Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTI-DUMPING AUTHORITY ACT 1988 No. 72 of 1988 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Anti-Dumping Act" means the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975;

"anti-dumping matter" means a matter relating to:

   (a)  the imposition of duties under the Anti-Dumping Act; or

   (b)  the operation of the Anti-Dumping Act;

"Authority" means the Anti-Dumping Authority established by section 4;

"Comptroller" means the Comptroller-General of Customs;

"countervailing duty notice" means a notice published by the Minister under
subsection 10 (1) or (2) or 11 (1) or (2) of the Anti-Dumping Act;

"dumping duty notice" means a notice published by the Minister under
subsection 8 (1) or (2) or 9 (1) or (2) of the Anti-Dumping Act;

"inquiry" means an inquiry conducted by the Authority under this Act;

"like goods", in relation to goods under consideration, has the same meaning
as it has for the purposes of the Anti-Dumping Act;

"member" means the member of the Authority;

"negative preliminary finding", in relation to goods the subject of an
application under section 269TB of the Customs Act 1901, means a preliminary
finding under section 269TD of that Act to the effect that there are not
sufficient grounds for the publication of a dumping duty notice or
countervailing duty notice in respect of the goods the subject of the
application or that there will not be sufficient grounds for such publication
subsequent to the importation into Australia of such goods;

"negative prima facie decision" means:

   (a)  a decision of the Comptroller under subsection 269TC (1) of the
        Customs Act 1901 rejecting an application made under subsection 269TB
        (1) of that Act; or

   (b)  a decision of the Comptroller under subsection 269TC (2) of that Act
        rejecting an application made under subsection 269TB (2) of that Act.

(2) A reference in this Act to goods the subject of an application under
section 269TB of the Customs Act 1901 is a reference to goods referred to in
the application:

   (a)  that have been imported into Australia;

   (b)  that are likely to be so imported; or

   (c)  that may be so imported, being like goods to goods to which paragraph
        (a) or (b) applies.