Customs Legislation Amendment (Flags) Regulations 2022 (F2022L00512)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

4   Schedule 3 (after table item 10)

Insert:

10A

Goods to which, or the coverings to which, there is applied a representation of the Arms, a flag or a seal of a State or Territory or a representation so nearly resembling the Arms, a flag or a seal of a State or Territory as to be likely to deceive

The goods must not be imported unless:

(a) the design of the representation has been approved in writing by:

(i) the head (however described) of the Department of State of the State or the Territory administered by the Premier of the State or the Chief Minister of the Territory; or

(ii) an officer (however described) of that Department who is authorised by that head to give such approval; and

(b) if the Collector asks the importer to produce the approval - the importer produces it