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Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 Citation change

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- Department of Home Affairs
This item is authorised by the following title:

• Customs Act 1901 Latest version View as made version F2026C00262 C115 26 March 2026 This instrument was backcaptured in accordance with Section 36 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003

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- Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Name of Regulations
- 2 Interpretation
- Part 2—Exemptions
- 2A Exemption of goods specified in Schedule 3
- Part 3—Prohibited exports
- Division 1—Miscellaneous prohibited exports
- 3 Exportation of objectionable goods
- 4 Exportation of asbestos or certain goods containing asbestos
- 4A Exportation of chemicals
- 5 Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 3 (primary produce)
- 6 Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 4 (toothfish)
- 8 Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 6 (human substances)
- 8A Exportation of viable material derived from human embryo clones
- 9 Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 7 (nuclear material)
- 9AA Exportation of rough diamonds
- 9AB Exportation of cat and dog fur
- 9AC Exportation of security sensitive ammonium nitrate
- 9AD Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 7A (high activity radioactive sources)
- Division 2—Drugs and precursor substances
- 9A Definitions for Division 2
- 10 Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 8 (drugs)
- 10AA Drugs that may be exported—Ministerial approval
- 10AB Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 9 (precursor substances)
- 10A Licensed exporters
- 10B Conditions of licences under regulation 10A
- 10C Requirements appropriate to drugs
- 10CA Requirements appropriate to precursor substances
- 10D Drugs deemed to be narcotic drugs
- 10E Exercise of powers by Secretary, Comptroller-General of Customs or authorised person
- 10F Review of decisions—exportation of Schedule 8 drugs and precursor substances
- Division 2A—Exportation of goods in relation to autonomous sanctions
- 11 Exportation of export sanctioned goods to countries under autonomous sanctions
- 11A Exportation of goods to designated persons and entities under autonomous sanctions
- 11B Exportation of controlled assets under autonomous sanctions
- Division 3—Exportation of goods to certain countries
- 13CI Exportation of arms or related matériel to Afghanistan
- 13CJ Exportation of acetic anhydride
- 13CL Exportation of arms or related matériel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 13CM Exportation of arms or related matériel to Sudan
- 13CO Exportation of goods to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- 13CP Exportation of arms or related matériel to Lebanon
- 13CQ Exportation of certain goods to Iran
- 13CS Exportation of certain goods to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- 13CT Exportation of certain goods to the Central African Republic
- 13CU Exportation of certain goods to Haiti
- 13CV Exportation of certain goods to Iraq
- 13CW Exportation of certain goods to Somalia
- 13CX Exportation of certain goods to South Sudan
- Division 4—Financial goods
- 13D Exportation of counterfeit credit, debit and charge cards
- Division 4A—Defence and strategic goods
- 13E Exportation of defence and strategic goods—general
- 13EA Exportation of defence and strategic goods—no permission required under regulation 13E
- 13EB Export defence and strategic goods—application for permission
- 13EC Exportation of defence and strategic goods—changing permission conditions
- 13ED Exportation of defence and strategic goods—revocation of permission
- 13EE Internal review of defence and strategic goods decisions
- 13EF Review by the Administrative Review Tribunal
- 13EG Notification of decisions—service and receipt
- 13EH Disclosure of reasons for decisions
- 13EI Disclosure of information and documents
- 13EJ Delegations by Defence Minister
- 13EK Delegations by Secretary
- Division 4B—Environmental goods
- 13F Exportation of ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases
- 13G Exportation of radioactive waste
- Division 5—Devices and documents relating to suicide
- 13GA Exportation of devices and documents relating to suicide
- Division 6—Liquefied natural gas
- 13GB Definitions
- 13GC Export prohibited during domestic shortfall quarters
- 13GD Assignment of permissions
- 13GE Determining a domestic shortfall quarter
- 13GF Resources Minister may publish guidelines
- 13GG Review of Division
- 13GH Repeal of Division
- Part 4—Miscellaneous
- 13H Certain applications to be referred
- 14 Regulations do not derogate from any other law
- 15 Delegation by Foreign Secretary
- Part 5—Transitional matters
- 17 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Regulation 2015
- 18 Amendments made by the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Amendment (Defence and Strategic Goods) Regulations 2018
- 19 Transitional matters—effect of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Asbestos) Regulations 2019 on permissions and confirmations
- 20 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs Legislation Amendment (Objectionable Goods) Regulations 2020
- 21 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021
- 22 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Amendment (Liquefied Natural Gas) Regulations 2023
- 23 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs Legislation Amendment (Japan—Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement) Regulations 2023
- 24 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Exports and Imports) Regulations 2023
- 25 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024
- 26 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs) Regulations 2025
- 27 Transitional matters—amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Act 2026
- 28 Transitional matters—amendments made by the Charter of the United Nations Legislation Amendment (Sanctions) Regulations 2026
- Schedule 1—Goods containing asbestos
- Schedule 2—Goods, being certain chemicals, the exportation of which is prohibited unless permission is granted under regulation 4A
- Part 1—Chemicals
- Part 2—Mixture or preparation containing chemicals
- Schedule 3—Goods the exportation of which is prohibited unless the approval of the Minister referred to in regulation 5 or of an authorised officer is produced to the collector
- Schedule 4—Goods the exportation of which is prohibited if permission is not granted under regulation 6
- Schedule 6—Goods the exportation of which is prohibited if permission is not granted under regulation 8
- Schedule 7—Goods the exportation of which is prohibited without the permission of the Minister referred to in regulation 9 or an authorised person
- Schedule 7A—High activity radioactive sources
- Schedule 8—Drugs the exportation of which is prohibited if specified conditions, restrictions or requirements are not complied with
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Schedule 9—Precursor substances
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Endnotes
- Endnote 1—About the endnotes
- Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
- Endnote 3—Legislation history
- Endnote 4—Amendment history