Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                                 1

1............ Short title and commencement [see Note 1] ....................................... 1

1A......... General administration of Act in relation to imports ......................... 1

2............ Incorporation ...................................................................................... 1

3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

4............ Application of trade description ........................................................ 2

Part II--Inspection of imports and exports                                                               3

5............ Inspection of imports and exports ..................................................... 3

6............ Notice of intention to export .............................................................. 3

Part III--Imports                                                                                                                     5

7............ Prohibition of imports not bearing prescribed trade description ........ 5

8............ Imported goods found in Australia without prescribed trade description                5

9............ Importation of falsely marked goods .................................................. 6

9A......... Imported goods found in Australia with false trade description ........ 6

10.......... Forfeiture of falsely marked goods ..................................................... 6

Part IV--Exports                                                                                                                      7

10A....... Application of Part ............................................................................. 7

11.......... Prohibition of exports not bearing the prescribed trade description .. 7

12.......... Penalty for applying false trade description to exports ..................... 8

13.......... Exportation of falsely marked goods .................................................. 8

14.......... Marking of goods for export ............................................................... 9

Part V--Miscellaneous                                                                                                       10

15.......... Review of decisions .......................................................................... 10

16.......... Trade description disclosing trade secrets ........................................ 10

17.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 10

Notes                                                                                                                                             11

An Act relating to Commerce with other Countries

  

Notes to the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

Note 1

The Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 16, 1905 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 6 April 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905	16, 1905	8 Dec 1905	8 June 1906 (see Gazette 1906, p. 131)
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1926	37, 1926	11 Aug 1926	11 Aug 1926	--
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1930	15, 1930	18 July 1930	18 July 1930	--
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1933	13, 1933	24 July 1933	24 July 1933	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1950	80, 1950	16 Dec 1950	31 Dec 1950	Ss. 16 and 17
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966	93, 1966	29 Oct 1966	1 Dec 1966	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Statute Law Revision Act 1981	61, 1981	12 June 1981	Part VIII (ss. 22, 23): 12 June 1981 (a)	S. 23(2)
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Amendment Act 1981	151, 1981	26 Oct 1981	26 Oct 1981	--
Export Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982	48, 1982	9 June 1982	1 Jan 1983 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1982, No. G48)	--
Customs Administration (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1985	39, 1985	29 May 1985	10 June 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1985, No. S194)	S. 4
Customs Administration (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986	10, 1986	13 May 1986	13 May 1986	Ss. 2(2) and 4
Industry, Technology and Commerce Legislation Amendment Act 1992	168, 1992	11 Dec 1992	Part 5 (ss. 14, 15): 30 July 1975 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995	85, 1995	1 July 1995	Schedule 3 (items 1-7): 1 July 1995 (b) Ss. 18, 20 and Schedule 9 (items 48-50): Royal Assent (b)	Ss. 18 and 20
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	24, 2001	6 Apr 2001	S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 7: (c)	S. 4(1) and (2) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 160-164): 4 July 2008	--

(a)     The Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 was amended by Part VIII (sections 22 and 23) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)    The Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1-7) and Schedule 9 (items 48-50) only of the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsections 2(1) and (5) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

                 (5)   Schedules 2 and 3, items 1, 26 to 45, 49 to 53 and 56 and 67 of Schedule 4, Schedule 6, items 6 to 11 of Schedule 7 and Schedules 8 and 10 commence on 1 July 1995.

(c)     The Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 was amended by Schedule 7 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(a) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the later of the following times:

                              (a)   immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000;

         Item 15 commenced on 24 May 2001.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
Heading to Part I..................	ad. No. 216, 1973
Heading preceding s. 1.......	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 1A...................................	ad. No. 39, 1985
	am. No. 85, 1995
Note to s. 2..........................	ad. No. 24, 2001
S. 3......................................	am. No. 15, 1930; No. 13, 1933; No. 80, 1950; No. 216, 1973; No. 48, 1982; No. 85, 1995
S. 4......................................	am. No. 15, 1930
Part II
Heading to Part II.................	ad. No. 216, 1973
Heading preceding s. 5.......	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 5......................................	am. No. 15, 1930; No. 85, 1995; No. 73, 2008
S. 6......................................	am. No. 15, 1930; No. 13, 1933; No. 80, 1950; No. 93, 1966; No. 216, 1973; No. 48, 1982; No. 168, 1992; No. 24, 2001; No. 73, 2008
Part III
Heading to Part III.................	ad. No. 216, 1973
Heading preceding s. 7.......	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 7......................................	am. No. 15, 1930; No. 216, 1973; No. 10, 1986; No. 85, 1995
S. 8......................................	am. No. 15, 1930
S. 9......................................	am. No. 93, 1966
	rs. No. 216, 1973
	am. No. 168, 1992; No. 24, 2001; No. 73, 2008
S. 9A...................................	ad. No. 15, 1930
S. 10....................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 10, 1986; No. 85, 1995
	rs. No. 85, 1995
Part IV
Heading to Part IV...............	ad. No. 216, 1973
S. 10A.................................	ad. No. 48, 1982
Heading preceding s. 11.....	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 11....................................	am. No. 15, 1930; No. 13, 1933; No. 80, 1950; No. 216, 1973; No. 48, 1982; No. 85, 1995
S. 12....................................	am. No. 93, 1966; No. 151, 1981; No. 48, 1982; No. 168, 1992; No. 24, 2001
S. 13....................................	am. No. 15, 1930; No. 13, 1933; No. 80, 1950; No. 216, 1973; No. 48, 1982; No. 85, 1995
	rs. No. 85, 1995
Part V
Heading to Part V................	ad. No. 216, 1973
S. 15....................................	am. No. 37, 1926
	rep. No. 15, 1930
	ad. No. 61, 1981
	am. No. 48, 1982; No. 10, 1986; No. 85, 1995
	rs. No. 85, 1995
Heading preceding s. 17.....	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 18....................................	rep. No. 80, 1950

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 24, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.