3Definitions

##### 3 Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > anti‑dumping matter means a matter relating to: (a) the imposition of duties under the Dumping Duty Act; or (b) the operation of the Dumping Duty Act or of Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901. > application has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901. > approved form means a form approved under section 3AA. > Authority means the Anti‑Dumping Authority established by section 4. > CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of Customs. > countervailable subsidy has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901. > countervailing duty notice means a notice published by the Minister under subsection 269TJ(1) or (2) or 269TK(1) or (2) of the Customs Act 1901. > country of export has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901. > country of origin has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901. > 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) of the Customs Act 1901. > inquiry means an inquiry conducted by the Authority under this Act. > inquiry period, in relation to an application for a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice in respect of goods, means a period starting on a day specified by the Authority under paragraph 23(2)(d) in relation to the examination of importations of goods and ending on the day the Authority commences to prepare its report for the Minister. > interested party has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901. > like goods, in relation to goods under consideration, has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901. > member means the member of the Authority. > negative preliminary finding, in relation to goods the subject of an application under section 269TB of the Customs Act 1901, means a preliminary finding under section 269TD of that Act to the effect that there are not sufficient grounds for the publication of a dumping duty notice or countervailing duty notice in respect of the goods the subject of the application or that there will not be sufficient grounds for such publication subsequent to the importation into Australia of such goods. > negative prima facie decision means: (a) a decision of the CEO under subsection 269TC(1) of the Customs Act 1901 rejecting an application made under subsection 269TB(1) of that Act; or (b) a decision of the CEO under subsection 269TC(2) of that Act rejecting an application made under subsection 269TB(2) of that Act. > transfer day means the day on which the items in Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation (Anti‑dumping Amendments) Act 1998 (other than item 39) commence. (2) A reference in this Act to goods the subject of an application under section 269TB of the Customs Act 1901 is a reference to goods referred to in the application: (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. (3) The fact that an inquiry 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 Australian industry or to an industry of a third country.