Senate debates

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Bills

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

10:04 am

Photo of Linda ReynoldsLinda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I've given you the answer—the definition of minor and what that triggers. The ones not deemed to be minor trigger a JSCOT inquiry. So again the answer will be the same: this is the same as what we do for nine other free trade agreements. The system is working and, as I understand it, none of these regulations have ever been disallowed, because they are minor and incredibly technical, as you yourself acknowledged two years ago, Senator Carr.

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