exporter considers that
the particular notice is inappropriate so far as the exporter is
concerned.
(2) The application is taken to have been lodged when the application
is first received by a Commission staff member doing duty in
relation to applications for accelerated review.
(3) The day on which an application is taken to be lodged must be
recorded on the application.
269ZG Consideration of application
(1) The Commissioner must, after considering the application and
making such inquiries as the Commissioner thinks appropriate,
give the Minister a report recommending:
(a) that the dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice
the subject of the application remain unaltered; or
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(b) that the dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice
the subject of the application be altered so as to apply to the
applicant as if different variable factors had been fixed;
and set out the Commissioner’s reasons for so recommending.
(2) A report by the Commissioner under subsection (1) must be
completed as soon as practicable and in any case not later than 100
days after the day the application is lodged.
(3) After considering the recommendation of the Commissioner and
the reasons for the recommendation, the Minister must, by notice
published on the Anti-Dumping Commission’s website:
(a) declare that, for the purposes of this Act and the Dumping
Duty Act, the original dumping duty notice or countervailing
duty notice is to remain unchanged; or
(b) declare that, with effect from the date the application is
lodged, this Act and the Dumping Duty Act have effect as if
the original dumping duty notice or countervailing duty
notice had applied to the applicant but the Minister had fixed
specified different variable factors relevant to the
determination of duty;
and, where the Minister does so, the declaration has effect
according to its terms.
(3A) The Minister must make a declaration under subsection (3) within:
(a) 30 days after receiving the report; or
(b) if the Minister considers there are special circumstances that
prevent the declaration being made within that period—such
longer period as the Minister considers appropriate.
(3B) If paragraph (3A)(b) applies, the Minister must give public notice
of the longer period.
(4) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after the issue of a notice
under subsection (3), notify the applicant of the term of the notice.
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269ZH Effect of accelerated review
If an application for accelerated review of a dumping duty notice
or a countervailing duty notice is lodged:
(a) no interim duty can be collected in respect of consignments
of goods, to which the application relates, entered for home
consumption after the application is lodged and until the
completion of the review; but
(b) the Commonwealth may, on the importation of goods to
which the application relates, require and take securities
under section 42 in respect of interim duty that may be
payable.
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269ZHA What this Division is about
This Division provides for the Commissioner to alert interested
parties to the anticipated termination of anti-dumping measures and
provide them with an opportunity, before those measures expire, to
apply for a continuation of the measures. The Division:
• sets out the consequences if no application is made;
• outlines the procedure to be followed by the Commissioner in dealing with an application and preparing a report for the
Minister;
• empowers the Minister, after consideration of that report, either to decide that the measures will expire or to take steps
to ensure the continuation of the measures.
269ZHB Applications for continuation of anti-dumping measures
(1) Not later than 9 months before particular anti-dumping measures
expire, the Commissioner must publish on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website a notice:
(a) informing persons that the dumping duty notice,
countervailing duty notice or undertaking comprising those
measures is due to expire on a specified day (the specified
expiry day); and
(b) inviting the following persons to apply within 60 days to the
Commissioner, in accordance with section 269ZHC, for a
continuation of those measures:
(i) the person whose application under section 269TB
resulted in those measures;
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(ii) persons representing the whole or a portion of the
Australian industry producing like goods to the goods
covered by those measures.
(2) If the Minister makes a declaration under paragraph 269ZG(3)(b)
in relation to an anti-dumping duty notice or countervailing duty
notice, the original dumping duty notice or countervailing duty
notice and that notice as modified because of that declaration are
both to be treated, for the purposes of this Division and despite
section 269TM, as if they had been issued at the time of issue of
the original notice.
(3) If no application for the continuation of the anti-dumping measures
is received by the Commissioner within the period specified in the
notice, then, on the specified expiry day:
(a) to the extent that the measures comprise a dumping duty
notice—that notice expires; and
(b) to the extent that the measures comprise a countervailing
duty notice—that notice expires; and
(c) to the extent that the measures comprise the giving of an
undertaking—the person who gave the undertaking is taken
to be released from the undertaking and the investigation
giving rise to the undertaking is terminated.
269ZHC Content and lodgment of application for continuation of
anti-dumping measures
(1) An application under section 269ZHB must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in a form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes
of this section; and
(c) contain such information as the form requires; and
(d) be signed in the manner indicated in the form; and
(e) be lodged in the manner approved under section 269SMS.
(2) The application is taken to have been lodged when the application
is first received by a Commission staff member doing duty in
relation to applications for continuation of anti-dumping measures.
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(3) The day on which the application is taken to have been lodged
must be recorded on the application.
269ZHD Consideration of applications for continuation of
anti-dumping measures
(1) If an application or applications for continuation of anti-dumping
measures are lodged with the Commissioner in accordance with
section 269ZHC, the Commissioner must, within 20 days after the
end of the 60 days referred to in paragraph 269ZHB(1)(b):
(a) examine each such application; and
(b) if the Commissioner is not satisfied in relation to any of the
applications, having regard to the application and to any
other information that the Commissioner considers relevant,
of one or more of the matters referred to in subsection (2);
the Commissioner must reject each such application and inform the
applicant, by notice in writing, accordingly.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the matters to be considered in
relation to an application are:
(a) whether the application complies with section 269ZHC; and
(b) whether there appear to be reasonable grounds for asserting
that the expiration of the anti-dumping measures to which the
application relates might lead, or might be likely to lead, to a
continuation of, or a recurrence of, the material injury that
the measures are intended to prevent.
(3) A notice informing an applicant of the rejection of an application
must set out the reasons why the Commissioner was not satisfied
of one or more of the matters set out in subsection (2).
(4) If the Commissioner decides not to reject an application for
continuation of anti-dumping measures taken in respect of goods as
they affect a particular exporter of those goods, the Commissioner
must publish a notice on the Anti-Dumping Commission’s website
indicating that it is proposed to inquire whether continuation of the
measures is justified.
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(5) The notice published by the Commissioner must:
(a) describe the kind of goods to which the anti-dumping
measures apply; and
(b) describe the measures to which the application relates; and
(c) indicate that a report as to the continuation of these measures
will be made to the Minister:
(i) within 155 days after the date of publication of the
notice; or
(ii) within such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI; and
(d) invite interested parties to lodge with the Commissioner,
within 37 days after the date of publication of the notice,
submissions concerning the continuation of the measures;
and
(e) state that:
(i) within 110 days after the publication of the notice; or
(ii) such longer period as the Minister allows under
section 269ZHI;
the Commissioner will place on the public record a statement
of the essential facts on which the Commissioner proposes to
base a recommendation concerning the continuation of the
measures; and
(f) invite interested parties to lodge with the Commissioner,
within 20 days of that statement being placed on the public
record, submissions in response to that statement; and
(g) indicate the address at which, or the manner in which,
submissions under paragraph (d) or (f) can be lodged.
269ZHE Statement of essential facts in relation to continuation of
anti-dumping measures
(1) If the Commissioner publishes a notice under
subsection 269ZHD(4) concerning the continuation of
anti-dumping measures, he or she must, within 110 days after the
publication of the notice or such longer period as the Minister
allows under section 269ZHI, ensure that there is placed on the
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public record a statement of the facts (the statement of essential
facts) on which the Commissioner proposes to base his or her
recommendation to the Minister concerning the continuation of
those measures.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), in formulating the statement of essential
facts, the Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application concerned; and
(ii) any submissions relating generally to the inquiry that
are received by the Commissioner within 37 days after
the publication of the notice under
subsection 269ZHD(4); and
(b) may have regard to any other matters that the Commissioner
considers relevant.
(3) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to any
submissions relating generally to the inquiry that are received by
the Commissioner after the end of the period referred to in
subparagraph (2)(a)(ii) if to do so would, in the Commissioner’s
opinion, prevent the timely placement of the statement of essential
facts on the public record.
269ZHF Report on application for continuation of anti-dumping
measures
(1) The Commissioner must, after conducting an inquiry into the
continuation of anti-dumping measures and within 155 days after
the date of publication of the notice under subsection 269ZHD(4)
in relation to those measures or such longer period as the Minister
allows under section 269ZHI, give the Minister a report
recommending:
(a) to the extent that the measures involved the publication of a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice:
(i) that the notice remain unaltered; or
(ii) that the notice cease to apply to a particular exporter or
to a particular kind of goods; or
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(iii) that the notice have effect in relation to a particular
exporter or to exporters generally, as if different
variable factors had been ascertained; or
(iv) that the notice expire on the specified expiry day; and
(b) to the extent that the measures involved the acceptance by the
Minister of an undertaking:
(i) that the undertaking remain unaltered; or
(ii) that the Minister seek a variation of the terms of the
undertaking as indicated in the Commissioner’s report;
or
(iii) that the undertaking expire on the specified expiry day.
(2) The Commissioner must not recommend that the Minister take
steps to secure the continuation of the anti-dumping measures
unless the Commissioner is satisfied that the expiration of the
measures would lead, or would be likely to lead, to a continuation
of, or a recurrence of, the dumping or subsidisation and the
material injury that the anti-dumping measure is intended to
prevent.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), in deciding on the recommendations to
be made to the Minister in the Commissioner’s report, the
Commissioner:
(a) must have regard to:
(i) the application for continuation of the anti-dumping
measures; and
(ii) any submission relating generally to the continuation of
the measures to which the Commissioner has had regard
for the purpose of formulating the statement of essential
facts in relation to the continuation of those measures;
and
(iii) that statement of essential facts; and
(iv) any submission made in response to that statement that
is received by the Commissioner within 20 days after
the placing of that statement on the public record; and
(b) may have regard to any other matter that the Commissioner
considers to be relevant to the inquiry.
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(4) The Commissioner is not obliged to have regard to any submission
made in response to the statement of essential facts that is received
after the end of the period referred to in subparagraph (3)(a)(iv) if
to do so would, in the Commissioner’s opinion, prevent the timely
preparation of the report to the Minister.
(5) The report to the Minister must include a statement of the
Commissioner’s reasons for any recommendation contained in the
report that:
(a) sets out the material findings of fact on which that
recommendation is based; and
(b) provides particulars of the evidence relied on to support those
findings.
269ZHG Powers of the Minister in relation to continuation of
anti-dumping measures
(1) After considering the report of the Commissioner and any other
information that the Minister considers relevant, the Minister must
by notice published in accordance with subsection (2):
(a) declare that the Minister has decided not to secure the
continuation of the anti-dumping measures concerned; or
(b) declare that the Minister has decided to secure the
continuation of the anti-dumping measures concerned.
Note: Subsection (3) deals with the end of the anti-dumping measures and
subsection (4) deals with the continuation of the anti-dumping
measures.
(1A) If the Minister receives the report less than 30 days before the
specified expiry day, the Minister must make the declaration before
that day.
(1B) If subsection (1A) does not apply, the Minister must make the
declaration within:
(a) 30 days after receiving the report; or
(b) if the Minister considers there are special circumstances that
prevent the declaration being made within that period—such
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longer period, ending before the specified expiry day, as the
Minister considers appropriate.
(1C) If paragraph (1B)(b) applies, the Minister must give public notice
of the longer period.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must be published:
(a) before the expiry day specified in the notice; and
(b) on the Anti-Dumping Commission’s website.
(3) If the Minister declares that he or she has decided not to secure the
continuation of the anti-dumping measures, then, on the specified
expiry day:
(a) to the extent that the measures comprise a dumping duty
notice—that notice expires; and
(b) to the extent that the measures comprise a countervailing
duty notice—that notice expires; or
(c) to the extent that the measures comprise the giving of an
undertaking—the person who gave the undertaking is taken
to be released from the undertaking and the investigation
giving rise to the undertaking is terminated;
as the case requires.
(4) If the Minister declares that he or she has decided to secure the
continuation of the anti-dumping measures, the continuation of
those measures is so secured:
(a) to the extent that the measures comprise the publication of a
dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice:
(i) by the Minister determining, in writing, that the notice
continues in force after the specified expiry day; or
(ii) by the Minister determining, in writing, that the notice
continues in force after the specified expiry day but that,
after that day, the notice ceases to apply in relation to a
particular exporter or to a particular kind of goods; or
(iii) by the Minister determining, in writing, that the notice
continues in force after the specified expiry day but that,
after that day, the notice has effect, in relation to a
particular exporter or to exporters generally, as if the
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Minister had fixed different specified variable factors in
relation to that exporter or to exporters generally,
relevant to the determination of duty; and
(b) to the extent that the measures involve the acceptance of an
undertaking:
(i) by the person who gave the undertaking agreeing to
extend it beyond the specified expiry day (without any
variation) or, if the person will not so agree, by the
Minister publishing a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice to take effect on the day after
the specified expiry day in substitution for the
undertaking; or
(ii) by the person who gave the undertaking agreeing to
extend it beyond the specified expiry day with the
variations sought by the Minister or, if the person will
not so agree, by the Minister publishing a dumping duty
notice or a countervailing duty notice to take effect on
the day after the specified expiry day in substitution for
the undertaking.
(5) If the Minister secures the continuation of anti-dumping measures
in accordance with this section, the measures continue in force for
5 years after the specified expiry day unless:
(a) in the case of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty
notice—the notice is revoked before the end of that period; or
(b) in the case of an undertaking—provision is made for its
earlier expiration.
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269ZHH What this Division is about
This Division:
• enables extension of various periods for doing things under this Part if the Minister is satisfied it is necessary;
• provides for the giving of public notice of decisions and determinations under this Part;
• provides for the Commissioner to maintain a public record of investigations, reviews and inquiries conducted by the
Commissioner under this Part.
269ZHI Minister may extend certain periods of time
(1) The Commissioner may give the Minister a written request for one
or more of the following:
(a) an extension of the 110-day period referred to in
subsection 269TDAA(1);
(b) an extension of the 155-day period referred to in
subsection 269TEA(1);
(c) an extension of the 155-day period referred to in
subsection 269X(1);
(d) an extension of the 110-day period referred to in
subsection 269ZD(1);
(e) an extension of the 155-day period referred to in
subsection 269ZDA(1);
(ea) an extension of the 110-day period referred to in
subsection 269ZDBF(1);
(eb) an extension of the 155-day period referred to in
paragraph 269ZDBG(1)(a);
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(ec) an extension of the 100-day period referred to in
paragraph 269ZDBG(1)(b);
(f) an extension of the 110-day period referred to in
subsection 269ZHE(1);
(g) an extension of the 155-day period referred to in
subsection 269ZHF(1).
(2) The Commissioner must give reasons for the request.
(3) The Minister may approve a request if the Minister is satisfied that
it is reasonable to do so. The Minister must notify the
Commissioner of the extension period.
(4) If the Minister refuses a request, the Minister must notify the
Commissioner of the refusal.
(5) The Minister may grant more than one extension of a period
referred to in subsection (1).
269ZI Public notice
(1) If a person or body is required or empowered to give public notice
of a decision or determination but the provision requiring or
empowering the giving of that notice does not specify where the
notice is to be given, it is to be published on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website.
(2) If a person or body is required or empowered to give public notice
of a decision or determination, whether because of subsection (1)
or otherwise, that person or body must:
(a) set out in the notice particulars of the decision or
determination made; and
(b) set out in the notice, or in a separate report to which the
notice refers, the reasons for the decision or determination
including all material findings of fact or law on which the
decision or determination is based; and
(c) if a person has a right to have the decision or determination
reviewed by another body or referred to another body for
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review—set out in the notice full particulars of those rights;
and
(d) if the material findings of fact or law are contained in a
separate report—ensure that copies of the report are freely
available and that the manner of obtaining a copy is set out in
the notice.
(3) A person or body required or empowered to give public notice of a
decision or determination must:
(a) ensure that a copy of the notice and, where appropriate, of a
report to which the notice refers, is provided to each country
whose exporters are affected by the decision or
determination; and
(b) give a copy of the report to each other interested party known
to be affected by the decision or determination.
(4) If the Commissioner gives public notice of a decision under
paragraph 269TD(4)(b) to require securities in respect of interim
duty that may become payable, the particulars of the decision to
require those securities as set out in the notice should include, in
particular:
(a) the names of the exporters of the goods concerned, or, where
this is impracticable, the name of the country or countries of
export concerned; and
(b) a description of the goods either in terms of an item of the
Customs Tariff Act 1995 or otherwise; and
(c) in the case of an application for the publication of a notice
under section 269TG or 269TH:
(i) particulars of dumping margins established in relation to
each of the exporters involved; and
(ii) an explanation of the methods used to compare export
prices and normal values to establish those dumping
margins;
(d) in the case of an application for the publication of a notice
under section 269TJ or 269TK—the amount of subsidy
established in relation to each of the exporters involved; and
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(e) the considerations relevant to the determination of material
injury to an industry, or of material hindrance to the
establishment of an industry, for the purposes of the
preliminary affirmative determination.
(5) If the Minister gives public notice:
(a) of a decision under section 269TG or 269TH to publish a
dumping duty notice; or
(b) of a decision under section 269TL not to publish such a
notice;
then, for the purposes of the public notice:
(c) the particulars of the decision should include:
(i) the matters referred to in paragraphs (4)(a), (b) and (c);
and
(ii) particulars of the export price and normal value of the
goods concerned ascertained, or last ascertained, for the
purposes of subsection 269TG(1) or (2) or 269TH(1) or
(2); and
(iii) any considerations relevant to a determination of
material injury to an industry, or of material hindrance
to the establishment of an industry, for the purposes of
the decision; and
(d) if the decision involves any retrospective imposition of
duty—the reasons for the decision should include the basis
for the retrospective imposition of duty.
(6) If the Minister gives public notice:
(a) of a decision under section 269TJ or 269TK to publish a
countervailing duty notice; or
(b) of a decision under section 269TL not to publish such a
notice;
then, for the purposes of the public notice:
(c) the particulars of the decision should include:
(i) the matters referred to in paragraphs (4)(a), (b) and (d);
and
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(ii) particulars of the countervailable subsidy received in
respect of the goods concerned ascertained, or last
ascertained, for the purposes of subsection 269TJ(1) or
(2) or 269TK(1) or (2); and
(iii) any considerations relevant to a determination of
material injury, to an industry or of material hindrance
to the establishment of an industry, for the purposes of
the decision; and
(d) if the decision involves any retrospective imposition of
duty—the reasons for the decision should include the basis
for the retrospective imposition of duty.
(7) If the Minister gives public notice under subsection 269TG(6) of a
decision to accept an undertaking by an exporter of goods, the
particulars of the decision to accept that undertaking should
include, in particular:
(a) the name of the exporter of the goods concerned; and
(b) a description of the goods either in terms of an item of the
Customs Tariff Act 1995 or otherwise; and
(c) the price below which, in accordance with the terms of the
undertaking, the goods will not be sold for export to
Australia.
(8) If the Minister gives public notice under subsection 269TJ(3C) of a
decision to accept an undertaking given by a government of a
country of export in relation to the export trade to Australia in like
goods, the particulars of the decision to accept that undertaking
should include, in particular:
(a) the name of the government of the country of export; and
(b) a description of the goods either in terms of an item of the
Customs Tariff Act 1995 or otherwise; and
(c) details of the changes proposed to be made to the
countervailable subsidy provided by that government in
respect of those goods.
(9) If, a person or body is required or empowered to give public notice
of a decision or determination:
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(a) the person or body must ensure that the notice given does not
contain any information that is claimed to be confidential or
to be information whose publication would adversely affect a
person’s business or commercial interests; but
(b) if it is practicable to do so, the person or body should include
in the notice a summary of that information in a form that
allows a reasonable understanding of the information without
breaching that confidentiality or adversely affecting those
interests.
(10) Nothing in this section limits the operation of another provision of
this Part that specifies the matters that must be included in a public
notice.
269ZJ Commissioner to maintain public record for certain purposes
(1) The Commissioner must, in relation to each application received
under section 269TB that leads to an investigation, each
application or request under section 269ZA that leads to a review,
each application or request under section 269ZDBC that leads to an
inquiry and each application under section 269ZHB that leads to an
inquiry:
(a) maintain a public record of the investigation, review or
inquiry conducted for the purposes of the application or
request, containing, subject to subsection (2), a copy of all
submissions from interested parties, the statement of essential
facts compiled in respect of that investigation, review or
inquiry, and a copy of all relevant correspondence between
the Commissioner and other persons; and
(b) draw the attention of all interested parties to the existence of
the public record, and to their entitlement to inspect that
record; and
(c) at the request of an interested party, make the record
available to that party for inspection.
(2) To the extent that information given to the Commissioner by a
person is claimed to be confidential or to be information whose
publication would adversely affect a person’s business or
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commercial interests, the person giving that information must
ensure that a summary of that information:
(a) that contains sufficient detail to allow a reasonable
understanding of the substance of the information; but
(b) that does not breach that confidentiality or adversely affect
those interests;
is given to the Commissioner for inclusion in the public record.
(3) A person is not required to give the Commissioner a summary of
information under subsection (2) for inclusion in the public record
if the person satisfies the Commissioner that there is no way such a
summary can be given to allow a reasonable understanding of the
substance of the information.
(4) If oral information is given to the Commissioner by a person, the
Commissioner must not take that information into account unless it
is subsequently put in writing by the person or by the
Commissioner and thereby becomes available, subject to
considerations of confidentiality and to the need to protect business
and commercial interests, as a part of the public record.
(5) If:
(a) in relation to an application under subsection 269TB(1) or
(2), 269ZA(1) or 269ZDBC(1) or section 269ZHB or to a
request under subsection 269ZA(3) or 269ZDBC(2), a person
claims that information is confidential or would adversely
affect a person’s business or commercial interests; and
(b) the Commissioner indicates to the party that he or she
disagrees with the claim;
but, despite the opinion of the Commissioner, the person making
the claim will not:
(c) agree to the inclusion of the information in the public record;
or
(d) prepare a summary of the information for inclusion in that
record;
the Commissioner may disregard the information unless it is
demonstrated that the information is correct.
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(6) If:
(a) in relation to an application under subsection 269TB(1) or
(2), 269ZA(1) or 269ZDBC(1) or section 269ZHB or to a
request under subsection 269ZA(3) or 269ZDBC(2), a person
claims that information is confidential or would adversely
affect a person’s business or commercial interests; and
(b) the Commissioner indicates to the party that he or she agrees
with the claim;
but the person making the claim will not prepare a summary of the
information for inclusion in that record, the Commissioner may
disregard the information unless it is demonstrated that the
information is correct.
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Division 8—Review Panel
269ZK What this Division is about
This Division establishes the Review Panel. It:
• deals with the appointment of members to the Panel; and
• deals with the terms and conditions for members; and
• provides for the provision of resources to the Panel; and
• regulates the disclosure of information in the Panel’s control.
269ZL Establishment of Review Panel
The Review Panel is established by this section.
269ZM Membership of the Review Panel
The Review Panel consists of the following members:
(a) a Senior Member;
(b) at least 2 other members.
269ZN Review Panel’s powers
The Review Panel has power to do all things necessary or
convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of
its functions under this Part in relation to the review of certain
decisions made by the Minister or the Commissioner.
Note: Sections 269ZZA and 269ZZN set out these reviewable decisions.
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269ZO Protection of members
A member of the Review Panel has, in the performance of his or
her duties as a member, the same protection and immunity as a
Justice of the High Court.
269ZP Appointment of members
(1) Each member of the Review Panel is to be appointed by the
Minister by written instrument.
(2) A member of the Review Panel holds office on a part-time basis.
(3) The Minister must not appoint an officer of Customs, the
Commissioner or a Commission staff member as a member of the
Review Panel.
(4) A person must not be appointed as a member of the Review Panel
unless the Minister is satisfied that the person has appropriate
qualifications, knowledge or experience.
269ZQ Period of appointment for members
A member of the Review Panel holds office for the period
specified in the instrument of appointment. The period must not
exceed 3 years.
Note: For reappointment, see section 33AA of the Acts Interpretation Act
1901.
269ZR Terms and conditions of appointment
(1) A member of the Review Panel holds office on such terms and
conditions as are determined in writing by the Minister.
(2) An office of Review Panel member is not a public office for the
purposes of Part II of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
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269ZS Disclosure of interests to the Minister
A member of the Review Panel must give written notice to the
Minister of any direct or indirect pecuniary interest that the
member has or acquires and that conflicts or could conflict with the
proper performance of the member’s functions.
269ZT Outside employment
A member of the Review Panel must not engage in any paid
employment that, in the Minister’s opinion, conflicts or may
conflict with the proper performance of the member’s duties.
269ZTA Resignation
(1) A member of the Review Panel may resign his or her appointment
by giving the Minister a written resignation.
(2) The resignation takes effect on the day it is received by the
Minister or, if a later day is specified in the resignation, on that
later day.
269ZTB Termination of appointment
(1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member of the
Review Panel for misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.
(2) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member of the
Review Panel if:
(a) the member:
(i) becomes bankrupt; or
(ii) applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of
bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or
(iii) compounds with his or her creditors; or
(iv) makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for the
benefit of his or her creditors; or
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(b) the member engages in paid employment that, in the
Minister’s opinion, conflicts or may conflict with the proper
performance of the member’s duties (see section 269ZT); or
(c) the member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with
section 269ZS; or
(d) the member is absent from duty, except on leave of absence,
for 14 consecutive days or for 28 days in any 12 months.
269ZTC Acting appointments
The Minister may, by written instrument, appoint a person to act as
a member of the Review Panel:
(a) during a vacancy in the office of the member (whether or not
an appointment has previously been made to the office); or
(b) during any period, or during all periods, when the member:
(i) is absent from duty or from Australia; or
(ii) is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the
office.
Note: For rules that apply to acting appointments, see sections 33AB and
33A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
269ZTD Provision of resources to Review Panel
(1) The Minister must arrange with the Review Panel for sufficient
resources (including personnel) to be made available to the Panel
to enable the Panel to perform the Panel’s functions effectively.
(2) If a person is performing services for the Review Panel under such
an arrangement, the person must perform those services in
accordance with the directions of the Panel.
269ZU Review Panel may supply information
(1) Subject to this section, the Review Panel may supply information
(including personal information) received by the Review Panel
under this Act to a person.
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(2) The Review Panel or a person whose services are being made
available to the Review Panel under section 269ZTD must not:
(a) except for the purposes of this Act, supply information (other
than personal information) to a person if the supplying of the
information would constitute a breach of confidence; and
(b) supply personal information to a person unless the
information is supplied to the Commissioner, or a
Commission staff member designated in writing by the
Commissioner, for purposes relating to a reinvestigation
conducted under section 269ZZL.
(3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to the supply of information to:
(a) the Minister; or
(b) the Commissioner; or
(c) the Secretary of the Department; or
(d) a Commission staff member designated in writing by the
Commissioner; or
(e) a person who is employed in the Department and who is
designated in writing by the Secretary of the Department.
269ZV False or misleading information
(1) A person must not give the Review Panel any written information
that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material
particular.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any written information if, at the
time when the person gives it to the Review Panel, the person:
(a) informs the Review Panel that it is false or misleading in a
material particular; and
(b) specifies in what respect it is, to the person’s knowledge,
false or misleading in a material particular.
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Division 9—Review by Review Panel
Subdivision A—Preliminary
269ZW What this Division is about
This Division sets out the procedures for review by the Review
Panel of certain decisions by the Minister or the Commissioner. It
includes:
• provisions dealing with definitions and other preliminary matters (Subdivision A); and
• the mechanism for review of certain Ministerial decisions (Subdivision B); and
• the mechanism for review of certain decisions made by the Commissioner (Subdivision C); and
• the keeping of a public record in relation to certain reviews conducted under this Division (Subdivision D).
This Division does not provide for a right of review of a decision
made by the Minister following a review under Division 6 or
Subdivision B of this Division.
269ZX Definitions
In this Division:
application means:
(a) in Subdivision B—an application for a review of a decision
by the Minister referred to in section 269ZZA; and
(b) in Subdivision C—an application for a review of a decision
by the Commissioner referred to in section 269ZZN.
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finding, in relation to a reviewable decision under Subdivision B,
means a finding on a material question of fact or on a conclusion
based on that fact.
interested party, in relation to a reviewable decision, means any
one of the following persons:
(a) if there was an application under section 269TB or 269V that
led to the making of the reviewable decision—the applicant
in relation to that application;
(aa) if there was an application under subsection 269ZA(1) that
led to the making of the reviewable decision—the applicant
in relation to that application;
(aaa) if there was an application under subsection 269ZDBC(1)
that led to the making of the reviewable decision—the
applicant in relation to that application;
(ab) if there was an application under section 269ZHB that led to
the making of the reviewable decision—the applicant in
relation to that application;
(b) a person representing, or representing a portion of, the
industry producing, or likely to be established to produce,
like goods to the goods the subject of the reviewable
decision;
(c) a person who:
(i) is or is likely to be directly concerned with the
importation or exportation into Australia of the goods
the subject of the reviewable decision; or
(ii) has been or is likely to be directly concerned with the
importation or exportation into Australia of like goods,
to the goods the subject to the reviewable decision;
(d) a person who is or is likely to be directly concerned with the
production or manufacture of:
(i) the goods the subject of the reviewable decision; or
(ii) like goods to those goods that have been, or are likely to
be, exported to Australia;
(e) a trade organisation a majority of whose members are, or are
likely to be, directly concerned with:
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(i) the production or manufacture of the goods the subject
of the reviewable decision or of like goods; or
(ii) the importation or exportation into Australia of those
goods; or
(iii) both the activities referred to in subparagraphs (i) and
(ii);
(f) the government of the country of export or country of origin:
(i) of goods the subject of the reviewable decision that
have been, or are likely to be, exported to Australia; or
(ii) of like goods to those goods that have been, or are likely
to be, exported to Australia.
reviewable decision means:
(a) in Subdivision B—a decision by the Minister referred to in
section 269ZZA; and
(b) in Subdivision C—a decision by the Commissioner referred
to in section 269ZZN.
269ZY Form and manner of applications
The Senior Member of the Review Panel must, by writing:
(a) approve a form for applications for a review under
Subdivision B or C; and
(b) approve the manner of making those applications.
269ZYA Constitution of Review Panel for purposes of review
For the purposes of a particular review under Subdivision B or C,
the Review Panel is to be constituted by a single member of the
Panel specified in a written direction given by the Senior Member
of the Panel.
269ZYB Member unavailable to complete review
(1) This section applies if:
(a) the Review Panel is undertaking a review under Subdivision
B or C; and
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(b) before the review has been completed, the member who
constitutes the Panel for the purposes of the review has:
(i) ceased to be a member; or
(ii) ceased to be available for the purposes of the review.
(2) The Senior Member of the Review Panel must give a written
direction reconstituting the Panel for the purposes of the review.
(3) The Review Panel, as so reconstituted, must complete the review
and may, for that purpose, have regard to any record of the
proceedings of the review made by the Panel as previously
constituted.
269ZZ Review Panel to have regard to same considerations as
Minister
(1) If the Review Panel is required, in conducting a review under
Subdivision B or C, to determine any matter ordinarily required to
be determined by the Minister under this Act or the Dumping Duty
Act, the Review Panel must determine the matter:
(a) in like manner as if it were the Minister; and
(b) having regard to the consideration to which the Minister
would be required to have regard if the Minister were
determining the matter.
(2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of goods that have not been
imported into Australia at the time of the Review Panel’s
determination in a matter in respect of those goods as if:
(a) the Review Panel’s determination of the matter were being
made after an importation of those goods into Australia; and
(b) the importation occurred at the time of the anticipated
importation of those goods into Australia.
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Subdivision B—Review of Ministerial decisions
269ZZA Reviewable decisions
(1) This Subdivision deals with the review by the Review Panel of the
following decisions:
(a) a decision by the Minister to publish a dumping duty notice
under subsection 269TG(1) or (2) or 269TH(1) or (2), or a
countervailing duty notice under subsection 269TJ(1) or (2)
or 269TK(1) or (2);
(b) a decision by the Minister under subsection 269TL(1) not to
publish such a notice;
(c) a decision by the Minister under subsection 269ZDB(1);
(ca) a decision by the Minister under subsection 269ZDBH(1);
(d) a decision by the Minister under subsection 269ZHG(1).
(2) A reference to a decision by the Minister in subsection (1) does not
include a reference to such a decision made by the Minister
following a review under Division 6 or this Subdivision.
Note: The Review Panel only has the power to make certain
recommendations to the Minister following a review of a decision
under this Subdivision (see section 269ZZK). The Review Panel may
not revoke the Minister’s decision or substitute another decision.
269ZZB Overview of a review of Minister’s decision
The following diagram gives an overview of a review under this
Subdivision of a reviewable decision.
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Application for review of reviewable decision made
within 30 days of notification of decision
Review Panel to publish notice of the review
Submissions made to Review Panel
Review Panel to
conduct review
Review Panel may require
Commissioner to undertake
further investigation
Commissioner to give report
on further investigation
to Review Panel
Review Panel to make recommendation to Minister
Minister to consider Review Panel’s recommendation
and to make a decision
Reviewable decision
affirmed
Reviewable decision
revoked and new
decision substituted
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269ZZC Who may seek a review?
A person who is an interested party in relation to a reviewable
decision may apply for a review of that decision under this
Subdivision.
269ZZD When must an application be made?
An application for a review must be made within 30 days after:
(a) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(a) or (b)—
a public notice of the decision is first published on the
Anti-Dumping Commission’s website under section 269ZI;
or
(b) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(c)—a
notice of the decision is first published on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website under subsection 269ZDB(1); or
(ba) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(ca)—a
notice of the decision is first published on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website under subsection 269ZDBH(1); or
(c) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(d)—a
notice of the decision is first published on the Anti-Dumping
Commission’s website under subsection 269ZHG(1).
269ZZE How must an application be made?
(1) An application must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in accordance with a form approved under section 269ZY;
and
(c) contain such information as the form requires; and
(d) be signed in the manner indicated in the form; and
(e) be made in the manner approved under section 269ZY; and
(f) be accompanied by the fee prescribed in an instrument under
subsection (3).
(2) Without limiting paragraph (1)(c), an application must:
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(a) contain a full description of the goods to which the
application relates; and
(b) contain a statement setting out the grounds on which the
applicant believes the reviewable decision is not the correct
or preferable decision; and
(c) contain a statement setting out the decision (the proposed
decision) that the applicant considers the Minister should
have made; and
(d) contain a statement setting out how the grounds mentioned in
paragraph (b) support the making of the proposed decision;
and
(e) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(a), (c),
(ca) or (d)—contain a statement setting out how the proposed
decision is materially different from the reviewable decision.
Note: Sections 269ZZX and 269ZZY set out requirements concerning
confidential or sensitive commercial information that might be
contained in an application, including the need to accompany the
application with a summary of such information.
Fee
(3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe a fee for the
purposes of paragraph (1)(f).
(4) The instrument may prescribe different fees for different kinds of
applications or different kinds of applicants.
(5) The instrument may make provision for, and in relation to, the
refund or waiver of any fee.
269ZZF Withdrawal of application
(1) An applicant may withdraw an application for a review.
(2) The withdrawal must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be made in the manner approved under section 269ZY for
making applications for a review.
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269ZZG Rejection of application—failure to establish decision not
the correct or preferable decision etc.
(1) If one or more of the following apply:
(a) the Review Panel is not satisfied that an application sets out
reasonable grounds for the reviewable decision not being the
correct or preferable decision;
(b) the Review Panel is not satisfied that the grounds mentioned
in paragraph 269ZZE(2)(b) support the making of the
proposed decision (see paragraph 269ZZE(2)(c));
(c) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(a), (c),
(ca) or (d)—the Review Panel is not satisfied that the
proposed decision (see paragraph 269ZZE(2)(c)) is
materially different from the reviewable decision;
the Review Panel may, by notice given to the applicant, request the
applicant to give the Review Panel, within the period specified in
the notice, further information in relation to those matters.
(2) The Review Panel may reject an application if at any time after the
end of the 30-day period referred to in section 269ZZD:
(a) the Review Panel is not satisfied that the applicant has given
the Review Panel information setting out reasonable grounds
for the reviewable decision not being the correct or preferable
decision; or
(b) the Review Panel is not satisfied that the grounds mentioned
in paragraph 269ZZE(2)(b) support the making of the
proposed decision (see paragraph 269ZZE(2)(c)); or
(c) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(a), (c),
(ca) or (d)—the Review Panel is not satisfied that the
proposed decision (see paragraph 269ZZE(2)(c)) is
materially different from the reviewable decision.
(3) Subsection (2) applies whether or not a notice is given under
subsection (1).
(4) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Review Panel from seeking
further information from an applicant within the period specified in
a notice under subsection (1).
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(5) If:
(a) the Review Panel does not, under this Subdivision, reject an
application; and
(b) in relation to information given by the applicant setting out
the grounds for the reviewable decision not being the correct
or preferable decision:
(i) the Review Panel is satisfied that one or more of those
grounds (the reviewable grounds) are reasonable
grounds for the reviewable decision not being the
correct or preferable decision; and
(ii) the Review Panel is satisfied that one or more of those
grounds (the non-reviewable grounds) are not
reasonable grounds for the reviewable decision not
being the correct or preferable decision;
then:
(c) the Review Panel must accept the reviewable grounds and
must conduct the review in relation to those grounds and no
other grounds; and
(d) the Review Panel must reject the non-reviewable grounds.
269ZZH Rejection of application—failure to provide summary of
confidential information
The Review Panel must reject an application if:
(a) the applicant in respect of the application claims that
information included in it is confidential or is information
whose publication would adversely affect a person’s business
or commercial interest; and
(b) the applicant fails to give a summary of that information to
the Review Panel in accordance with section 269ZZY.
269ZZHA Review Panel may hold conferences
(1) The Review Panel may, at any time after receiving an application
for a review, hold a conference of such persons or bodies as it
considers appropriate for the purpose of obtaining further
information in relation to the application or review.
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(2) In making a recommendation under subsection 269ZZK(1), the
Review Panel may also have regard to:
(a) that further information to the extent that it relates to the
relevant information (within the meaning of
subsection 269ZZK(6)); and
(b) any conclusions reached at the conference based on that
relevant information.
(3) If the Review Panel decides to hold a conference at any time after
receiving an application for a review and before beginning to
conduct the review:
(a) the Review Panel must invite the applicant to attend the
conference; and
(b) if the applicant fails to attend the conference and the Review
Panel is not satisfied that the applicant has a reasonable
excuse for the failure—the Review Panel may reject the
application.
269ZZI Public notification of review
(1) Before the Review Panel begins to conduct a review, the Review
Panel must publish a notice on the Review Panel’s website
indicating that the Review Panel proposes to conduct that review.
(2) Without limiting the matters that must be dealt with in a notice
under subsection (1), it must:
(a) describe the goods to which the application relates; and
(b) set out the decision that is sought to be reviewed and the
grounds in relation to which the review is to be conducted;
and
(c) invite interested parties to lodge with the Review Panel,
within 30 days starting from the date of publication of the
notice, submissions concerning the application; and
(d) indicate the address at which, or the manner in which, such
submissions can be lodged.
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269ZZJ Submissions in relation to reviewable decision
Within 30 days after the publication of a notice under
section 269ZZI in relation to a review of a reviewable decision, the
following may make submissions to the Review Panel in
accordance with that notice:
(a) interested parties in relation to the reviewable decision;
(aa) the Commissioner;
(b) a trade union representing one or more persons employed in
the Australian industry producing, or likely to produce, like
goods to the goods the subject of the reviewable decision;
(c) a person who uses the goods the subject of the reviewable
decision, or like goods, in the production or manufacture of
other goods in Australia.
Note: Sections 269ZZX and 269ZZY set out requirements concerning
confidential or sensitive commercial information that might be
contained in a submission, including the need to accompany the
submission with a summary of such information.
269ZZK The review
(1) If an application is not rejected under section 269ZZG, 269ZZH or
269ZZHA, the Review Panel must make a report to the Minister on
the application by:
(a) recommending that the Minister affirm the reviewable
decision; or
(b) recommending that the Minister revoke the reviewable
decision and substitute a specified new decision.
(1A) For a reviewable decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZA(1)(a),
(c), (ca) or (d), the Review Panel may make a recommendation
referred to in paragraph (1)(b) of this section only if the new
decision is materially different from the reviewable decision.
(2) A report under subsection (1) must set out the reasons for the
Review Panel’s recommendation.
(3) A report under subsection (1) must be made:
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(a) at least 30 days after the public notification of the review
under section 269ZZI; but
(b) before the end of:
(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies—the period of 60 days
beginning on the day of that notification, or such longer
period allowed by the Minister in writing because of
special circumstances; or
(ii) if the Review Panel gives the Commissioner a notice
under subsection 269ZZL(1)—the period of 30 days
beginning on the day the Commissioner gives the Panel
the report under subsection 269ZZL(2).
(4) Subject to subsections (4A) and (5) and subsection 269ZZHA(2),
in making the recommendation, the Review Panel:
(a) must not have regard to any information other than the
relevant information; and
(b) must only have regard to the relevant information and any
conclusions based on the relevant information that are
contained in the application for the review or in any
submissions received under section 269ZZJ within the period
of 30 days referred to in that section.
(4A) If the Review Panel gives the Commissioner a notice under
subsection 269ZZL(1), then, in making the recommendation, the
Review Panel must have regard to the report the Commissioner
gives the Panel under subsection 269ZZL(2).
(5) The Review Panel must not have regard to a submission under
subsection (4) if:
(a) the person giving the submission claims that information
included in it is confidential or is information whose
publication would adversely affect a person’s business or
commercial interest; and
(b) the person fails to give a summary of that information to the
Review Panel in accordance with section 269ZZY.
(6) In this section:
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relevant information means:
(a) if the reviewable decision was made pursuant to an
application under section 269TB—the information to which
the Commissioner had had regard or was, under
paragraph 269TEA(3)(a), required to have regard, when
making the findings set out in the report under
section 269TEA to the Minister in relation to the making of
the reviewable decision; and
(b) if the reviewable decision was made pursuant to an
investigation initiated by the Minister as mentioned in
section 269TAG—the information:
(i) that was collected for the purposes of that investigation
in accordance with the Minister’s requirements; and
(ii) that was before the Minister when the Minister made the
reviewable decision; and
(c) if the reviewable decision was made because of an
application under subsection 269ZA(1) or a request under
subsection 269ZA(3)—the information the Commissioner
had regard to, or was, under paragraph 269ZDA(3)(a),
required to have regard to, when making the findings set out
in the report under section 269ZDA to the Minister in
relation to the making of the reviewable decision; and
(ca) if the reviewable decision was made because of an
application under subsection 269ZDBC(1) or a request under
subsection 269ZDBC(2)—the information the Commissioner
had regard to, or was, under paragraph 269ZDBG(2)(a) or
(aa), required to have regard to, when making the findings set
out in the report under section 269ZDBG to the Minister in
relation to the making of the reviewable decision; and
(d) if the reviewable decision was made because of an
application under section 269ZHB—the information the
Commissioner had regard to, or was, under
paragraph 269ZHF(3)(a), required to have regard to, when
making the findings set out in the report under
section 269ZHF to the Minister in relation to the making of
the reviewable decision.
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269ZZL Review Panel may require reinvestigation by
Commissioner before making recommendation to
Minister
(1) Before making a recommendation under subsection 269ZZK(1)
and before the end of the period of 60 days beginning on the day of
the public notification of the review under section 269ZZI, the
Review Panel may, by written notice, require the Commissioner to:
(a) reinvestigate a specific finding or findings that formed the
basis of the reviewable decision; and
(b) report the result of the reinvestigation to the Panel within a
specified period.
(2) The Commissioner must conduct a reinvestigation in accordance
with the Review Panel’s requirements under subsection (1) and
give the Panel a report of the reinvestigation concerning the finding
or findings within the specified period.
(3) In a report under subsection (2), the Commissioner must:
(a) if the Commissioner is of the view that the finding or any of
the findings the subject of reinvestigation should be
affirmed—affirm the finding or findings; and
(b) set out any new finding or findings that the Commissioner
made as a result of the reinvestigation; and
(c) set out the evidence or other material on which the new
finding or findings are based; and
(d) set out the reasons for the Commissioner’s decision.
269ZZM Minister’s decision
(1) After receiving a report by the Review Panel under
subsection 269ZZK(1), the Minister must:
(a) affirm the reviewable decision concerned; or
(b) revoke that decision and substitute a new decision.
(1A) The Minister must make a decision under subsection (1) within:
(a) 30 days after receiving the report; or
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(b) if the Minister considers there are special circumstances that
prevent the decision being made within that period—such
longer period as the Minister considers appropriate.
(1B) If paragraph (1A)(b) applies, the Minister must give notice of the
longer period on the Review Panel’s website.
(2) The Minister’s decision under subsection (1) takes effect from the
time specified by the Minister.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may, under that
subsection:
(a) publish a dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice;
or
(b) vary or revoke a dumping duty notice or countervailing duty
notice; or
(c) revoke a dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice
and substitute another dumping duty notice or countervailing
duty notice (as the case requires); or
(d) if the following apply:
(i) the reviewable decision is a decision by the Minister
under subsection 269ZHG(1) not to secure the
continuation of anti-dumping measures;
(ii) those measures comprised a dumping duty notice or a
countervailing duty notice;
(iii) the notice expired under subsection 269ZHG(3) on a
day;
declare that the notice, as in force immediately before its
expiry, is reinstated; or
(e) if the following apply:
(i) the reviewable decision is a decision by the Minister
under subsection 269ZHG(1) not to secure the
continuation of anti-dumping measures;
(ii) those measures comprised the giving of an undertaking
by a person;
(iii) the person was released from the undertaking under
subsection 269ZHG(3);
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(iv) the person, by notice in writing given to the Minister,
agrees to the undertaking being reinstated;
declare that the undertaking, as in force immediately before
the person was released from the undertaking, is reinstated.
(4) The Minister must give notice of his or her decision on the Review
Panel’s website.
(5) In spite of section 269TM, any new dumping duty notice or
countervailing duty notice published in the exercise of a power
conferred on the Minister under subsection (3) or any such notice
as varied or substituted in the exercise of that power, expires:
(a) in the case of a notice published after a review of a decision
not to publish such a notice—5 years after the publication of
the decision not to publish such a notice; or
(aa) in the case of a notice published where the following applies:
(i) the reviewable decision is a decision by the Minister
under subsection 269ZHG(1) not to secure the
continuation of anti-dumping measures;
(ii) those measures comprised the giving of an undertaking
by a person;
(iii) the person was released from the undertaking under
subsection 269ZHG(3);
(iv) the person does not agree to the undertaking being
reinstated;
5 years after the day the decision to publish the notice takes
effect; or
(b) in the case of a varied or substituted notice—5 years after the
publication of the original notice.
Example: If the reviewable decision relates to a dumping duty notice that was
published on 1 July 1998, and if the Minister, following a review
under this Division, revokes that notice and substitutes a new dumping
duty notice on 1 January 1999, the substituted notice will expire on
1 July 2003.
(5A) A notice that is reinstated under subsection (1), as mentioned in
paragraph (3)(d), expires 5 years after the day the decision to
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reinstate the notice takes effect, unless the reinstated notice is
revoked before the end of that period.
(5B) An undertaking that is reinstated under subsection (1), as
mentioned in paragraph (3)(e), expires 5 years after the day the
decision to reinstate the undertaking takes effect, unless provision
is made for its earlier expiration.
(6) If:
(a) the Minister makes a decision under subsection (1) to revoke
or vary a dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice
(the original notice), or to revoke the original notice and
substitute another notice, with effect from a date before the
Minister’s decision; and
(b) an amount of interim duty has been paid on goods the subject
of the original notice in excess of the amount of interim duty
that would have been payable on those goods as a result of
the Minister’s decision;
the person who paid the interim duty may apply for a refund of the
excess under Division 3 of Part VIII.
Subdivision C—Review of Commissioner’s decisions
269ZZN Reviewable decisions
This Subdivision deals with the review of the following decisions:
(a) a decision by the Commissioner under subsection 269TC(1)
or (2) to reject an application under subsection 269TB(1) or
(2), as the case requires (a negative prima facie decision);
(b) a decision by the Commissioner to terminate an investigation
under subsection 269TDA(1), (2), (3), (7), (13), (13A), (14)
or (14A) (a termination decision);
(c) a decision by the Commissioner to make recommendations to
the Minister under paragraph 269X(6)(b) or (c) (a negative
preliminary decision);
(d) a decision (a rejection decision):
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(i) by the Commissioner that the Commissioner is satisfied
as described in subsection 269YA(2) or (3); or
(ii) by the Commissioner to terminate under
subsection 269YA(4) examination of an application;
(e) a decision by the Commissioner to terminate an
anti-circumvention inquiry under subsection 269ZDBEA(1)
or (2) (also a termination decision).
269ZZO Who may seek a review
The following table sets out who may make an application for a
review under this Subdivision.
Persons who may apply for review
Item Reviewable decision Applicant
1 A negative prima facie
decision under
subsection 269TC(1)
rejecting an application
made under
subsection 269TB(1)
The person who made the
application under
subsection 269TB(1)
2 A negative prima facie
decision under
subsection 269TC(2)
rejecting an application
under subsection 269TB(2)
The person who made the
application under
subsection 269TB(2)
3 A termination decision The person who made the
under application for the dumping
subsection 269TDA(1), (2), duty notice or countervailing
(3), (7), (13), (13A), (14) or duty notice
(14A)
4 A negative preliminary The person who made the
decision under application for an
paragraph 269X(6)(b) or (c) assessment of duty under
section 269V that relates to
the decision
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Persons who may apply for review
Item Reviewable decision Applicant
5 A rejection decision The applicant under
section 269V for an
assessment of duty whose
application was affected by
the decision
6 A termination decision The applicant under
under subsection 269ZDBC(1) for
subsection 269ZDBEA(1) or the conduct of the
(2) anti-circumvention inquiry
269ZZP When must an application be made?
An application for a review must be made within 30 days after the
applicant was notified of the reviewable decision concerned by the
Commissioner.
269ZZQ How must an application be made?
(1) An application must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in accordance with a form approved under section 269ZY;
and
(c) contain such information as the form requires; and
(d) be signed in the manner indicated in the form; and
(e) be made in the manner approved under section 269ZY; and
(f) be accompanied by the fee prescribed in an instrument under
subsection (2).
Note: Sections 269ZZX and 269ZZY set out requirements concerning
confidential or sensitive commercial information that might be
contained in an application for a review of a termination decision,
including the need to accompany the application with a summary of
such information.
(1A) Without limiting paragraph (1)(c), an application must:
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(a) contain a statement setting out the grounds on which the
applicant believes the reviewable decision is not the correct
or preferable decision; and
(b) contain a statement setting out the decision (the proposed
decision) that the applicant considers the Commissioner
should have made; and
(c) contain a statement setting out how the grounds mentioned in
paragraph (a) support the making of the proposed decision;
and
(d) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZN(c)—contain a
statement setting out how the proposed decision is materially
different from the reviewable decision.
Fee
(2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe a fee for the
purposes of paragraph (1)(f).
(3) The instrument may prescribe different fees for different kinds of
applications or different kinds of applicants.
(4) The instrument may make provision for, and in relation to, the
refund or waiver of any fee.
269ZZQAA Withdrawal of application
(1) An applicant may withdraw an application for a review.
(2) The withdrawal must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be made in the manner approved under section 269ZY for
making applications for a review.
269ZZQA Rejection of application—failure to establish decision not
the correct or preferable decision etc.
(1) If one or more of the following apply:
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(a) the Review Panel is not satisfied that an application sets out
reasonable grounds for the reviewable decision not being the
correct or preferable decision;
(b) the Review Panel is not satisfied that the grounds mentioned
in paragraph 269ZZQ(1A)(a) support the making of the
proposed decision (see paragraph 269ZZQ(1A)(b));
(c) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZN(c)—the
Review Panel is not satisfied that the proposed decision (see
paragraph 269ZZQ(1A)(b)) is materially different from the
reviewable decision;
the Review Panel may, by notice given to the applicant, request the
applicant to give the Review Panel, within the period specified in
the notice, further information in relation to those matters.
(2) The Review Panel may reject an application if at any time after the
end of the 30-day period referred to in section 269ZZP:
(a) the Review Panel is not satisfied that the applicant has given
the Review Panel information setting out reasonable grounds
for the reviewable decision not being the correct or preferable
decision; or
(b) the Review Panel is not satisfied that the grounds mentioned
in paragraph 269ZZQ(1A)(a) support the making of the
proposed decision (see paragraph 269ZZQ(1A)(b)); or
(c) for a decision referred to in paragraph 269ZZN(c)—the
Review Panel is not satisfied that the proposed decision (see
paragraph 269ZZQ(1A)(b)) is materially different from the
reviewable decision.
(3) Subsection (2) applies whether or not a notice is given under
subsection (1).
(4) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Review Panel from seeking
further information from an applicant within the period specified in
a notice under subsection (1).
(5) If:
(a) the Review Panel does not, under this Subdivision, reject an
application; and
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(b) in relation to information given by the applicant setting out
the grounds for the reviewable decision not being the correct
or preferable decision:
(i) the Review Panel is satisfied that one or more of those
grounds (the reviewable grounds) are reasonable
grounds for the reviewable decision not being the
correct or preferable decision; and
(ii) the Review Panel is satisfied that one or more of those
grounds (the non-reviewable grounds) are not
reasonable grounds for the reviewable decision not
being the correct or preferable decision;
then:
(c) the Review Panel must accept the reviewable grounds and
must conduct the review in relation to those grounds and no
other grounds; and
(d) the Review Panel must reject the non-reviewable grounds.
269ZZR Rejection of application for review of termination decision
The Review Panel must reject an application for a review of a
termination decision if:
(a) the applicant in respect of the application claims that
information included in it is confidential or is information
whose publication would adversely affect a person’s business
or commercial interest; and
(b) the applicant fails to give a summary of that information to
the Review Panel in accordance with section 269ZZY.
269ZZRA Review Panel may hold conferences
(1) The Review Panel may, at any time after receiving an application
for a review, hold a conference of such persons or bodies as it
considers appropriate for the purpose of obtaining further
information in relation to the application or review.
(2) In making a decision on the review, the Review Panel may also
have regard to:
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(a) that further information to the extent that it relates to the
information that was before the Commissioner when the
Commissioner made the reviewable decision; and
(b) any conclusions reached at the conference based on the
information that was before the Commissioner when the
Commissioner made the reviewable decision.
(3) If the Review Panel decides to hold a conference at any time after
receiving an application for a review and before beginning to
conduct the review:
(a) the Review Panel must invite the applicant to attend the
conference; and
(b) if the applicant fails to attend the conference and the Review
Panel is not satisfied that the applicant has a reasonable
excuse for the failure—the Review Panel may reject the
application.
269ZZRB Review Panel may seek further information from the
Commissioner
(1) In reviewing a reviewable decision under this Subdivision, the
Review Panel may seek further information from the
Commissioner in relation to information that was before the
Commissioner when the Commissioner made the reviewable
decision.
(2) In making a decision on the review, the Review Panel may also
have regard to that further information.
269ZZRC Notification of review
Negative prima facie decisions, negative preliminary decisions and
rejection decisions
(1) Before the Review Panel begins to conduct a review of a negative
prima facie decision, a negative preliminary decision or a rejection
decision, the Review Panel must give a notice to the applicant and
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the Commissioner indicating that the Review Panel proposes to
conduct that review.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must:
(a) describe the goods to which the application relates; and
(b) set out the decision that is sought to be reviewed and the
grounds in relation to which the review is to be conducted.
Termination decision
(3) Before the Review Panel begins to conduct a review of a
termination decision, the Review Panel must publish a notice on
the Review Panel’s website indicating that the Review Panel
proposes to conduct that review.
(4) A notice under subsection (3) must:
(a) describe the goods to which the application relates; and
(b) set out the decision that is sought to be reviewed and the
grounds in relation to which the review is to be conducted.
269ZZS The review of a negative prima facie decision
(1) If an application for the review of a negative prima facie decision
is not rejected under section 269ZZQA or 269ZZRA, the Review
Panel must make a decision on the application by:
(a) affirming the reviewable decision; or
(b) revoking the reviewable decision and substituting a new
decision accepting the application under
subsection 269TB(1) or (2) (as the case requires).
(2) As soon as practicable after a new decision is substituted under
subsection (1), the Commissioner must publish a notice under
subsection 269TC(4) in respect of the application referred to in
paragraph (1)(b).
(3) Subject to subsections 269ZZRA(2) and 269ZZRB(2), in making a
decision under this section, the Review Panel must have regard
only to information that was before the Commissioner when the
Commissioner made the reviewable decision.
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(4) The Review Panel’s decision must be made within 60 days after
the giving of the notice under subsection 269ZZRC(1) to the
applicant or such longer period allowed by the Minister in writing
because of special circumstances.
269ZZT The review of a termination decision
(1) If an application for the review of a termination decision is not
rejected under section 269ZZQA, 269ZZR or 269ZZRA, the
Review Panel must make a decision on the application by:
(a) affirming the reviewable decision; or
(b) revoking the reviewable decision.
(2) If the Review Panel revokes a reviewable decision (other than a
decision under subsection 269ZDBEA(2)):
(a) unless paragraph (b) applies:
(i) as soon as practicable after the revocation, the
Commissioner must publish a statement of essential
facts under section 269TDAA in relation to the
application for a dumping duty notice or countervailing
duty notice that is related to the review; and
(ii) after that publication, the investigation of the
application resumes under this Part; or
(b) if the reviewable decision was a decision under
subsection 269ZDBEA(1):
(i) as soon as practicable after the revocation, the
Commissioner must publish a statement of essential
facts under section 269ZDBF in relation to the
anti-circumvention inquiry concerned; and
(ii) after that publication, the conduct of the
anti-circumvention inquiry concerned resumes under
this Part.
(3) If the Review Panel revokes a reviewable decision under
subsection 269ZDBEA(2), the conduct of the anti-circumvention
inquiry concerned resumes under this Part.
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(4) Subject to subsections 269ZZRA(2) and 269ZZRB(2), in making a
decision under this section, the Review Panel must have regard
only to information that was before the Commissioner when the
Commissioner made the reviewable decision.
(5) The Review Panel’s decision must be made within 60 days after
the publication of the notice under subsection 269ZZRC(3) or such
longer period allowed by the Minister in writing because of special
circumstances.
(6) The Review Panel must publish its decision under this section on
its website.
269ZZU The review of a negative preliminary decision
(1) If an application for the review of a negative preliminary decision
is not rejected under section 269ZZQA or 269ZZRA, the Review
Panel must make a decision on the application by:
(a) affirming the reviewable decision; or
(b) revoking the reviewable decision and substituting a new
decision under subsection 269X(6).
(1A) The Review Panel may revoke a reviewable decision and substitute
a new decision under subsection 269X(6) only if the new decision
is materially different from the reviewable decision.
(2) If the Review Panel revokes a reviewable decision and substitutes a
new decision under subsection 269X(6), the Review Panel must,
within 7 days after making the new decision, recommend that the
Minister give effect to that decision.
(3) Subject to subsections 269ZZRA(2) and 269ZZRB(2), in making a
decision under this section, the Review Panel must have regard
only to information of the kinds referred to in subsection 269X(5)
that was before the Commissioner when the Commissioner made
the reviewable decision.
(4) The Review Panel’s decision must be made within 60 days after
the giving of the notice under subsection 269ZZRC(1) to the
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applicant or such longer period allowed by the Minister in writing
because of special circumstances.
269ZZUA The review of a rejection decision
(1) If an application for the review of a rejection decision is not
rejected under section 269ZZQA or 269ZZRA, the Review Panel
must make a decision on the application by:
(a) affirming the rejection decision; or
(b) revoking the rejection decision.
(2) If the Review Panel revokes a rejection decision relating to an
application under section 269V, subsection 269YA(5) ceases to
apply in relation to the application.
(3) If the Review Panel revokes a rejection decision relating to
rejection under subsection 269YA(2) or (3) of an application under
section 269V:
(a) the Commissioner must resume the examination of the
application with a view to complying with
subsections 269X(5) and (6) within 110 days after being
informed of the revocation; and
(b) the revocation does not prevent the Commissioner from
terminating the examination under subsection 269YA(4).
(4) If the Review Panel revokes a rejection decision relating to
termination under subsection 269YA(4) of the examination of an
application under section 269V, the Commissioner must comply
with subsections 269X(5) and (6) within 110 days after being
informed of the revocation.
(5) Subject to subsections 269ZZRA(2) and 269ZZRB(2), in making a
decision under this section, the Review Panel must have regard
only to information that was before the Commissioner when the
Commissioner made the rejection decision.
(6) The Review Panel’s decision must be made within 60 days after
the giving of the notice under subsection 269ZZRC(1) to the
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applicant or such longer period allowed by the Minister in writing
because of special circumstances.
269ZZV Effect of Review Panel’s decision
The Review Panel’s decision on a review:
(a) has effect as if it were a decision made by the Commissioner;
and
(b) takes effect from the time the Review Panel makes the
decision.
Subdivision D—Public record in relation to reviews
269ZZW Application
This Subdivision applies only to:
(a) an application for a review of a reviewable decision under
Subdivision B; and
(b) an application for a review of a termination decision under
Subdivision C.
269ZZX Public record maintained by Review Panel
(1) The Review Panel must, in relation to each application for a
review:
(a) maintain a public record containing:
(i) a copy of the application; and
(ii) if the Review Panel seeks further information from the
applicant—any such information given to the Review
Panel by the applicant; and
(iii) if the application is an application for a review under
Subdivision B—any submissions received under
section 269ZZJ within the period of 30 days referred to
in that section; and
(iv) a summary of further information obtained at a
conference mentioned in section 269ZZHA or
269ZZRA; and
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(b) at the request of an interested party in respect of the
reviewable decision concerned, make that record available to
that party for inspection.
(2) The public record must not contain any information in respect of
which a summary is given to the Review Panel under
subsection 269ZZY(1).
269ZZY Confidential and sensitive commercial information
(1) To the extent that information provided to the Review Panel by a
person is claimed by the person to be:
(a) confidential; or
(b) information whose publication would adversely affect a
person’s business or commercial interest;
the person giving that information must, at the time the information
is given to the Review Panel, also give a summary of that
information to the Review Panel for inclusion in the public record
maintained under section 269ZZX.
(2) The summary must:
(a) contain sufficient detail to allow a reasonable understanding
of the substance of the information; but
(b) does not breach the confidentiality or adversely affect the
interests concerned.
Note: For the consequences of failing to comply with subsection (1), see
sections 269ZZH and 269ZZR and subsection 269ZZK(5).
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Part XVC—International Trade Remedies Forum
269ZZYA Simplified outline
The following is a simplified outline of this Part:
• This Part establishes the International Trade Remedies Forum.
• The Forum is to advise the Minister on the anti-dumping
provisions in Part XVB and in the Customs Tariff
(Anti-Dumping) Act 1975.
269ZZYB Establishment of International Trade Remedies Forum
The International Trade Remedies Forum is established by this
section.
269ZZYC Functions of the Forum
The Forum has the following functions:
(a) to advise the Minister on the operation of Part XVB and of
the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975;
(b) to advise the Minister on improvements that could be made
to that Part or Act.
269ZZYD Membership of the Forum
(1) The Forum consists of the following members:
(a) the Commissioner (within the meaning of Part XVB);
(b) 11 members, each of whom represents one or more of the
following groups:
(i) Australian producers;
(ii) Australian manufacturers;
(iii) Australian industry bodies;
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(iv) Australian importers;
(c) 4 members who represent Australian trade unions;
(d) such number of members to represent the Commonwealth as
the Minister thinks fit;
(e) such other members (if any) as the Minister thinks fit.
(2) Each of the groups mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) must be
represented by at least one of the 11 members referred to in that
paragraph.
269ZZYE Appointment of Forum members
(1) Each member of the Forum (except the Commissioner (within the
meaning of Part XVB)) is to be appointed by the Minister by
written instrument.
(2) Each member of the Forum (except the Commissioner (within the
meaning of Part XVB)) holds office on a part-time basis.
(3) Each member of the Forum (except the Commissioner (within the
meaning of Part XVB)) holds office for the period specified in the
instrument of appointment. The period must not exceed 3 years.
Note: For reappointment, see section 33AA of the Acts Interpretation Act
1901.
(4) An appointment under this section is not a public office for the
purposes of Part II of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
269ZZYF Resignation
(1) A member of the Forum (except the Commissioner (within the
meaning of Part XVB)) may resign his or her appointment by
giving the Minister a written resignation.
(2) The resignation takes effect on the day it is received by the
Minister or, if a later day is specified in the resignation, on that
later day.
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269ZZYG Forum meetings
Number of meetings
(1) The Forum must meet at least twice each calendar year.
Commissioner to convene meetings
(2) The Commissioner (within the meaning of Part XVB) may
convene a meeting at any time.
Presiding member
(3) The Commissioner (within the meaning of Part XVB) presides at
all meetings at which he or she is present. The Commissioner may
nominate a person to attend a meeting in his or her place and, if the
Commissioner does so, that person presides.
Conduct of meetings
(4) The Minister may, by writing, determine the procedures to be
followed at meetings of the Forum, including the number of
members who are to constitute a quorum.
(5) A determination made under subsection (4) is not a legislative
instrument.
(6) The Minister may, by signed instrument, delegate to the following
the power of the Minister under subsection (4):
(a) the Commissioner (within the meaning of Part XVB);
(b) a Commission staff member (within the meaning of that
Part).
269ZZYH Disclosure of information
(1) The Commissioner (within the meaning of Part XVB), or a
Commission staff member (within the meaning of that Part), may
disclose information (including personal information) obtained
under this Part to an officer of Customs for the purposes of a
Customs Act.
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(2) For the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988, the disclosure of
personal information under subsection (1) is taken to be a
disclosure that is authorised by this Act.
Definition
(3) In this section:
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act
1988.
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Part XVI—Regulations and by-laws
270 Regulations
(1) The Governor-General may make regulations not inconsistent with
this Act prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or
permitted to be prescribed or as may be necessary or convenient to
be prescribed for giving effect to this Act, and in particular for
prescribing:
(a) the nature, size, and material of the packages in which
imported goods or goods for export, or goods for conveyance
coastwise from any State to any other State, are to be packed,
or the coverings in which they are to be wrapped;
(b) the maximum or minimum weight or quantity of imported
goods, or goods for export, or goods for conveyance
coastwise from any State to any other State which may be
contained in any one package;
(d) the conditions as to purity, soundness, and freedom from
disease to be conformed to by goods for export; and
(e) the conditions of carriage of goods subject to customs
control, and the obligations of persons accepting such goods
for carriage.
(1A) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the
following:
(a) the charging and recovery of fees in respect of any matter
under this Act or the regulations;
(b) the way, including the currency, in which fees are to be paid;
(c) the persons who may be paid fees on behalf of the
Commonwealth;
(d) the remission, refund or waiver of fees of a kind referred to in
paragraph (a) or the exempting of persons from the payment
of such fees.
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(2) The regulations may prescribe penalties not exceeding $1,000 in
respect of any contravention of any of the regulations.
(3) The power to make regulations for the purposes of the definition of
airport shop goods in subsection 4(1) extends to making
regulations that:
(a) declare local use goods to be airport shop goods for the
purposes of section 96B; or
(b) declare a class of local use goods, or a class of goods that
includes local use goods, to be a class of airport shop goods
for the purposes of that section.
(3A) Where, in any regulations made for the purposes of this Act,
reference is made to the document known as the Australian
Harmonized Export Commodity Classification published by the
Australian Bureau of Statistics, that reference shall, unless the
contrary intention appears in those regulations, be read as a
reference to that document as so published and as in force from
time to time.
(4) The power to make regulations for the purposes of
paragraph 96B(3)(b) or (c) extends to making regulations that
prescribe quantities in relation to airport shop goods that are local
use goods.
(5) In subsections (3) and (4), local use goods means goods:
(a) that have not been, and are not proposed to be, imported into
Australia; and
(b) that have not been, and are not proposed to be, exported from
Australia.
(6) Regulations for the purposes of Subdivision B of Division 1 of
Part XII must not prescribe an Act unless the Act deals with a
subject matter in relation to which UNCLOS gives Australia
jurisdiction.
271 Comptroller-General of Customs may make by-laws
Where:
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(a) an item of a Customs Tariff, or a proposed item of a Customs
Tariff, is expressed to apply to goods, or to a class or kind of
goods, as prescribed by by-law; or
(b) under an item of a Customs Tariff, or a proposed item of a
Customs Tariff, any matter or thing is expressed to be, or is
to be determined, as prescribed or defined by by-law;
the Comptroller-General of Customs may, subject to the
succeeding sections of this Part, make by-laws for the purposes of
that item or proposed item.
272 By-laws specifying goods
The Comptroller-General of Customs may specify in a by-law
made for the purposes of an item, or a proposed item, of a Customs
Tariff that is expressed to apply to goods, or to a class or kind of
goods, as prescribed by by-law:
(a) the goods, or the class or kind of goods, to which that item or
proposed item applies;
(b) the conditions, if any, subject to which that item or proposed
item applies to those goods or to goods included in that class
or kind of goods; and
(c) such other matters as are necessary to determine the goods to
which that item or proposed item applies.
273 Determinations
(1) The Comptroller-General of Customs may determine, by
instrument in writing, that, subject to the conditions, if any,
specified in the determination, an item, or a proposed item, of a
Customs Tariff that is expressed to apply to goods, or to a class or
kind of goods, as prescribed by by-laws shall apply, or shall be
deemed to have applied, to the particular goods specified in the
determination.
(2) The Comptroller-General of Customs may make a determination
under the last preceding subsection for the purposes of an item, or
a proposed item, of a Customs Tariff whether or not he or she has
made a by-law for the purposes of that item or proposed item.
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(3) Where, under this section, the Comptroller-General of Customs
determines that an item, or a proposed item, of a Customs Tariff
shall apply, or shall be deemed to have applied, to goods, that item
or proposed item shall, subject to this Part and to the conditions, if
any, specified in the determination, apply, or be deemed to have
applied, to those goods as if those goods were specified in a by-law
made for the purposes of that item or proposed item and in force on
the day on which those goods are or were entered for home
consumption.
273A By-laws and determinations for purposes of repealed items
The Comptroller-General of Customs may make a by-law or
determination for the purposes of an item of a Customs Tariff
notwithstanding that the item has been repealed before the making
of the by-law or determination, but the by-law shall not apply to,
and the determination shall not be made in respect of, goods
entered for home consumption after the repeal of that item.
273B Publication of by-laws and notification of determinations
(1) A by-law made under this Part:
(a) shall be published in the Gazette, and has no force until so
published;
(b) shall, subject to this Part:
(i) take effect, or be deemed to have taken effect, from the
date of publication, or from a date (whether before or
after the date of publication) specified by or under the
by-law; or
(ii) have effect or be deemed to have had effect, for such
period (whether before or after the date of publication)
as is specified by or under the by-law.
(2) Notice of the making of a determination under this Part shall be
published in the Gazette as soon as practicable after the making of
the determination and the notice shall specify:
(a) the kind of goods to which the determination applies;
(b) the conditions, if any, specified in the determination; and
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(c) the item or proposed item for the purposes of which the
determination was made.
273C Retrospective by-laws and determinations not to increase duty
This Part does not authorize the making of a by-law or
determination which has the effect of imposing duty, in relation to
goods entered for home consumption before the date on which the
by-law is published in the Gazette or the determination is made, as
the case may be, at a rate higher than the rate of duty payable in
respect of those goods on the day on which those goods were
entered for home consumption.
273D By-laws and determinations for purposes of proposals
Where:
(a) a by-law or determination is made for the purposes of a
Customs Tariff proposed in the Parliament or of a Customs
Tariff as proposed to be altered by a Customs Tariff
alteration proposed in the Parliament; and
(b) the proposed Customs Tariff becomes a Customs Tariff or
the proposed alteration is made, as the case may be;
the by-law or determination shall have effect for the purposes of
that Customs Tariff or of that Customs Tariff as so altered, as the
case may be, as if the by-law or determination had been made for
those purposes and the proposed Customs Tariff or the Customs
Tariff as proposed to be altered, as the case may be, had been in
force on the day on which the by-law or the determination was
made.
273EA Notification of proposals when House of Representatives is
not sitting
(1) The Minister may, at any time when the Parliament is prorogued or
the House of Representatives has expired by effluxion of time, has
been dissolved or is adjourned otherwise than for a period not
exceeding 7 days, publish in the Gazette a notice that it is intended,
within 7 sitting days of the House of Representatives after the date
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of the publication of the notice, to propose in the Parliament a
Customs Tariff or Customs Tariff alteration in accordance with
particulars specified in the notice and operating as from such time
as is specified in the notice, not being:
(a) in the case of a Customs Tariff or Customs Tariff alteration
that could have the effect of making the duty payable by any
person importing goods greater than the duty that would, but
for that Customs Tariff or Customs Tariff alteration, be
payable—a time earlier than the time of publication of the
notice; or
(b) in any other case—a time earlier than 6 months before the
time of publication of the notice.
(2) Where notice of intention to propose a Customs Tariff or a
Customs Tariff alteration has been published in accordance with
this section, the Customs Tariff or Customs Tariff alteration shall,
for the purposes of this Act (other than section 226) and any other
Act, be deemed to be a Customs Tariff or Customs Tariff
alteration, as the case may be, proposed in the Parliament.
273F Interpretation
(1) In this Part:
proposed item of a Customs Tariff means:
(a) an item of a Customs Tariff proposed in the Parliament; or
(b) an item of a Customs Tariff as proposed to be altered by a
Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Part to an
item of a Customs Tariff includes a reference to a heading and a
subheading in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
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Part XVII—Miscellaneous
273G Briefing of Leader of Opposition on certain matters
The Minister shall, from time to time, and not less frequently than
once each year, arrange for the Leader of the Opposition in the
House of Representatives to be briefed on matters relating to
contraventions of this Act in respect of narcotic substances.
273GAA Notices
(1) Where a person makes a decision to which subsection (2) applies
in relation to a warehouse licence or a broker’s licence, the person
shall cause to be served, either personally or by post, on the
applicant or the holder of the licence, as the case requires, a notice
in writing setting out the decision.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the following decisions are
decisions to which this subsection applies:
(a) a decision under Part V refusing to grant a warehouse
licence;
(b) a decision under subsection 82(5) refusing to vary the
conditions specified in a warehouse licence;
(c) a decision under subsection 84(3) refusing to renew a
warehouse licence;
(d) a decision under Division 3 of Part XI refusing to grant a
broker’s licence;
(e) a decision under subsection 183CF(1) or (2) refusing to vary
the endorsements on a broker’s licence;
(f) a decision under subsection 183CG(7) refusing to vary the
conditions specified in a broker’s licence.
(3) Where a Collector makes:
(a) a decision under section 95 refusing to cancel a valuation of
warehoused goods and to revalue the goods; or
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(b) a decision under subsection 97(1) refusing to grant
permission to the owner of warehoused goods;
the Collector shall cause to be served, either personally or by post,
on the owner of the goods, a notice in writing setting out the
decision.
(4) Where the Comptroller-General of Customs makes a decision
under section 118 not to grant a Certificate of Clearance, he or she
shall cause to be served, either personally or by post, on the
applicant for the Certificate, a notice in writing setting out the
decision.
(5) Where a Collector makes a decision under section 126 refusing to
allow the export of goods by a person, he or she shall cause to be
served, either personally or by post, a notice in writing setting out
the decision on the person.
(7) A notice in accordance with section 86 to the holder of a
warehouse licence shall state the ground or grounds on which the
notice is given.
(8) A notice under subsection 87(2) of the cancellation by the
Comptroller-General of Customs of a warehouse licence shall set
out the findings of the Comptroller-General of Customs on
material questions of fact, refer to the evidence or other material on
which those findings were based and give the reasons for the
cancellation.
(9) A notice under subsection 183CS(1) shall set out the ground or
grounds of the decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs to
which the notice relates.
(10) A reference in this section to a notice in writing setting out the
decision of a person is a reference to a notice in writing setting out
the decision and the person’s findings on material questions of fact,
referring to the evidence or other material on which those findings
were based and giving the reasons for the decision.
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273GAB Authorisation to disclose information to an officer
(1) A person may disclose to an officer information about any matter
relating to actual or proposed travel:
(a) of any person or goods on the way (directly or indirectly) to
Australia; or
(b) involving the departure from Australia of any person or
goods;
even if the information is personal information (as defined in the
Privacy Act 1988).
Note: An officer is obliged to handle personal information in accordance
with the Privacy Act 1988. Part 6 of the Australian Border Force Act
2015 also limits the recording and disclosure of information disclosed
to the officer under this section.
(2) To avoid doubt, this section does not:
(a) require anyone to disclose information to an officer; or
(b) affect a requirement of or under another provision of this Act
for a person to disclose information to an officer (whether by
answering a question, by providing a document or by other
means).
273GA Review of decisions
(1) Subject to this section, applications may be made to the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the following:
(aa) a determination by the Comptroller-General of Customs for
the purposes of subsection 28(2);
(ab) a determination by the Comptroller-General of Customs for
the purposes of subsection 28(3);
(a) a decision of a Collector under section 35A making a
demand;
(aaa) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs for the
purposes of paragraph 58A(6)(c) refusing to authorise a
journey;
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(aaac) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 67ED to refuse to register a person as a special
reporter;
(aaad) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 67EK to refuse to renew a person’s registration as a
special reporter;
(aaae) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 67EM to cancel the registration of a special reporter
generally or in relation to low value cargo of a particular
kind;
(aaaf) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 67G to refuse to register a person or a partnership as a
re-mail reporter;
(aaag) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 67G or 67J to impose a condition on a re-mail
reporter’s registration;
(aaah) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 67J to vary a condition of a re-mail reporter’s
registration;
(aaai) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 67K to cancel a re-mail reporter’s registration;
(aab) a decision by an officer under section 69 to refuse to grant a
permission under that section;
(aaba) a decision by an officer under section 69 to impose a
condition on a permission given under that section;
(aac) a decision by an officer under section 69 to revoke a
permission granted under that section;
(aad) a decision by an officer under section 70 to refuse to grant a
permission under that section;
(aae) a decision by an officer under section 70 to revoke a
permission granted under that section;
(aaf) a decision by an officer under section 71 to refuse to
authorise the delivery of goods into home consumption;
(aafa) a decision by an officer under section 71AAAC or 71AAAM
to suspend an authority to deliver goods into home
consumption;
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(aafb) a decision by an officer under section 71AAAN to cancel an
authority to deliver goods into home consumption;
(aag) a decision by an officer under section 71C or 71DJ to cancel
or suspend an authority to deal with goods;
(aah) a decision by an officer under section 71E to refuse an
application of a permission to move goods;
(aaq) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 77G not to grant a depot licence;
(aar) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 77J not to extend the period within which further
information concerning a depot licence application is to be
supplied;
(aara) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
subsection 77LA(1) not to vary a depot licence;
(aarb) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
subsection 77LA(3) not to allow a further period;
(aas) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 77P not to grant an extension of time;
(aat) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 77Q to impose conditions on a depot licence or to
vary the conditions of a depot licence;
(aau) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 77V to suspend a depot licence;
(aav) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 77VC to cancel a depot licence;
(b) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs or a
Collector for the purposes of Part V;
(baaa) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 102F to give a direction;
(baa) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs giving an
approval, or refusing to give an approval, under
paragraph 105(2)(a);
(ba) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 114B to refuse to grant a person confirming exporter
status;
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(bb) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 114B to cancel or modify a person’s status as a
confirming exporter;
(bc) a decision by an officer under section 114C to cancel or
suspend an authority to deal with goods;
(c) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 118 not to grant a Certificate of Clearance;
(d) a decision by a Collector under section 126 refusing to allow
the export of goods;
(e) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 132B making a quota order;
(f) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 132C varying a quota order;
(h) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
subsection 161J(2) specifying a rate of exchange;
(haaa) a decision of a Collector under section 163 in relation to an
application for a refund, rebate or remission of duty;
(j) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 164B;
(ja) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
subsection 165(3) to make a demand for payment of an
amount of drawback, refund or rebate of duty that was
overpaid or for payment of an amount that is a debt due to
the Commonwealth under subsection 278(2);
(jb) a decision of a Collector under section 168 in relation to an
application for a drawback of duty;
(jc) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs to refuse
to enter into a trusted trader agreement under
subsection 176A(1);
(je) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs to vary,
suspend or terminate a trusted trader agreement under
subsection 178A(1);
(k) a decision of the Minister, the Comptroller-General of
Customs, or a Collector for the purposes of Part XI;
(m) a decision under subsection 269H(1) to reject an application
for a TCO;
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(maa) a decision under subsection 269L(4) to the effect that the
Comptroller-General of Customs is not satisfied that a
proposed amendment of a description of goods to be covered
by a TCO does not contravene subsection 269L(3):
(ma) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 269HA rejecting a TCO application;
(n) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 269SH on a reconsideration of a decision of the
Comptroller-General of Customs under subsection 269P(1);
(o) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 269SH on a reconsideration of a decision of the
Comptroller-General of Customs under subsection 269Q(1);
(p) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
subsection 269SA(1) or (2);
(q) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 269SH on a reconsideration of a decision of the
Comptroller-General of Customs under subsection 269SC(1);
(r) a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs under
section 269SH on a reconsideration of a decision of the
Comptroller-General of Customs under subsection 269SC(4);
(s) a decision by the Comptroller-General of Customs under
subsection 269SD(1AB), (1), (1A), (2), (2A) or (5).
(2) Where a dispute referred to in subsection 167(1) has arisen and the
owner of the goods has, in accordance with that subsection, paid
under protest the sum demanded by the Collector, an application
may be made to the Tribunal for review of the decision to make
that demand and of any other decision forming part of the process
of making, or leading up to the making of, that first-mentioned
decision.
(3) Subsection 119(3) does not apply where a Certificate of Clearance
is granted to the ship or aircraft referred to in that subsection as a
result of a review by the Tribunal.
(5) An application may not be made to the Tribunal under
subsection (2) unless the application is made within the time
specified in paragraph 167(4)(a) or (b), whichever is appropriate.
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(6) Where the owner of goods has made an application to the Tribunal
under subsection (2), he or she is not entitled to bring an action
under subsection 167(2).
(6A) An application may not be made to the Tribunal in respect of a
decision under section 269SH on a reconsideration of a decision of
the Comptroller-General of Customs under subsection 269P(1),
269Q(1) or 269SC(1) or (4) unless the person who makes the
application to the Tribunal is:
(a) an affected person within the meaning of section 269SH; and
(b) is adversely affected by the decision on the reconsideration.
(7) Where, on an application made under subsection (2), the Tribunal
has made a decision reviewing a demand made by the Collector,
the proper duty payable in respect of the goods concerned shall be
deemed to be:
(a) the sum determined to be the proper duty by, or ascertained
to be the proper duty in accordance with:
(i) the decision of the Tribunal; or
(ii) an order of a court on appeal from that decision; or
(b) the sum paid under protest;
whichever is the less.
(8) In this section, decision has the same meaning as in the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.
273H Review of decisions under Customs Tariff Act
(1) Applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
for review of a decision of the Comptroller-General of Customs
under section 9 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
(2) In subsection (1), decision has the same meaning as in the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.
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273K Statement to accompany notification of decisions
(1) Where notice in writing of the making of a decision of a kind
referred to in subsection 273GA(1) or (2) or section 273H is given
to a person whose interests are affected by the decision, that notice
shall include a statement to the effect that, subject to the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, application may be
made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the
decision to which the notice relates by or on behalf of the person or
persons whose interests are affected by the decision.
(2) Any failure to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) in
relation to a decision does not affect the validity of the decision.
273L Entry and transmission of information by computer
If this Act requires or permits information (including information
in the form of particular words) to be entered or transmitted by
computer, the information may be entered or transmitted by
computer in an encoded form chosen by the Comptroller-General
of Customs.
274 Commissioned ships and aircraft to be reported
The person in command of any ship or aircraft holding commission
from His Majesty or from any foreign State having on board any
goods other than ship’s or aircraft’s stores laden in a place outside
Australia or in Australia shall when called upon by the
Comptroller-General of Customs or an authorised officer so to do:
(a) deliver an account in writing of the quantity of such goods,
the marks and numbers thereof, and names of the shippers
and consignees, and declare to the truth thereof;
(b) answer questions relating to such goods.
275 Commissioned ships and aircraft may be searched
Ships or aircraft under commission from His Majesty or any
foreign State having on board any goods other than ship’s or
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aircraft’s stores laden in a place outside Australia or in Australia
may be boarded and searched by the Comptroller-General of
Customs or an authorised officer in the same manner as other ships
or aircraft, and the Comptroller-General of Customs or the
authorised officer may secure any such goods and for that purpose
bring them ashore.
275A Direction not to move a ship or aircraft from a boarding
station
(1) Where a Collector considers that it is desirable, for the purposes of
this Act, to hold a ship or aircraft at a boarding station, the
Collector may, by notice in writing delivered to the master of the
ship or the pilot of the aircraft before it leaves the boarding station,
direct the master or pilot not to move the ship or aircraft from the
boarding station until the master or pilot receives permission, in
writing, from a Collector to do so.
(2) A person shall not disobey a direction given to him or her, and in
force, under this section.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2A) Subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(3) Where a direction not to move a ship or aircraft from a boarding
station has been given under subsection (1):
(a) the direction ceases to have any force or effect at the
expiration of a period of 3 days after the day on which the
direction is given; and
(b) no further direction in respect of the ship or aircraft shall be
given while the ship or aircraft remains at the boarding
station.
(4) If a Collector (not being the Comptroller-General of Customs)
gives a direction under subsection (1) not to move a ship or aircraft
from a boarding station, the Collector must as soon as practicable
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notify the Comptroller-General of Customs of the giving of the
direction.
(5) Where:
(a) a ship or aircraft is held at a boarding station by virtue of a
direction given under subsection (1); and
(b) the Comptroller-General of Customs is satisfied that no
purpose of this Act is served by holding the ship or aircraft at
the boarding station;
he or she shall forthwith revoke the direction.
(6) In proceedings for an offence under this section with respect to a
direction, a certificate by a person referred to in the last preceding
subsection that he or she is satisfied that, up to the time the offence
is alleged to have been committed:
(a) the permission referred to in the direction had not been given;
and
(b) the direction had not been revoked;
is prima facie evidence of the matters as to which the person has
certified that he or she is satisfied.
276 Collector’s sales
As to sales by the Collector:
(a) The goods shall be sold by auction or by tender and after
such public notice as may be prescribed, and where not
prescribed after reasonable public notice.
(b) The goods may be sold either subject to duty and charges or
at a price that includes duty and charges and the price shall
be paid in cash on the acceptance of the bidding or tender.
(c) No bidding or tender shall be necessarily accepted and the
goods may be re-offered until sold at a price satisfactory to
the Collector.
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277 Proceeds of sales
(1) The proceeds of any goods sold by the Collector shall be applied as
follows:
Firstly, in the payment of the expenses of the sale.
Secondly, where the price for the goods includes duty, in payment
of the duty.
Thirdly, in payment of the warehouse rent and charges.
Fourthly, in payment of the harbour and wharfage dues and freight
if any due upon the goods if written notice of such harbour and
wharfage dues and freight shall have been given to the Collector.
And the balance if any shall be paid to the Finance Minister on
account of the person entitled thereto.
(2) For the purposes of section 132, goods to which subsection (1) of
this section applies on which duty has not been paid shall be taken
to have been entered for home consumption on the day on which
the goods are sold by the Collector.
277A Jurisdiction of courts
(1) A provision of the Judiciary Act 1903 by which a court of a State is
invested with federal jurisdiction has effect, in relation to matters
arising under this Act, as if that jurisdiction were so invested
without limitation as to locality other than the limitation imposed
by section 80 of the Constitution.
(2) Subject to the Constitution, jurisdiction is conferred on the several
courts of the Territories, within the limits of their several
jurisdictions, other than limits as to locality, with respect to matters
arising under this Act.
(3) The trial of an offence against a provision of this Act not
committed within a State may be held by a court of competent
jurisdiction at any place where the court may sit.
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278 Recoverable payments
(1) If, apart from this subsection, the Commonwealth does not have
power under this Act or the regulations to pay an amount (the
relevant amount) to a person purportedly as:
(a) a refund or rebate of duty to which the person is entitled to in
accordance with section 163; or
(b) a drawback of duty to which the person is entitled to in
accordance with regulations made for the purposes of
section 168;
then the Commonwealth may pay the relevant amount to the
person.
Debt
(2) If a payment is made under subsection (1) to the person, the
relevant amount is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the person.
Note: For recovery of the debt, see section 165.
Appropriation
(3) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes
of making payments under subsection (1).
279 Reports about recoverable payments
(1) The Secretary of the Department must cause the following
information to be included in the Department’s annual report for a
financial year:
(a) the number of payments under subsection 278(1) that APS
employees in the Department are aware of that were made
during that financial year;
(b) the total amount of the payments referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) the number of payments under subsection 278(1) that APS
employees in the Department became aware of during that
financial year that were made during an earlier financial year;
(d) the total amount of the payments referred to in paragraph (c);
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(e) for each payment referred to in paragraph (c)—the financial
year in which the payment was made.
(2) Information is not required in the Department’s annual report if no
APS employee in the Department is aware of any payments
referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (c).
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The Commonwealth of Australia Schedule I
Schedule I—The Commonwealth of Australia
Security to the Commonwealth
By this Security the subscribers are, pursuant to the Customs Act 1901, bound to
the Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of—[here insert amount or mode of
ascertaining amount intended to be paid in default of compliance with
condition]—subject only to this condition that if—[here insert the condition of
the security]—then this security shall be thereby discharged.*
Dated the day of 19 .
Names and descriptions Signatures of Signatures of
of subscribers subscribers witnesses
*NOTE—If liability is not intended to be joint and several and for the full amount, here state what
is intended as, for example, thus—“The liability of the subscribers is joint only,” or
“the liability of (mentioning subscriber) is limited to (here state amount of limit of
liability or mode of ascertaining limit).”
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