David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I am advised that it is not limited by those words. It can be broader for the purposes of the act.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN (13:28): The question is that government amendments (3), (8) and (13) to (16) on sheet BM290 be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN (13:28): We now move to government amendments (4) and (5) on sheet BM290.

by leave—I move:

(4) Clause 4, page 5 (before line 16), before the definition of foreign person, insert:

DSGL technology means a thing that is:

(a) technology, or software, as defined in the Defence and Strategic Goods List; and

(b) within the scope of that list.

Note: For paragraph (b), the Defence and Strategic Goods List contains exemptions relating to technology or software in the public domain and to basic scientific research.

(5) Clause 4, page 6 (lines 18 and 19), omit the definition of supply, substitute:

supply:

(a) includes supply by way of sale, exchange, gift, lease, hire or hire-purchase; and

(b) in relation to DSGL technology—includes provide access to DSGL technology.