Export Control (Wood and Woodchips) Rules 2021
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Export Control (Wood and Woodchips) Rules 2021
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(1) For the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act and subject to subsection (2) of this section, the following goods are prescribed for the purposes of the Act: (a) woodchips; (b) wood in the round; (c) wood with a cross‑sectional area of at least 225 square centimetres. (2) Wood or woodchips are not prescribed for the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act if the wood or woodchips are derived from trees sourced from a plantation in a State for which there is an approved code of practice.
Note: Processed and unprocessed wood (including woodchips) sourced from a region covered by a Regional Forest Agreement within the meaning of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 (not including wood sourced from a plantation in a State unless there is an approved code of practice for that State) is non‑prescribed goods (see subsection 6(1) of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002, the definition of RFA wood in section 4 of that Act and the definition of non‑prescribed goods in section 12 of the Export Control Act 2020).