16Exemptions from charges

16 Exemptions from charges

For the purposes of section 14 of the Act, a charge prescribed by a provision in this Part in relation to a matter relating to the export of a kind of goods is not payable if the matter relates to any of the following: (a) the export of an assistance animal within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992; (b) goods that are to be exported from Australian territory by an organisation approved by the Secretary that provides aid or assistance in a foreign country; (c) a registered establishment that is a marine laboratory: (i) that is operated or funded by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; and (ii) the primary function of which is to research and develop export markets without engaging in commercial trade; (d) goods that are stores for the use of passengers and crew on an aircraft or a vessel on a flight or voyage from Australian territory; (e) goods that are for the service of an aircraft or a vessel on a flight or voyage from Australian territory; (f) goods that have been imported into Australian territory and held in bond at all times before being exported; (g) goods that are imported into Australian territory and then exported in the same covering in which, and with the same trade description with which, they were imported; (h) goods that are consigned to an external Territory for consumption within the Territory; (i) goods that are consigned to a resources industry structure that is installed in any of the following areas, for consumption on the structure: (i) the Greater Sunrise special regime area within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973; (ii) the Greater Sunrise pipeline international offshore area within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; (iii) the area in or above the Bayu‑Undan Gas Field within the meaning of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty; (iv) the Bayu‑Undan pipeline international offshore area within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; (v) the area in or above the Kitan Oil Field within the meaning of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty; (j) goods (other than prescribed livestock, prescribed live animals or prescribed animal reproductive material) that are to be exported in a consignment of no more than: (i) for liquid goods—10 litres; or (ii) for goods of any other kind—10 kilograms; (k) goods that are to be exported to New Zealand, other than: (i) prescribed livestock; or (ii) prescribed live animals; or (iii) prescribed animal reproductive material; or (iv) grain; or (v) plants or plant products for which a certificate is required by or under a law of New Zealand.

Note: For the purposes of paragraph (i), a resources industry structure that is not installed is taken to be a vessel (see the Sea Installations Act 1987).