58Goods to be brought or imported from Papua New Guinea into the protected zone area

58 Goods to be brought or imported from Papua New Guinea into the protected zone area

Classes of goods to which this section applies (1) This section applies to the following classes of goods: (a) fish meat; (b) coconut (processed or without husk); (c) sago; (d) cooked taros, cooked yams and cooked cassava; (e) kundu drums made from any of the following: (i) lizard skin; (ii) snake skin; (iii) hard treated beeswax; (iv) soft wood; (f) empty sea shells; (g) goods made from: (i) dried pandanus; or (ii) dried palm leaves; or (iii) both dried pandanus and dried palm leaves; (h) bows of black palm or bamboo; (i) spears of bamboo, mangrove or wongai wood with a steel prong; (j) beads and jewellery made of seeds; (k) wood carvings; (l) goods made from woven fibres. Conditions (2) Goods included in a class of goods to which this section applies (the goods) must not be brought or imported from Papua New Guinea into the protected zone area unless: (a) the goods are covered by an import permit; or (b) the alternative conditions specified for the goods in subsection (3) are complied with; or (c) if alternative conditions for bringing or importing the goods into Australian territory are specified in a provision in Division 1—those alternative conditions are complied with. (3) For paragraph (2)(b), the alternative conditions for bringing or importing the goods from Papua New Guinea into the protected zone area are: (a) the goods are on a vessel that would be a protected zone vessel if it entered a part of Australian territory that is in the protected zone area; and (b) the goods: (i) are owned by, or are under the control of, a traditional inhabitant who is on board that vessel and have been used, are being used or are intended to be used by him or her in connection with the performance of traditional activities in the protected zone area; or (ii) are the personal belongings of a person referred to in subparagraph (e)(i) or (ii) of the definition of protected zone vessel in subsection 617(4) of the Act; and (c) the goods are for personal use.

Note 1: This section gives effect to Australia’s obligations under the Torres Strait Treaty.

Note 2: Protected zone area, protected zone vessel, Torres Strait Treaty, traditional activities and traditional inhabitant are defined in subsection 617(4) of the Act.

Note: Example: A person wishes to bring or import a wood carving (the goods) from Papua New Guinea into the protected zone area. The goods may be brought or imported from Papua New Guinea into the protected zone area if:

(a) the goods are covered by an import permit; or
(b) the alternative conditions specified in subsection (3) are complied with; or
(c) the alternative conditions specified in item 1 of the table in section 34 in Division 1 are complied with.