239Requirements for applications

239  Requirements for applications

 (1) An application must:

Note: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person makes a false or misleading statement in an application or provides false or misleading information or documents (see sections 136.1, 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code and sections 367, 368 and 369 of this Act).

 (2) The Secretary may accept any information or document previously given to the Secretary in connection with an application made under this Act, or a notice of intention to export a consignment of prescribed goods given under this Act, as satisfying any requirement to give that information or document under subsection (1).

 (3) An application is taken not to have been made if the application does not comply with the requirements referred to in subsection (1) for the application.

 (4) To avoid doubt, the Secretary may approve:

 (a) different forms for applications relating to different kinds of prescribed goods; or

 (b) a single form for more than one kind of application.

Example: The Secretary may approve a single form to be used to apply for an export permit for a kind of prescribed goods and a government certificate in relation to the goods.