Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The importation into Australia (except from an external Territory) of:
(a) a substance mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 10; or
(b) pre‑charged equipment;
is prohibited.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if a licence to import the substance or equipment has been granted under section 16 of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 and the licence, or a copy of the licence, is produced to a Collector.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a substance that is:
(a) contained in goods (except pre‑charged equipment) that will use the substance in the operation of the goods (for example, an aerosol spray device); or
(b) present in goods because the substance was used in the manufacturing process for the goods.
(4) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a CFC, HCFC or SGG in relation to which all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) the CFC, HCFC or SGG is on board a ship or aircraft;
(b) the ship or aircraft has air conditioning or refrigeration equipment;
(c) the CFC, HCFC or SGG is exclusively for use in meeting the reasonable servicing requirements of that equipment during, or in connection with, 1 or more periods when the ship or aircraft is or will be engaged in a journey between:
(i) a place in Australia and a place outside Australia; or
(ii) 2 places outside Australia.
(5) Subregulation (1) does not apply to an SGG that is imported for use as a cover gas in the manufacture and casting of magnesium.
(6) Subregulation (1) does not apply to pre‑charged equipment in relation to which paragraph 68 (1) (d) of the Act applies.
Note Paragraph 68 (1) (d) of the Act applies to personal or household effects of a passenger, or a member of a crew, of a ship or aircraft.
(7) In this regulation:
"pre-charged equipment" means air-conditioning equipment, or refrigeration equipment, (including equipment fitted to a motor vehicle) that contains an HFC or HCFC.