Senate debates

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Bills

Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2019; In Committee

9:54 am

Photo of Rex PatrickRex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

So, just going to the second limb of your answer—and I think we're getting close, and I now understand that this is only about the harmonised codes and mapping them to PSRs—say you change the text of a PSR. PSRs are instructions about a third country that is not a party to an agreement and sends a product to, say, China, who has an FTA with us. There are rules associated with when that product that came from the third country is considered to be a Chinese product for the purposes of the FTA. That's a pretty important definition, and I would have concerns if that weren't subject to some scrutiny. So I'm just wondering about the process associated with a change to a PSR. My question is: does that require a change in regulation that is brought to this parliament and is disallowable?

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