269ZZYConfidential and sensitive commercial information

#### 269ZZY Confidential and sensitive commercial information (1) To the extent that information provided to the Review Officer 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 Officer, also give a summary of that information to the Review Officer 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 269ZZG and 269ZZQ and subsection 269ZZJ(5). Schedule 2—Minor or consequential amendments of the Customs Act 1901 1 Paragraphs 269F(4)(b) and (c), 269SB(3)(b) and (c), 269TB(5)(b) and (c), 269W(2)(b) and (c) and 269ZF(2)(b) and (c) Omit “by Customs” (wherever occurring). 2 Subsection 269T(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of subsidy) Omit “Agreement or”, substitute “Agreement on”. 3 Paragraph 269TAC(14)(a) Omit “or a countervailing duty notice”. 4 Subsection 269TDA(9) Omit “has, or may be, been received”, substitute “has been, or may be, received”. 5 Subparagraph 269TDA(10)(d)(ii) After “has been”, insert “, or may be”. 6 Paragraph 269TJ(3A)(b) Omit “a exporter”, substitute “an exporter”. 7 Subsections 269TK(3) Omit “subsidy, bounty, reduction or remission of freight or other financial assistance” (wherever occurring), substitute “countervailable subsidy”. 8 Amendment of several provisions to remove references to “Comptroller” The provisions set out below are amended by omitting “Comptroller” (wherever occurring) and substituting “CEO”: | Subsection 269TAF(7) | | ------------------------------------------- | | Section 269TB | | Subsections 269TC(6) and (7) | | Section 269TDA | | Subsection 269X(3) | | Section 269ZE | | Section 269ZG | | Paragraph 269ZH(b) | | Subsection 269ZI(4) | | Subsections 269ZJ(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) | Note 1: The headings to subsections 269TDA(1), 269TDA(2), 269TDA(3), 269TDA(7), 269TDA(3), 269TDA(14) and 269TDA(15) are altered by omitting “Comptroller” and substituting “CEO”. Note 2: The heading to section 269ZJ is altered by omitting “Comptroller” and substituting “CEO”. 9 Amendment of several provisions to remove references to “Anti-Dumping Act” The provisions set out below are amended by omitting “Anti-Dumping Act” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Dumping Duty Act”: | Subsection 269T(1) (definition of countervailing duty) | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | Subsection 269T(1) (definition of dumping duty) | | Subsection 269T(1) (definition of interim countervailing duty) | | Subsection 269T(1) (definition of interim dumping duty) | | Subsection 269T(4D) | | Subsection 269TAAA(1) | | Subsections 269TAJ(6) and (7) | | Subsections 269TG(1), (2) and (3) | | Subsections 269TH(1), (2) and (3) | | Subsections 269TJ(1), (2) and (11) | | Subsections 269TK(1), (2) and (5) | | Subsection 269TL(1) | | Subsections 269TN(2), (3), (5), (6), (7) and (8) | | Subsections 269V(1) and (2) | | Subsection 269W(1) | | Subsections 269X(5) and (6) | | Subsections 269Y(1) and (4) | | Subsection 269ZG(3) | Note: The heading to section 269TB is altered by omitting “Anti-Dumping Act” and substituting “Dumping Duty Act”. Schedule 3—Amendment and subsequent repeal of the Anti-Dumping Authority Act 1988 1 Subsection 3(1) (definition of Anti-Dumping Act) Repeal the definition. 2 Subsection 3(1) Insert: > Dumping Duty Act means the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975. 3 Subsection 3(1) Insert: > 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. 4 After paragraph 7(4)(a) Insert: (aa) be made before the transfer day; and 5 Subsection 8A(1) After “the Authority must”, insert “, subject to subsections (1A) and (1B),”. 6 After subsection 8A(1A) Insert: (1B) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an anti-dumping measure due to expire more than 8 months after the transfer day. 7 Paragraph 8B(1)(c) After “applicant”, insert “, before the transfer day,”. 8 Subsection 9(1) After “delivered to the Authority”, insert “before the transfer day”. 9 At the end of section 9 Add: (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the Authority must not: (a) commence to consider an anti-dumping matter on or after the transfer day; and (b) report to the Minister later than 120 days after commencing its consideration of that matter. 10 Amendment of several provisions to remove references to “Anti-Dumping Act” The provisions set out below are amended by omitting “Anti-Dumping Act” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Dumping Duty Act”: | Subsection 3(1) (definition of anti-dumping matter) | | --------------------------------------------------- | | Subsection 3A(1) | | Subsections 7(1), (3), (4) and (4A) | | Section 10 | | Subsection 11(3) | 11 The whole of the Act Repeal the Act. Schedule 4—Application, transitional and saving provisions 1 Definitions for the purposes of application, transitional and saving provisions generally In this Schedule: > ADA Act means the Anti-Dumping Authority Act 1988. > affected party has the same meaning as in Part XVB of the Customs Act. > Authority means the Anti-Dumping Authority established by section 4 of the ADA Act. > CEO has the same meaning as in the Customs Act. > Customs Act means the Customs Act 1901. > Dumping Duty Act means the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975. > importer has the same meaning as in Part XVB of the Customs Act. > interim duty has the same meaning as in Part XVB of the Customs Act. > negative preliminary decision has the same meaning as in Part XVB of the Customs Act. > negative preliminary finding, in relation to goods the subject of an application under section 269TB of the Customs Act, means a preliminary finding, under that Act, to the effect that: (a) there are not sufficient grounds for publication of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice in respect of such goods; or (b) there will not be sufficient grounds for such publication after the importation into Australia of such goods. > positive preliminary finding, in relation to goods the subject of an application under section 269TB of the Customs Act, means a preliminary finding, under that Act, to the effect that: (a) there are sufficient grounds for publication of a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice in respect of such goods; or (b) there will be sufficient grounds for such publication after the importation into Australia of such goods. > public record has the same meaning as in Part XVB of the Customs Act. > reviewable decision has the same meaning as in Division 9 of Part XVB of the Customs Act. > Review Officer has the same meaning as in Part XVB of the Customs Act. > transfer day means the day on which the items in Schedule 1 (other than item 39) commence. 2 Application provision (1) The Customs Act, as amended by this Act, applies in relation to: (a) all applications under section 269TB of that Act as so amended for publication of dumping duty notices or countervailing duty notices; and (b) all applications under Division 4 of Part XVB of the Customs Act as so amended for assessment of the duty payable under the Dumping Duty Act on goods on which an interim duty has been or is paid, whether that interim duty was paid before, or is paid on or after, the transfer day; and (c) all applications, under Division 5 of Part XVB of the Customs Act as so amended, for review of anti-dumping measures, whether those measures were imposed before, or are imposed on or after, the transfer day; and (d) all applications, under Division 6 of Part XVB of the Customs Act as so amended, for the accelerated review of dumping duty notices or countervailing duty notices, whether those notices were published before, or are published on or after, the transfer day; and (e) all applications, under Division 6A of Part XVB of the Customs Act as so amended, for continuation of anti‑dumping measures, whether those measures were imposed before, or are imposed on or after, the transfer day; and (f) all applications, under Division 9 of Part XVB of the Customs Act as so amended, for the review of reviewable decisions within the meaning of that Division made on or after the transfer day. (2) Nothing in subitem (1) implies that the Customs Act as amended by this Act does not apply in any additional circumstance where it is expressed to apply because of the operation of item 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. 3 Transitional provisions—decisions concerning rejection of applications under section 269TB of the Customs Act (1) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as then in force; but (b) the CEO has neither made a decision to reject, nor made a decision not to reject, that application; then: (c) the application is to be treated, for all purposes, on and after that day, as if it were an application made under the Customs Act as amended by this Act; and (d) the ADA Act does not apply in respect of that application. (2) If, before the transfer day (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as then in force; and (b) the CEO decides to reject that application; and (c) the applicant refers the decision to the Authority for review; but (d) that review is not completed; then: (e) the review is to continue to be dealt with by the Authority, on and after that day, under section 8 of the ADA Act; and (f) if the Authority confirms the decision—the application lapses; and (g) if the Authority revokes the decision—an investigation in respect of the application is to be initiated under the Customs Act as amended by this Act as if: (i) the Customs Act as so amended had been in force when the application was made; and (ii) the CEO had decided not to reject the application. (3) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as then in force; and (b) the CEO decides to reject that application; and (c) the applicant does not refer the decision to the Authority for review; then: (d) the application is to be dealt with, on and after that day, for all purposes (including working out time limits for a possible review of that decision by the Review Officer) as if the Customs Act as amended by this Act had been in force when the application was made; and (e) the ADA Act does not apply in respect of the application. 4 Transitional provisions—Customs investigations that have not resulted in a preliminary finding before transfer day (1) If: (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as in force before the transfer day; and (b) the CEO has initiated an investigation in respect of that application but has not, before that day, made a preliminary finding; and (c) not more than 100 days have passed since the initiation of the investigation; the investigation is to be treated, on and after that day, for all purposes, as if it had, at all times, been an investigation, under the Customs Act as amended by this Act, in respect of an application made under the Customs Act as so amended. (2) For the purposes of so treating the investigation, and without limiting the generality of subitem (1): (a) the time limits for the making of a preliminary affirmative determination, the placing of a statement of essential facts on the public record, and the making of a report in respect of the investigation to the Minister, under the Customs Act as amended by this Act, are to be worked out from the date of the actual initiation of the investigation under the Customs Act as in force before the transfer day; and (b) if a preliminary affirmative determination is so made, securities may be imposed in accordance with subsection 269TD(3) of the Customs Act as so amended. 5 Transitional provisions—Customs investigations terminated before transfer day (1) If: (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as in force before the transfer day; and (b) the CEO has initiated an investigation in respect of that application but decides, before that day, to terminate that investigation under section 269TDA of that Act as so in force; and (c) not more than 100 days have passed between the initiation of the investigation and the making of that decision; and (d) the applicant, before that day, refers the decision to the Authority for review under section 7A of the ADA Act but that review is not completed before that day; then: (e) the review is to continue to be dealt with by the Authority, on and after that day, under the ADA Act; and (f) if the Authority confirms the decision—the investigation lapses; and (g) if the Authority rejects the decision—the investigation is to be remitted to the CEO to be dealt with in accordance with subitem (2). (2) If an investigation is remitted to the CEO in the circumstances set out in subitem (1): (a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), the investigation is to be dealt with in the same manner as if it were an investigation in respect of an application made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as amended by this Act; and (b) if, when the investigation is remitted, more than 110 days have passed since the date of initiation of the investigation—the CEO must place the statement of essential facts relating to the investigation on the public record as soon as practicable after the investigation is remitted; and (c) the report on the investigation that is required to be made to the Minister is, in circumstances to which paragraph (b) applies, required to be so made within 45 days after the placing of the statement of essential facts on the public record. 6 Transitional provisions—positive preliminary finding made by CEO before transfer day (1) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as then in force; and (b) the CEO makes a positive preliminary finding in respect of the application; the CEO must, if he or she has not already done so; (c) give public notice of that finding; and (d) refer the question whether the publication of the notice sought in the application is justified to the Authority for determination under the ADA Act. (2) If public notice of the finding is given on or after the transfer day, it is required to be given in accordance with section 269ZI of the Customs Act as in force immediately before that day. (3) For the purposes of the operation of the ADA Act in respect of the referral of the question referred to in paragraph (1)(d), that referral is treated as having taken place under subsection 269TD(2) of the Customs Act as in force immediately before the transfer day, whether it took place before, or takes place on or after, that day. Note: The determination of a question referred to the Authority under subsection 7(1) of the ADA Act may involve the exercise of termination powers under section 7B of that Act or the acceptance of an undertaking under section 7C of that Act. 7 Transitional provisions—negative preliminary findings made by CEO before transfer day (1) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as then in force; and (b) the CEO makes a negative preliminary finding in respect of the application; and (c) the applicant refers the finding to the Authority for review; but (d) that review is not completed; then: (e) the review is to continue to be dealt with by the Authority, on and after that day, under section 8 of the ADA Act; and (f) if the Authority confirms the finding—the investigation lapses; and (g) if the Authority rejects the finding—the investigation is, despite the terms of subsection 8(2) of the ADA Act, to be remitted to the CEO. (2) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as then in force; and (b) the CEO makes a negative preliminary finding in respect of the application; and (c) the applicant does not refer the finding to the Authority for review; but (d) the period for so referring the finding has not expired; then: (e) the applicant may refer the finding to the Authority as if the amendments of the Customs Act made by this Act had not been made; and (f) if the applicant does so, the review is to be dealt with by the Authority, under section 8 of the ADA Act; and (g) if the Authority confirms the finding—the investigation lapses; and (h) if the Authority rejects the finding—the investigation is, despite the terms of subsection 8(2) of the ADA Act, to be remitted to the CEO. (3) If an investigation is remitted to the CEO in the circumstances set out in subitem (1) or (2): (a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), the investigation is to be dealt with in the same manner as if it were an investigation of an application made under section 269TB of the Customs Act as amended by this Act; and (b) if, when the investigation is remitted, more than 110 days have passed since the date of initiation of the investigation—the CEO must place the statement of essential facts relating to the investigation on the public record as soon as practicable after the investigation is remitted; and (c) the report on the investigation that is required to be made to the Minister is, in circumstances to which paragraph (b) applies, required to be so made within 45 days after the placing of the statement of essential facts on the public record. 8 Transitional provisions—applications for assessment of duty (1) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269V of the Customs Act as then in force requesting an assessment of duty on goods entered for home consumption during a particular importation period; and (b) the CEO has not made a decision under subsection 269X(6) in relation to that application; then, for the purpose of the CEO’s dealing with that application on and after that day, Division 4 of the Customs Act as in force before that day continues to apply in relation to the CEO’s consideration of the application as if the amendments of the Customs Act made by items 63, 64, 65 and 66 of Schedule 1 to this Act had not been made. (2) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269V of the Customs Act as then in force requesting an assessment of duty on goods entered for home consumption during a particular importation period; and (b) the CEO has made a negative preliminary decision in relation to that application; and (c) the applicant refers the negative preliminary decision to the Authority for review; but (d) the review is not completed; then: (e) the review is to continue to be dealt with by the Authority, on and after that day, under section 8B of the ADA Act; and (f) section 269Y of the Customs Act has effect, on and after that day, in relation to any recommendation received by the Minister from the Authority, as if the amendment of that section made by item 69 of Schedule 1 to this Act had not been made. (3) If, before the transfer day: (a) an application is made under section 269V of the Customs Act as then in force requesting an assessment of duty on goods entered for home consumption during a particular importation period; and (b) the CEO has made a negative preliminary decision in relation to that application; and (c) the applicant does not refer the decision to the Authority for review; but (d) the period for so referring the decision has not expired; then: (e) with effect from the transfer day, the applicant’s right to refer the decision to the Authority for review is terminated but the applicant may instead, within the time limit that would have applied for so referring the decision, apply instead to the Review Officer to review the decision; and (f) if the applicant does so, the review is to be dealt with by the Review Officer under Division 9 of the Customs Act as amended by this Act as if it were a review, sought in accordance with the requirements of that Division, of a decision made under the Customs Act as amended by this Act. 9 Saving provision—review of interim duty If, before the transfer day: (a) interim duty has been paid under the Dumping Duty Act on goods entered for home consumption under the Customs Act as in force before that day; and (b) the CEO has received an application from an affected party, or a notice from the Minister, under Division 5 of Part XVB of the Customs Act as so in force, requesting a review of the rate of interim duty imposed on those goods; that Division of the Customs Act as so in force continues to apply, on and after that day, in respect of that review as if the amendments of the Customs Act made by this Act had not been made.