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senate vote 2024-09-09#4
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Bills — Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; in Committee- Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024 - in Committee - Supplying illegally logged timber
Description
<p class="speaker">Nick McKim</p><p>by leave—I move Greens amendments (1) and (2) standing in my name on sheet 2646 together:</p>-
- The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-09-09.48.24) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Nick McKim](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/nick_mckim) (Greens), which means they failed. The amendments would have created an offence of supplying illegally logged timber.
- ### Amendment text
- > *(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 6), after item 1, insert:*
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- >> *1A Section 6*
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- >> *After "importation of illegally logged timber", insert ", the supply of illegally logged timber".*
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- > *(2) Schedule 1, item 7, page 6 (after line 16), after the definition of State or Territory body in section 7, insert:*
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- >> *supply includes supply by way of sale, exchange, gift, lease, loan, hire or hire-purchase.*
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- > *(3) Schedule 1, page 13 (after line 12), after item 25, insert:*
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- >> *25A After Part 2*
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- >> *Insert:*
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- >> *Part 2A — Supplying*
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- >> *Division 1 — Introduction*
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- >>> *14A Simplified outline of this Part*
- >>>
- >>> *The supply of illegally logged timber is prohibited.*
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- >> *Division 2 — Supplying illegally logged timber*
- >>
- >>> *14B Supplying illegally logged timber*
- >>>
- >>> *Fault-based offence*
- >>>
- >>> *(1) A person commits an offence if:*
- >>>
- >>>> *(a) the person supplies a thing; and*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(b) the thing is, is made from, or includes, illegally logged timber; and*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(c) the person is a constitutional corporation, or the person supplies the thing:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(i) in the course of, or for the purposes of, trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States or between a State and a Territory; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(ii) on behalf of a constitutional corporation; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(iii) for the purposes of supplying timber products to a constitutional corporation; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(iv) on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(v) for the purposes of supplying timber products to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *Penalty: 5 years imprisonment or 500 penalty units, or both.*
- >>>
- >>> *Strict liability offence*
- >>>
- >>> *(2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:*
- >>>
- >>>> *(a) the person supplies a thing in Australia; and*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(b) the thing is, is made from, or includes, illegally logged timber; and*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(c) the person is a constitutional corporation, or the person supplies the thing:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(i) in the course of, or for the purposes of, trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States or between a State and a Territory; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(ii) on behalf of a constitutional corporation; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(iii) for the purposes of supplying timber products to a constitutional corporation; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(iv) on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(v) for the purposes of supplying timber products to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *Penalty: 60 penalty units.*
- >>>
- >>> *Civil penalty provision*
- >>>
- >>> *(3) A person contravenes this subsection if:*
- >>>
- >>>> *(a) the person supplies a thing in Australia; and*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(b) the thing is, is made from, or includes, illegally logged timber; and*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(c) the person is a constitutional corporation, or the person supplies the thing:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(i) in the course of, or for the purposes of, trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States or between a State and a Territory; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(ii) on behalf of a constitutional corporation; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(iii) for the purposes of supplying timber products to a constitutional corporation; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(iv) on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(v) for the purposes of supplying timber products to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *Civil penalty: 100 penalty units.*
- >>>
- >>> *14C Forfeiture*
- >>>
- >>> *(1) A court may order all or any part of a thing to be forfeited to the Commonwealth if:*
- >>>
- >>>> *(a) the court:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(i) convicts a person of an offence against subsection 14B(1) or (2) in respect of the thing or part; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(ii) makes a civil penalty order under section 82 of the Regulatory Powers Act in relation to a contravention of subsection 14B(3) of this Act in respect of the thing or part; and*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(b) the thing or part is the property of the person.*
- >>>
- >>> *(2) The person is entitled to be heard in relation to the forfeiture order.*
- >>>
- >>> *(3) The thing or part may be dealt with or disposed of in any manner that the Secretary thinks appropriate, but only after:*
- >>>
- >>>> *(a) if the periods provided for lodging appeals against the forfeiture order and the conviction or civil penalty order have ended without such an appeal having been lodged—the end of those periods; or*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(b) if one or more such appeals have been lodged—the appeals lapse or are finally determined.*
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- > *(4) Schedule 1, item 56, page 53 (after line 5), after subitem (1), insert:*
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- >> *(1A) Sections 14B and 14C of the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012, as inserted by this Schedule, apply in relation to a thing that is supplied on or after the commencement of this item.*
<p class="italic">(1) Schedule 1, items 24 and 25, page 13 (lines 8 to 12), omit the items, substitute:</p><p class="italic">24 Subsection 14(5)</p><p class="italic">Repeal the subsection, substitute:</p><p class="italic">(5) The rules may provide for due diligence requirements for importing regulated timber products to be satisfied, wholly or partly, by compliance with:</p><p class="italic">(a) specified laws (including laws in force in a State or Territory or another country); or</p><p class="italic">(b) specified rules or processes (including rules or processes established or accredited by an industry or certifying body) that are consistent with a law in force in a State or Territory or another country; or</p><p class="italic">(c) specified established operational processes that are consistent with a law in force in a State or Territory or another country.</p><p class="italic">25 Subsection 14(6)</p><p class="italic">Repeal the subsection.</p><p class="italic">(2) Schedule 1, items 40 and 41, page 20 (lines 18 to 22), omit the items, substitute:</p><p class="italic">40 Subsection 18(5)</p><p class="italic">Repeal the subsection, substitute:</p><p class="italic">(5) The rules may provide for due diligence requirements for processing raw logs to be satisfied, wholly or partly, by compliance with:</p><p class="italic">(a) specified laws (including laws in force in a State or Territory); or</p><p class="italic">(b) specified rules or processes (including rules or processes established or accredited by an industry or certifying body) that are consistent with a law in force in a State or Territory; or</p><p class="italic">(c) specified established operational processes that are consistent with a law in force in a State or Territory.</p><p class="italic">41 Subsection 18(6)</p><p class="italic">Repeal the subsection.</p> <p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p><p>The question is that Greens amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 2646, as moved by Senator McKim, be agreed to.</p><p>Question negatived.</p> <p class="speaker">Nick McKim</p><p>by leave—I ask that the Greens' support for the amendments be recorded.</p> <p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p><p>Senator McKim, you have the call.</p> <p class="speaker">Nick McKim</p><p>by leave—I move Greens amendments (1) to (4) on sheet 2665 together:</p><p class="italic">(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 6), after item 1, insert:</p><p class="italic">1A Section 6</p><p class="italic">After "importation of illegally logged timber", insert ", the supply of illegally logged timber".</p><p class="italic">(2) Schedule 1, item 7, page 6 (after line 16), after the definition of <i>State or Territory body</i> in section 7, insert:</p><p class="italic"><i>supply</i> includes supply by way of sale, exchange, gift, lease, loan, hire or hire-purchase.</p><p class="italic">(3) Schedule 1, page 13 (after line 12), after item 25, insert:</p><p class="italic">25A After Part 2</p><p class="italic">Insert:</p><p class="italic">Part 2A — Supplying</p><p class="italic">Division 1 — Introduction</p><p class="italic">14A Simplified outline of this Part</p><p class="italic">The supply of illegally logged timber is prohibited.</p><p class="italic">Division 2 — Supplying illegally logged timber</p><p class="italic">14B Supplying illegally logged timber</p><p class="italic"> <i>Fault-based offence</i></p><p class="italic">(1) A person commits an offence if:</p><p class="italic">(a) the person supplies a thing; and</p><p class="italic">(b) the thing is, is made from, or includes, illegally logged timber; and</p><p class="italic">(c) the person is a constitutional corporation, or the person supplies the thing:</p><p class="italic">(i) in the course of, or for the purposes of, trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States or between a State and a Territory; or</p><p class="italic">(ii) on behalf of a constitutional corporation; or</p><p class="italic">(iii) for the purposes of supplying timber products to a constitutional corporation; or</p><p class="italic">(iv) on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or</p><p class="italic">(v) for the purposes of supplying timber products to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.</p><p class="italic">Penalty: 5 years imprisonment or 500 penalty units, or both.</p><p class="italic"> <i>Strict liability offence</i></p><p class="italic">(2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:</p><p class="italic">(a) the person supplies a thing in Australia; and</p><p class="italic">(b) the thing is, is made from, or includes, illegally logged timber; and</p><p class="italic">(c) the person is a constitutional corporation, or the person supplies the thing:</p><p class="italic">(i) in the course of, or for the purposes of, trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States or between a State and a Territory; or</p><p class="italic">(ii) on behalf of a constitutional corporation; or</p><p class="italic">(iii) for the purposes of supplying timber products to a constitutional corporation; or</p><p class="italic">(iv) on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or</p><p class="italic">(v) for the purposes of supplying timber products to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.</p><p class="italic">Penalty: 60 penalty units.</p><p class="italic"> <i>Civil penalty provision</i></p><p class="italic">(3) A person contravenes this subsection if:</p><p class="italic">(a) the person supplies a thing in Australia; and</p><p class="italic">(b) the thing is, is made from, or includes, illegally logged timber; and</p><p class="italic">(c) the person is a constitutional corporation, or the person supplies the thing:</p><p class="italic">(i) in the course of, or for the purposes of, trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States or between a State and a Territory; or</p><p class="italic">(ii) on behalf of a constitutional corporation; or</p><p class="italic">(iii) for the purposes of supplying timber products to a constitutional corporation; or</p><p class="italic">(iv) on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or</p><p class="italic">(v) for the purposes of supplying timber products to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.</p><p class="italic">Civil penalty: 100 penalty units.</p><p class="italic">14C Forfeiture</p><p class="italic">(1) A court may order all or any part of a thing to be forfeited to the Commonwealth if:</p><p class="italic">(a) the court:</p><p class="italic">(i) convicts a person of an offence against subsection 14B(1) or (2) in respect of the thing or part; or</p><p class="italic">(ii) makes a civil penalty order under section 82 of the Regulatory Powers Act in relation to a contravention of subsection 14B(3) of this Act in respect of the thing or part; and</p><p class="italic">(b) the thing or part is the property of the person.</p><p class="italic">(2) The person is entitled to be heard in relation to the forfeiture order.</p><p class="italic">(3) The thing or part may be dealt with or disposed of in any manner that the Secretary thinks appropriate, but only after:</p><p class="italic">(a) if the periods provided for lodging appeals against the forfeiture order and the conviction or civil penalty order have ended without such an appeal having been lodged—the end of those periods; or</p><p class="italic">(b) if one or more such appeals have been lodged—the appeals lapse or are finally determined.</p><p class="italic">(4) Schedule 1, item 56, page 53 (after line 5), after subitem (1), insert:</p><p class="italic">(1A) Sections 14B and 14C of the <i>Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012</i>, as inserted by this Schedule, apply in relation to a thing that is supplied on or after the commencement of this item.</p> <p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p><p>The question before the committee is that amendments (1) to (4) on sheet 2665, as moved by Senator McKim, be agreed to.</p><p></p><p></p> -
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