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Defence Trade Controls (Australian Military Sales Program item) Determination 2024

I, Richard Marles, Minister for Defence, make the following determination.

Dated 14 August 2024   

Richard Marles

Minister for Defence

 

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Defence Trade Controls (Australian Military Sales Program item) Determination 2024.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 September 2024.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 5AA of the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) Australian Military Sales Program item;

(b) Defence and Strategic Goods List;

(c) DSGL goods;

(d) DSGL technology.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012.

AEW&C means Airborne Early Warning and Control.

aircraft has the same meaning as in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.

development has the same meaning as in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.

DSGL Reference Number means the item number in Part 1—Munitions List of the Defence and Strategic Goods List that covers the DSGL goods or DSGL technology.

production has the same meaning as in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.

required has the same meaning as in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.

software has the same meaning as in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.

technology has the same meaning as in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.

UAV has the same meaning as in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.

5  Australian Military Sales Program item

 (1) The following DSGL goods and DSGL technology are specified as an Australian Military Sales Program item:

 (a) DSGL goods or DSGL technology specified in an item of column 2 of the following table that are covered by the DSGL Reference Number in column 3.

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Item

DSGL goods or DSGL technology

DSGL Reference Number

1

Ghost Shark Extra-Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle

ML9.

2

MQ-28A Ghost Bat UAV

ML10.

3

E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft

ML10.

4

Active Electronically Scanned Array

ML5.

5

Jindalee Operational Radar Network high-frequency over-the-horizon radar

ML5.

 (b) Components specially designed for DSGL goods covered by an item of the table in paragraph 5(1)(a).

 (c) Software covered by DSGL Reference Number ML21. specially designed or modified for the development, production, operation or maintenance of any of the following:

 (i) DSGL goods or DSGL technology covered by an item of the table in paragraph 5(1)(a);

 (ii) components covered by paragraph 5(1)(b).

 (d) Technology covered by DSGL Reference Number ML22. specially required for the development, production, operation, installation, maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul or refurbishing of any of the following:

 (i) DSGL goods or DSGL technology covered by an item of the table in paragraph 5(1)(a);

 (ii) components covered by paragraph 5(1)(b).