Export Control Amendment (Clarifying Obligations Relating to Registered Establishments) Bill 2026; Third Reading

Summary

The Export Control Act 2020 is being amended to reduce red tape for businesses that export food, agricultural products, wool, honey, pharmaceuticals and other goods from Australia. The changes allow companies to carry out production and preparation work at registered facilities without having to list every operation in their registration paperwork, and let the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry issue export certificates that cover types of goods rather than individual shipments — both things trading partners require but which currently create unnecessary paperwork burden. This matters because it removes penalties for businesses doing export work at registered sites when those operations aren't mandatory requirements, while still maintaining proper government oversight of exports through the same legislative framework.

What happens at this stage

The final vote in this chamber on the bill as a whole, after all amendments have been considered. If it passes, the bill moves to the other chamber to go through the same process. If both chambers have already agreed to identical text, the bill proceeds directly to Royal Assent.

Next: The other chamber, which runs the same process from First Reading, or Royal Assent if both chambers have already agreed