The Minister for Home Affairs has gazetted a notice specifying that the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement entered into force for Australia on 1 January 2013.
Bills introducing new rules of origin for goods that are imported into Australia from Malaysia to give effect to the Agreement – the Customs Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2012 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2012 – passed all stages without amendment and received Royal Assent on 4 December 2012.
[LTN 13, 21/1/13]