Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 20121

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 271

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012.

Dated 6 December 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

JOSEPH WILLIAM LUDWIG

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Part 1 Preliminary

1.1 Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012.

1.2 Commencement

  This regulation commences on the commencement of item 8 of the table at section 2 of the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012.

1.3 Definition

  In this regulation:

Act means the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012.

Part 4 Monitoring, investigation and enforcement

Division 4.1 Inspectors

4.1.1 Identity cards

  For paragraph 20 (2) (a) of the Act, an identity card must display the following:

 (a) a statement that the cardholder is an inspector appointed under the Act;

 (b) the unique identifying number assigned to the inspector by the Secretary;

 (c) the date of expiry of the inspector’s appointment as an inspector under the Act.

Note   Paragraph 20 (2) (b) of the Act requires the card to contain a recent photograph of the inspector.

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