Export permits

A permit will be required when a person in Australia supplies DSGL technology in an electronic or other intangible form to a person located outside Australia. This includes providing access to DSGL technology (e.g. providing passwords to access electronic files stored on a database located in Australia).

Exceptions

A permit is not required for pre-publication or supply of Part 2 DGSL technology 

A permit is not required for oral supply of DSGL technology (e.g. telephone conversations, video conferences, live streaming or webinars) unless:

1. the oral supply is for the purpose of providing a person with access to DSGL technology (e.g.  providing a password to a data base located in Australia containing DSGL technology) or
2. the oral supply is for the purpose of providing the DSGL technology for use in a Weapons of Mass Destruction program or for a military end-use.

An approval will be required to place Part 1 DSGL technology in the public domain by publishing it on the internet or otherwise. This requirement applies to anyone located in Australia or an Australian citizen or resident located outside Australia.

Exception

A publication approval is not required for publication of Part 2 DSGL technology.

A brokering permit will be required where a person acts as an agent or intermediary to arrange the transfer of Part 1 defence and strategic goods and technology between 2 places located outside Australia AND receives money or a non-cash benefit or advances a political, religious or ideological cause. A person must be registered as a broker before a brokering permit can be applied for.

Exceptions

A permit is not required for brokering the transfer of defence and strategic goods and technology from a listed country.

A permit is not required for brokering Part 2 defence and strategic goods and technology unless the Part 2 defence and strategic goods and technology are being brokered for a military end-use or a Weapons of Mass Destruction program.

An application can be made by a single applicant (e.g. the University) working on a joint project or collaborative activity on behalf of all the other parties who will require an export permit.

If Defence Export Controls (DEC) assesses that the applicant and co-applicants may have a permit, it will contact each co-applicant and confirm their need for a permit. Once approved, the applicant and the co-applicants will each be issued a permit with identical descriptions of the approved items, consignees and end-users. However, each permit will only list one permit holder and will be uniquely numbered.

DEC can amend issued permits and additional collaborators can be added to all permits by application by the original applicant (depending on DEC’s assessment).

AUSGELs are permits to export or supply all Part 2 defence and strategic goods and technology except for those defence and strategic goods and technology listed on the permits.

UQ has acquired two AUSGELs which are valid for a period of 5 years expiring on 6 November 2020.

• AUSGEL1 is for multiple exports of certain approved Part 2 defence and strategic goods and technology to approved destinations
• AUSGEL1T is for multiple supplies of certain approved Part 2 defence and strategic goods and technology to approved destinations

The approved destinations are:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.

For further information please contact exportcontrols@uq.edu.au .

Records of physical exports of defence and strategic goods and technology and intangible supplies of DSGL technology made under permits must be kept for a period of 5 years from the date of export or supply.

Defence Export Control has stated its preference for organisations to have a single DECS Client Registration Number (DCRN) and designated representative to allow ease of communication between DEC and the organisation.

All UQ export control permit applications are made in the name of the University. All permit applications must be made to exportcontrols@uq.edu.au.