© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.
Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the Federal Register of Legislation for authoritative text.
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958
Start here
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958.
Application of amendments (1) The amendments of these Regulations made by the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 apply in relation to the exportation of mercury, or research mercury, from Australia on or after the commencement of that instrument (whether the application for permission to export was made before, on or after that commencement). Pending applications for permissions to export mercury (2) If: (a) an application was made before the commencement of the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 for a permission under paragraph 4A(1)(b) of these Regulations to export mercury (within the meaning of these Regulations as amended by that instrument); and (b) as at immediately before the commencement of that instrument, no decision on the application had been made; the application is taken, at the commencement of that instrument, never to have been made.