1 Name
of Regulations [see
Note 1]
These Regulations are the Customs Regulations
1926.
1A Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention
appears:
appointed, for a port or wharf, means
appointed under section 15 of the Act.
Customs flag means the flag prescribed by
regulation 2 for the purposes of section 14 of the Act.
Food Standards Code means the Food Standards
Code as in force on 14 April 1987 that was adopted by the National Health and
Medical Research Council on 19 March 1987 and approved by the National Food
Standards Council on 14 April 1987.
human embryo has the meaning given by section
8 of the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002.
human embryo clone has the meaning given by
section 8 of the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002.
international airport means the following
airports:
(a) Adelaide International Airport;
(b) Brisbane International Airport;
(c) Cairns International Airport;
(ca) Coolangatta Airport;
(d) Darwin International Airport;
(e) Hobart International Airport;
(f) Melbourne International Airport;
(g) Perth International Airport;
(h) Sydney International Airport.
the Act means the Customs Act 1901.
viable material means living tissue and
cells.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention
appears, a reference to a Form by number is a reference to the Form so numbered
in Schedule 1.
1C Ensign
and insignia (Act s 4)
(1) For the definition of Commonwealth aircraft
in section 4 of the Act:
(a) the Customs flag is the ensign for an
aircraft in the service of Customs; and
(b) the Australian National Flag is the ensign
for any other aircraft; and
(c) the word ‘CUSTOMS’, displayed in letters at
least 150 millimetres high, is the insignia for an aircraft in the service
of Customs; and
(d) a disc that displays, within a blue rim the
inner diameter of which is two‑thirds of the diameter of the disc, a red
silhouette of a kangaroo on a white background is the insignia for an aircraft
in the service of the Australian Defence Force.
(2) For the definition of Commonwealth ship
in section 4 of the Act:
(a) the Customs flag is the ensign for a ship in
the service of Customs; and
(b) the ensign of the Royal Australian Navy is
the ensign for a ship in the service of the Royal Australian Navy; and
(c) the Australian National Flag is the ensign
for any other ship.
1D Excise‑equivalent
goods (Act s 4)
(1) For the definition of excise‑equivalent
goods in subsection 4 (1) of the Act, the goods classified
under any of the following subheadings are prescribed:
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2203.00.31
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2203.00.39
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2203.00.61
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2203.00.62
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2203.00.69
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2203.00.71
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2203.00.72
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2203.00.79
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2204.10.23
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2204.10.29
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2204.10.83
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2204.10.89
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2204.21.30
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2204.21.90
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2204.29.30
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2204.29.90
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2205.10.30
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2205.10.90
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2205.90.30
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2205.90.90
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2206.00.52
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2206.00.59
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2206.00.62
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2206.00.69
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2206.00.74
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2206.00.75
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2206.00.78
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2206.00.82
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2206.00.83
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2206.00.89
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2206.00.92
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2206.00.99
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2207.10.00
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2207.20.10
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2208.20.10
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2208.20.90
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2208.30.00
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2208.40.00
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2208.50.00
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2208.60.00
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2208.70.00
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2208.90.20
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2208.90.90
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2401.10.00
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2401.20.00
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2401.30.00
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2402.10.20
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2402.10.80
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2402.20.20
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2402.20.80
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2403.10.30
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2403.10.70
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2403.91.00
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2403.99.80
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2707.10.00
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2707.20.00
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2707.30.00
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2707.50.00
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2709.00.90
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2710.11.61
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2710.11.69
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2710.11.70
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2710.11.80
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2710.19.16
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2710.19.20
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2710.19.40
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2710.19.51
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2710.19.52
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2710.19.53
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2710.19.70
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2710.19.80
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2710.19.91
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2710.19.92
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2710.91.16
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2710.91.20
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2710.91.40
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2710.91.51
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2710.91.52
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2710.91.53
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2710.91.61
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2710.91.69
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2710.91.70
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2710.91.80
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2710.91.91
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2710.91.92
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2710.99.16
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2710.99.20
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2710.99.40
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2710.99.51
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2710.99.52
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2710.99.53
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2710.99.61
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2710.99.69
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2710.99.70
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2710.99.80
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2710.99.91
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2710.99.92
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2902.20.00
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2902.30.00
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2902.41.00
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2902.42.00
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2902.43.00
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2902.44.00
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3403.11.10
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3403.11.90
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3403.19.10
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3403.19.90
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3403.91.10
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3403.91.90
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3403.99.10
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3403.99.90
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3811.21.10
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3811.21.90
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3817.00.10
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3819.00.00
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3824.90.20
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3824.90.30.
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(2) In subregulation (1), a reference to a subheading is
a reference to that subheading in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995
as in force from time to time.
2 Prescribed
flag for the purposes of section 14 of the Act
For the purposes of section 14 of the Act the
following flag is prescribed, namely, the Australian National Flag with the
addition in the fly of the word ‘CUSTOMS’ in white in bold character.
3 Wharfs:
security for the protection of revenue
(1) The owner of any wharf, or any person having the
control of a wharf, in respect of which security has not been furnished at the
commencement of this regulation shall, when required by the Collector, furnish
security, for the protection of the revenue, in accordance with Form 67 or 68
as the case requires.
(2) The security to be given in respect of a wharf shall
be for such amount as the Regional Director for the State in which the wharf is
situate deems necessary.
(4) Any wharf‑owner, or person having the control
of a wharf, who fails to comply with the provisions of this regulation shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding One hundred dollars, and such failure shall
be good ground for the cancellation of the appointment of the wharf as a wharf
within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901.
19 Working
days and hours of business
(1) For the purposes of subsection 28 (1) of the
Act:
(a) the working days of the Customs for the
performance of a function mentioned in column 2 of an item in the following table
are the days set out in column 3 of that item; and
(b) the working hours of the Customs for the
performance of the function on a day set out in column 3 of that item in the
following table are the hours set out in column 4 of that item:
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Column 1
Item
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Column 2
Function
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Column 3
Working days
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Column 4
Working hours
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1
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Receiving electronic communications required or permitted
to be made under Division 3 or 4 of Part IV of the Act
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Every day
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All hours
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2
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Boarding or clearing aircraft at an international airport
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Every day
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all hours
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4
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Attendance for the examination of aircraft passengers’
baggage at an international airport or ship passengers’ baggage at an
appointed port or wharf
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Every day
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all hours
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7
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Receiving electronic communications to Customs in relation
to goods intended for export and the departure of ships and aircraft
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Every day
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All hours
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7A
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Receiving applications under regulation 128 transmitted to
Customs manually in the Northern Territory
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Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday
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8.00 am to 4.30 pm
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7B
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Receiving applications under regulation 128 transmitted to
Customs manually outside the Northern Territory
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Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday
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8.30 am to 5.00 pm
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8
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Any other function of the Customs, done in the Northern
Territory at a Customs place
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Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday
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8.00am to 4.30pm
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9
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Any other function of the Customs, done outside the
Northern Territory at a Customs place
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Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday
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8.30am to 5.00pm
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(2) In subregulation (1):
Customs place means:
(a) a place owned or occupied by Customs; or
(b) a port,
airport or wharf that is appointed, and the limits of which are fixed, under
section 15 of the Act; or
(c) a boarding station that is appointed under
section 15 of the Act; or
(d) a place described in a depot licence that is
granted under section 77G of the Act; or
(e) a place described in a licence for
warehousing goods that is granted under subsection 79 (1) of the Act; or
(f) a place that is approved, in writing, by the
CEO as a place for the examination of international mail.
public holiday means a day that is observed
as a public holiday at the place where the function is to be performed.
20 Rates
of officers’ fees and travel expenses
(1) For paragraph 28 (3) (a) of the Act, the
rate of overtime fee is $43.35 per hour or part hour.
(2) For paragraph 28 (5) (a) of the Act, the
rate of location fee is $40.10 per hour or part hour.
(3) For paragraphs 28 (3)
(b) and (5) (b) of the Act, the rate of travel expense is:
(a) for travel by taxi:
(i) if Cabcharge is used — 110%
of the fare; or
(ii) if Cabcharge is not used —
the fare; or
(b) for travel by motor vehicle other than
taxi — 58 cents for each kilometre; or
(c) for travel by bus, aircraft, boat or
train — the fare.
(4) For paragraphs 28 (3) (b) and (5) (b)
of the Act, the whole of an accommodation allowance paid to the officer by
Customs in order for the officer to perform the function at the place is a
travel expense.
23 Prescribed
places for the reception or manufacture of goods for export
Each of the following places shall be a prescribed
place for the purposes of paragraph 30 (1) (d) of the Act:
(a) a wharf or airport appointed in pursuance of
section 15 of the Act;
(b) a place appointed, in pursuance of any
regulations made under the Act and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions)
Act 1905, to be a place where goods intended for export may be
inspected and examined;
(c) a place for which a depot licence has been
granted under section 77G of the Act.
23AAA Prescribed
information: Torres Strait Treaty
For the purposes of subsection 30A (4) of the
Act, a notice given by the master of a ship or the pilot of an aircraft,
proposing to take that ship or aircraft, as the case may be, on a voyage or flight
to which that subsection applies, shall set out the following information:
(a) the itinerary of that voyage or flight;
(b) if the notice relates to a voyage of a
ship — the name of the ship;
(c) the registration number of the ship or
aircraft;
(d) the place of registration of the ship or
aircraft;
(e) the type and description of the ship or
aircraft;
(f) the name and address of the owner of the
ship or aircraft;
(g) if the ship or aircraft is under
charter — the name and address of the charterer;
(h) in respect of each member of the crew of the
ship or aircraft:
(i) the name;
(ii) the date of birth; and
(iii) the nationality;
of that member and whether the member is
the master of the ship or the pilot of the aircraft;
(j) in respect of
each traditional inhabitant who will be undertaking that voyage or flight:
(i) the name;
(ii) the place of embarkation; and
(iii) the place of disembarkation;
of that traditional inhabitant;
(k) in respect of each employee of the
Commonwealth, of Queensland or of Papua New Guinea or of an authority of the
Commonwealth, of Queensland or of Papua New Guinea who will be undertaking that
voyage or flight in connection with the performance of his or her duties:
(i) the name;
(ii) the name of the employer; and
(iii) the nationality;
of that employee.
25 Deposits
by subscribers to Customs securities
(1) A subscriber to a Customs security may deposit with
the Collector:
(a) cash;
(b) Commonwealth Bonds;
(c) negotiable instruments approved by the
Collector; or
(d) any
combination of cash, Bonds or negotiable instruments;
of a value equal to the full amount of the liability stated in the
security.
(1AA) A requirement made under subsection 71DA (6) or
71DL (6) of the Act may be in accordance with Form 45AA.
(1A) If, under subsection 71DA (6) or 71DL (6) of
the Act, an officer has required the owner of goods to verify particulars shown
in the import declaration or warehouse declaration that relates to the goods, a
Collector may, before delivering the goods or giving an authority under section
71C or 71DJ of the Act to deal with the goods, take security from the owner in
the manner set out in subregulations (1B) and (1C).
(1B) The security is a cash payment of the amount that the
Collector considers necessary for compliance with the Act and for the
protection of the revenue of the Customs.
(1C) If the Collector takes security from the owner of the
goods, the Collector must enter into an agreement with the owner in the terms
of Form 45A.
(2) If the Collector obtains judgment against the
subscriber in a suit upon the Customs Security the Collector may appropriate so
much of the deposit as is sufficient to satisfy the judgment and costs. If the
deposit is not sufficient to satisfy fully the judgment and costs the Collector
may exercise all powers of enforcing the judgment by execution or otherwise to
obtain payment of the balance remaining due under the judgment.
(3) Whenever the right to appropriate a deposit arises
under this regulation, the Collector may (if the deposit or any part thereof is
not cash) dispose of the deposited Bonds or negotiable instruments or any of
them by auction or private sale or otherwise in such manner as in his opinion
is most favourable to the subscriber, and the net proceeds of such disposition
shall for all the purposes of this regulation be deemed to have been a deposit
of cash by the subscriber, and may be appropriated wholly or partly
accordingly.
(4) A certificate signed by the Collector stating the
Bonds or negotiable instruments disposed of and the net proceeds of such
disposition shall be proof of the matter stated.
(5) Any portion of the deposit appropriated as aforesaid
shall become the property of the Commonwealth absolutely.
(6) When the Customs Security expires or is cancelled,
discharged, released or satisfied, the subscriber shall be entitled to a return
of so much (if any) of the deposit as shall not have been appropriated under
this regulation.
(7) When Bonds or negotiable instruments bearing
interest are deposited under this regulation the subscriber shall be entitled
to collect as it falls due and retain any interest payable thereon before the
bonds or instruments are disposed of by the Collector under this regulation.
(8) If any deposited Bonds or negotiable instruments are
not payable to bearer the subscriber shall at the time of the deposit lodge
with the Collector duly executed transfers or assignments thereof in such form
as will enable the Collector to effectually dispose thereof, and shall at the
request of the Collector execute any transfers or assignments the Collector may
from time to time deem necessary or convenient to enable him to effectually
dispose thereof.
26 Impending
arrival reports: prescribed period
For subparagraph 64 (5) (b) (i) of
the Act, the prescribed period is 96 hours.
27 Impending
arrival reports: specified period for certain kinds of journeys
For subparagraph
64 (5) (b) (ii) of the Act, the period mentioned in an item in
the following table is specified for a journey of the kind mentioned in the
item:
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Item
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Likely duration of journey
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Specified period
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1
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72 hours or more but less than 96 hours
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72 hours
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2
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48 hours or more but less than 72 hours
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48 hours
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3
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24 hours or more but less than 48 hours
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24 hours
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4
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Less than 24 hours
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12 hours
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28 Cargo
reports: prescribed period
For subparagraph 64AB (8) (a) (i) of
the Act, the prescribed period is 48 hours.
29 Cargo
reports: specified period for certain kinds of journeys
For subparagraph 64AB (8) (a) (ii)
of the Act, the following periods are specified:
(a) for a journey that is likely to take 24
hours or more but less than 48 hours — 24 hours;
(b) for a journey that is likely to take less
than 24 hours — 12 hours.
30A Passenger
reports: prescribed period
For paragraph 64ACA (5) (a) of the Act,
the prescribed period is 96 hours.
30B Passenger
reports: specified period for certain kinds of journeys
For paragraph
64ACA (5) (b) of the Act, the period mentioned in an item in the
following table is specified for a journey of the kind mentioned in the item:
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Item
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Likely duration of journey
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Specified period
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1
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72 hours or more but less than 96 hours
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72 hours
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2
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48 hours or more but less than 72 hours
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48 hours
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3
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24 hours or more but less than 48 hours
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24 hours
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4
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Less than 24 hours
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12 hours
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31 Prescribed
manner of communication: subsection 64ACE (1) of the Act
(1) For subsection 64ACE (1) of the Act, the
following manners of communication are prescribed:
(a) for a documentary report of impending
arrival under section 64 of the Act — delivery of the report by hand,
post or fax;
(b) for a documentary report of the arrival of a
ship or aircraft under section 64AA of the Act — delivery of the
report by hand or fax;
(c) for a documentary report of stores and
prohibited goods under section 64AAA of the Act — delivery of the
report by hand or fax;
(d) for a documentary report of cargo under
section 64AB of the Act — delivery of the report by hand;
(e) for a documentary report of passengers under
section 64ACA of the Act — delivery of the report by hand, post or fax;
(f) for a documentary report of crew under
section 64ACB of the Act — delivery of the report by hand, post or fax.
(2) An officer of Customs who receives a documentary
report mentioned in subregulation (1) must promptly stamp it with the time
when the officer received it.
31AAA Prescribed
laws
For paragraph 64AF (5) (b) of the Act,
the following laws of the Commonwealth are prescribed:
(a) A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax)
Act 1999;
(c) Australian Crime Commission Act 2002;
(d) Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation Act 1979;
(da) Aviation Transport Security Act 2004;
(e) Bankruptcy Act 1966;
(f) Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994;
(g) Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905;
(h) Copyright
Act 1968;
(i) Crimes
Act 1914;
(j) Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991;
(k) Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989;
(l) Crimes (Internationally Protected
Persons) Act 1976;
(m) Crimes (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act
1992;
(n) Crimes (Torture) Act 1988;
(o) Criminal Code Act 1995;
(p) Defence Act 1903;
(q) Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999;
(r) Family Law Act 1975;
(s) Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988;
(t) Fisheries Management Act 1991;
(u) Geneva Conventions Act 1957;
(v) Migration Act 1958;
(w) Narcotic Drugs Act 1967;
(x) National Crime Authority Act 1984;
(y) National Health Act 1953;
(z) Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987;
(za) Passenger Movement Charge Collection Act
1978;
(zb) Passports Act 1938;
(zc) Proceeds of Crime Act 1987;
(zd) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;
(ze) Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage
Act 1986;
(zf) Quarantine Act 1908;
(zg) Therapeutic Goods Act 1989;
(zh) Trade Marks Act 1995;
(zi) any regulations made under any Act
prescribed in this regulation.
31AA Further
conditions attaching to registration as special reporter
(1) For section 67EH of the Act, if, after the
commencement of this regulation:
(a) a person is first registered as a special
reporter in relation to low value cargo consigned from a particular mail‑order
house; or
(b) a person’s registration as such a special
reporter is renewed;
that first or renewed registration is subject to the further
condition mentioned in subregulation (2).
(2) If the person proposes to make an abbreviated cargo
report covering an item of goods that the person has not
previously informed Customs to be goods sold by the mail‑order house, the
person must give Customs, at least 30 days before making the report, a
description of the item in writing.
Note For the definition of writing,
see section 25 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
(3) For subregulation (2), a description may
include a print or photograph of the item.
31AB Goods
exempt from import entry
For paragraph 68 (1) (i) of the
Act, goods are exempt from section 68 of the Act if the goods:
(a) would, but for subsection 68 (4) of the
Act, be accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger, or a member
of a crew, of a ship or aircraft; and
(b) have a value not exceeding $250 or such other
amount as is prescribed for subparagraph 68 (1) (f) (iii) of the Act.
31AC Value
of prescribed goods
For subparagraph 68 (1) (f) (iii) of
the Act, $1 000 is prescribed.
32 Like
customable goods
(1) For section 69 of the Act, the following goods are
prescribed:
(a) tobacco and tobacco products;
(b) beverages classified under any of the
following subheadings:
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2204.10.21
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2204.10.22
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2204.10.81
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2204.10.82
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2204.21.10
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2204.21.20
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2204.29.10
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2204.29.20
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2204.30
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2205.10.10
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2205.10.20
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2205.90.10
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2205.90.20
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2206.00.4
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2206.00.51
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2206.00.61
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2208.90.10;
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(c) petroleum products classified under any of
the following subheadings:
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2207.20.10
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2707.10.00
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2707.20.00
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2707.30.00
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2707.50.00
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2709.00.90
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2710.11.61
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2710.11.69
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2710.11.70
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2710.11.80
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2710.19.16
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2710.19.20
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2710.19.40
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2710.19.51
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2710.19.52
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2710.19.53
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2710.19.70
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2710.19.80
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2710.91.16
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2710.91.20
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2710.91.40
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2710.91.51
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2710.91.52
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2710.91.53
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2710.91.61
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2710.91.69
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2710.91.70
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2710.91.80
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2710.99.16
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2710.99.20
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2710.99.40
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2710.99.51
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2710.99.52
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2710.99.53
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2710.99.61
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2710.99.69
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2710.99.70
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2710.99.80
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2902.20.00
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2902.30.00
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2902.41.00
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2902.42.00
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2902.43.00
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2902.44.00
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3817.00.10
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3824.90.20
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3824.90.30.
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(2) In subregulation (1), a reference to a subheading is
a reference to that subheading in Schedule 3 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995 as
in force from time to time.
41 Information
in relation to goods not requiring import entry or self‑assessed
clearance declaration
If a Collector requires an owner of goods to
provide information under subsection 71AAAB (1) of the Act:
(a) the owner must provide the information in an
approved form or an approved statement; and
(b) the owner must provide the information
required by that form or statement; and
(c) the form or statement must be signed in the
manner required by that form or statement; and
(d) the completed approved form or approved
statement must be given to a Collector.
41A Methods
of communication of authority to deal with goods
For
subsection 71AAAB (3) of the Act, the methods of communication for a
decision under paragraph 71AAAB (2) (a) are:
(a) for goods that are accompanied personal or
household effects of a passenger, or a member of a crew, of a ship or
aircraft — oral communication to the passenger or crew member;
(b) for goods that are included in a consignment consigned
by the Post Office of a foreign country to the Post Office of Australia —
the release of the goods by a Collector for delivery to the addressee.
41B Goods
excluded from being specified low value goods
For subsection 71AAAE (1) of the Act,
the following goods are excluded from being specified low value goods:
(a) goods reasonably required for disaster
relief or for urgent medical purposes;
(b) engines or spare parts that are unavailable
in Australia and are urgently required for ships or aircraft, or for other
machinery that serves a public purpose;
(c) perishable food;
(d) goods included in a consignment consigned by
the Post Office of a foreign country to the Post Office of Australia;
(e) goods that, but for subsection 68 (4)
of the Act, would be accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger,
or a member of a crew, of a ship or aircraft;
(f) goods that:
(i) are exempt, under the Diplomatic
Privileges and Immunities Act 1967, from customs duties, taxes and related
charges or indirect tax that would be payable on the importation of the goods;
and
(ii) have a value not exceeding $250 or
such other amount as is prescribed for subparagraph
68 (1) (f) (iii) of the Act.
Note Because of this regulation, the
goods mentioned are Subdivision AA goods within the meaning of
subsection 71AAAA of the Act.
41C Information
to be included in authority to deal with specified low value goods
For paragraph 71AAAJ (1) (c) of the Act,
an authority to deal with specified low value goods must set out the
identifying number given by Customs to the self‑assessed clearance
declaration relating to the goods.
42 Information
to be included in authority to deal with goods
For paragraphs 71C (8) (c),
71DE (5) (c) and 71DJ (6) (c) of the Act, an authority to
deal with goods must set out the identifying number given by Customs to the
import declaration, RCR or warehouse declaration relating to the goods.
43 Prescribed
period for the purposes of section 72 of the Act
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 72 (1) (b) of the Act,
the period prescribed is the period ending on:
(a) except where paragraph (b) applies —
the expiration of the day next following the day on which the goods referred to
in that subsection were imported; or
(b) if the first‑mentioned day in paragraph
(a) is not, in relation to the receiving of an entry in respect of goods, a
working day of the Customs — the expiration of the day next following that
first‑mentioned day that is such a working day of the Customs.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 72 (4) (b) of the Act,
a period of 6 months is prescribed.
(3) In subregulation (1), working day of the
Customs has the same meaning as in regulation 19.
45 Due
date for prescribed declarations
For paragraph 71DF (b) of the Act, the seventh
day of the month is prescribed.
48 Conditions
of depot licence — travelling expenses
(1) For subsection 77N (3) of the Act, travelling
expenses are payable if the depot is more than 40 kilometres, by the most
direct convenient route, from the nearest Customs office.
(2) For subregulation (1), travelling expenses are:
(a) for travel:
(i) during the working hours mentioned
in items 8 and 9 of the table to regulation 19 — $40.10 for each hour or
part of an hour; or
(ii) outside the working hours
mentioned in items 8 and 9 of the table to regulation 19 — $43.35 for each
hour or part of an hour; and
(b) for travel:
(i) by taxi:
(A) if Cabcharge is
used — 110% of the fare; or
(B) if Cabcharge is not
used — the fare; or
(ii) by motor vehicle other than
taxi — 58 cents for each kilometre; or
(iii) by bus, aircraft, boat or
train — the fare.
48A Transfer
of depot licence
For subsection 77Z (2) of the Act, a depot
licence may be transferred:
(a) to the legal personal representative of a
licence holder who dies; or
(b) to the receiver of a company for which a
receiver is appointed; or
(c) to the administrator of a company for which
an administrator is appointed under section 436A, 436B or 436C of the
Corporations Law.
49 Security
for compliance with Act and Regulations
Before a licence for a warehouse is granted,
security shall be given to the satisfaction of the Collector.
49A Limitations on use of certain words in
connection with businesses, premises etc
(1) No person shall, unless the holder of a warehouse
licence, assume or use in connection with his trade, business, calling or
profession any words which would reasonably lead to the belief that his trade,
business, calling or profession is being carried on under any such licence.
Penalty: $250.
(2) Without limiting the preceding subregulation, any
person who, not being the holder of an appropriate licence:
(a) places, or suffers or permits to be placed,
on the building in which he carries on his trade, business, calling or
profession; or
(b) uses in any advertisement or sign published
or displayed in connexion with his trade, business, calling or profession; or
(c) uses on any document, as a description of
his trade, business, calling or profession; or
(d) uses as the name or part of the name of any
firm or company registered in Australia;
the words ‘Bonded Warehouse’, ‘Bonded Store’, ‘Bond’, ‘Duty Free
Shop’ or ‘Duty Free’ or any words so nearly resembling them as to be likely to
deceive, whether alone or in conjunction with any other words, shall be deemed
to be guilty of any offence against that subregulation.
(3) In this regulation:
appropriate licence
means:
(a) in relation to the words ‘Bonded Warehouse’,
‘Bonded Store’ or ‘Bond’, a warehouse licence; and
(b) in relation to the words ‘Duty Free Shop’ and
‘Duty Free’, a warehouse licence that authorizes the sale in the warehouse to
which it relates of goods to relevant travellers.
relevant traveller has the same meaning as in
section 96A of the Act.
warehouse licence has the same meaning as in
Part V of the Act.
50 Warehouse
licence fees — general
(1) In this regulation:
warehouse licence has the same meaning as in
Part V of the Act.
year means a period of 12 months commencing
on 1 July.
(2) For section 85 of the Act, and subject to regulation
50A, the fee for the grant of a warehouse licence that comes into effect on
1 July is $7 000.
(2A) For section 85 of the Act, and subject to regulation
50A, the fee for the grant of a warehouse licence that comes into effect on a
day other than 1 July is worked out using the following formula:

where:
licence days are days in the year for which
the licence will be in force.
(2B) For section 85 of the Act, and subject to regulation
50A, the fee for the renewal of a warehouse licence is $4 000.
Note Regulation 50A relates to dual
licensed places.
50A Warehouse
licence fees — dual licensed places
(1) In this regulation:
dual licences means a warehouse licence
granted under Part V of the Act and a manufacturer licence granted under
the Excise Act 1901.
warehouse licence has the same meaning as in
Part V of the Act.
(2) This regulation applies if a person is required to
hold dual licences under section 105E of the Act and:
(a) the place in respect of which a warehouse
licence is to be granted is used primarily for the manufacture of excisable
goods classified under item 10 of the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921;
and
(b) goods classified under any of the following
subheadings are used in the manufacture of those excisable goods:
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2207.20.10
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2707.10.00
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2707.20.00
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2707.30.00
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2707.50.00
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2709.00.90
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2710.11.61
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2710.11.69
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2710.11.70
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2710.11.80
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2710.19.16
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2710.19.20
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2710.19.40
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2710.19.51
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2710.19.52
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2710.19.53
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2710.19.70
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2710.19.80
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2710.19.91
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2710.19.92
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2710.91.16
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2710.91.20
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2710.91.40
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2710.91.51
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2710.91.52
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2710.91.53
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2710.91.61
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2710.91.69
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2710.91.70
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2710.91.80
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2710.91.91
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2710.91.92
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2710.99.16
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2710.99.20
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2710.99.40
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2710.99.51
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2710.99.52
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2710.99.53
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2710.99.61
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2710.99.69
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2710.99.70
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2710.99.80
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2710.99.91
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2710.99.92
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2902.20.00
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2902.30.00
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2902.41.00
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2902.42.00
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2902.43.00
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2902.44.00
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3403.11.10
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3403.11.90
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3403.19.10
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3403.19.90
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3403.91.10
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3403.91.90
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3403.99.10
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3403.99.90
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3811.21.10
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3811.21.90
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3817.00.10
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3819.00.00
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3824.90.20
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3824.90.30.
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(3) In paragraph (2) (b), a reference to a
subheading is a reference to that subheading in Schedule 3 to the Customs
Tariff Act 1995 as in force from time to time.
(4) For section 85 of the Act, the fee for the grant of
a warehouse licence that comes into effect on any day is $1 000.
(5) No fee is payable for the renewal
of the warehouse licence.
(6) However, if, at any time, the
primary use of the warehouse changes:
(a) subregulation (5) does not
apply; and
(b) a fee for the renewal of the
warehouse licence is payable as if subregulation 50 (2B) applied to the licence.
50B Payment of warehouse licence fees
(1) In this regulation:
year means a period of 12 months commencing
on 1 July.
(2) The fee mentioned in subregulation 50 (2) or
(2B), or the fee applied by paragraph 50A (6) (b), in respect of a
licence that is granted or renewed for a year is payable:
(a) in full on the first day of that year; or
(b) by
instalments, each of an amount equal to one‑quarter of the amount of the
fee, on the first days of July, October, January and April, respectively, in
that year;
as the holder of the licence elects.
(3) The fee mentioned in subregulation 50 (2A) in
respect of a licence that is granted for a period of less than 12 months in a
year is payable in accordance with the table.
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Item
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If the period commences …
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the fee is payable …
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1
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before 2 October
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either:
(a) in full on the first day of the period; or
(b) by instalments of:
(i) one‑half of the amount of the fee on
the first day of the period; and
(ii) one‑quarter of the amount of the fee
on 1 January; and
(iii) one‑quarter of the amount of the fee
on 1 April;
as the holder of the licence elects
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2
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on or after 2 October and before 2 January
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either:
(a) in full on the first day of the period; or
(b) by instalments of:
(i) three‑quarters of the amount of the
fee on the first day of the period; and
(ii) one‑quarter of the amount of the fee
on 1 April;
as the holder of the licence elects
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3
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on or after 2 January
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in full on the first day of the period
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(4) The fee mentioned in
subregulation 50A (4) is payable in full on the day on which the warehouse
licence comes into effect.
51 Surrender of licences
Where a licence (other than a licence held for less
than three months) is surrendered before the expiration of a period in
respect of which the licensee has paid the fee for the licence prescribed by
the last preceding regulation, the Commonwealth is liable to refund to the
licensee an amount that bears the same proportion to that fee as the number of
days in the balance of the period bears to the number of days in the period.
63 Application
to sort, bottle, pack or re‑pack goods in a warehouse
(1) An application by an owner for permission, under
section 92 of the Act, to sort, bottle, pack or re‑pack goods in a
warehouse shall be in writing and shall set out a description of the goods and
the manner in which it is proposed to sort, bottle, pack or re‑pack the
goods.
(2) The Collector may grant permission to sort, bottle,
pack or re‑pack the goods in accordance with the application or in the
manner specified in the permit.
(3) In this regulation, a reference to a warehouse shall
not be read as including a reference to a transit warehouse.
70 Manufacturing
in bond (regulations 71 to 74G)
(1) Regulations 71 to 74G deal with giving
approval to use goods in a manufacturing warehouse for the manufacture of other
goods.
(2) In those regulations, using goods in a manufacturing
warehouse to manufacture other goods is referred to as manufacturing in
bond.
(3) In those regulations:
affected person means:
(a) an applicant for approval to manufacture in
bond; or
(b) a person who has received an approval.
application means an application for approval
to manufacture in bond.
Department means the Department of Industry,
Science and Tourism.
DIST Secretary means the Secretary to the
Department.
71 Application
for approval to manufacture in bond
(1) A person may apply to the DIST Secretary for
approval to manufacture in bond.
(2) The application must be made using the form approved
by the DIST Secretary.
(3) The applicant must give the DIST Secretary the
information required by the form, including the applicant’s business plan.
(4) The business plan must give an outline of the
applicant’s plans for manufacturing in bond and, in particular, plans for
selling the goods manufactured.
(5) The application must also be signed in the way the
form directs.
(6) The application must then be lodged at an office of
the Department.
(7) The approved application form is a disallowable
instrument for section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
72 Decisions
about applications
(1) The DIST Secretary must consider an application.
(2) If the DIST Secretary has enough information to make
a decision, the DIST Secretary may:
(a) approve the application; or
(b) refuse the application.
(3) If the DIST Secretary considers that the information
given by the applicant with the application is insufficient for deciding the
application, the DIST Secretary may request the applicant to give further
information.
73 Criteria
for decisions
In making a decision about an application, the DIST
Secretary must consider whether it is reasonable to approve the application,
having regard to:
(a) the applicant’s business plan; and
(b) the likely increase in the level of the
applicant’s sales overseas if the approval is given; and
(c) whether an earlier approval given to the
applicant has been revoked or made subject to additional conditions after being
reassessed; and
(d) any contracts for the sale overseas of the
manufactured goods to which the applicant is a party; and
(e) details of any market research conducted by
the applicant about the goods the applicant proposes to manufacture in bond;
and
(f) any other information required by the
application form.
74 Approval
subject to conditions
(1) The DIST Secretary may include in the approval
conditions to which the approval is subject.
(2) The DIST Secretary may revoke an approval if the
holder of the approval does not comply with a condition.
74A Reassessment
of decisions
(1) The DIST Secretary may, at any time, reassess an
approval.
(2) At least 28 days before reassessing an approval, the
DIST Secretary must tell the holder of the approval, in writing, of the
intention to reassess the approval.
(3) The DIST Secretary must also invite the holder to
give the DIST Secretary any information that the holder considers relevant to
the reassessment.
(4) In reassessing an approval, the DIST Secretary may:
(a) revoke the approval; or
(b) make the approval subject to conditions; or
(c) change any conditions to which the approval
is subject.
(5) The DIST Secretary must decide whether it is
reasonable to act under subregulation (4) having regard to:
(a) any information given by the holder; and
(b) other information the DIST Secretary
considers relevant to the reassessment.
(6) The DIST Secretary may still act under
subregulation (4) if the holder of the approval does not respond to the
invitation under subregulation (3).
74B Telling
affected person of decision on application or reassessment
(1) The DIST Secretary must tell an affected person, in
writing, of a decision:
(a) about an application (including the
conditions, if any, under subregulation 74 (1)); or
(b) after a reassessment.
(2) The DIST Secretary must tell the affected person of
the decision within 28 days after making the decision.
(3) When telling the affected person of the decision,
the DIST Secretary must also tell the affected person that application may be
made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal under the Administrative Appeals
Tribunal Act 1975 for review of an unfavourable decision.
(4) For subregulation
(3), an unfavourable decision is:
(a) refusing to give an approval to manufacture
in bond; or
(b) giving an approval subject to conditions; or
(c) imposing additional conditions on an
existing approval; or
(d) revoking an approval.
(5) The DIST Secretary must also tell the affected
person that, unless subsection 28 (4) of that Act applies, a person
who is entitled to apply to the Tribunal for review of the decision may, under
section 28 of that Act, request a statement that includes the reasons for the
decision.
(6) A contravention of subregulation (3) or (5) for a
decision does not affect the validity of the decision.
74C Review
of decisions
Application may be made to the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal for review of an unfavourable decision mentioned in
subregulation 74B (4).
74D Telling
Customs of decisions
The DIST Secretary must tell Customs, in writing,
of decisions made under regulations 72, 74 and 74A.
74E Getting
information from Customs
(1) The DIST Secretary may request Customs, in writing,
to give him or her information that may help in considering or reassessing an
application.
(2) The CEO must comply with the request as soon as
practicable.
74F Authorisation
to make decisions
The DIST Secretary may, in writing, authorise a
person holding or performing the duties of an office in the Department to make decisions under regulations 72,
74 and 74A, and to act under regulations 74B and 74E.
74G Requirements for manufacturing in bond
(1) This regulation applies if:
(a) an approval to manufacture in bond is in
force; and
(b) the holder of the approval (the holder)
is a holder of a warehouse licence under Part V of the Act.
(2) Australian and imported goods may be used in the
manufacture.
(3) If an officer of Customs directs the holder to keep
Australian and imported goods separate from each other until they are to be
used, the holder must comply with the direction.
(4) If the CEO directs the holder to keep books and accounts,
and give returns to an officer of Customs, the holder must comply with the
direction.
(5) Goods manufactured are subject to the control of the
Customs until delivery for home consumption or until exportation.
(6) This regulation applies in addition to any
obligations to which the holder is subject as the holder of a warehouse
licence.
75 Reducing
and bottling of spirits in bond
(1) The Collector may permit the owner of spirits, being
spirits that have been imported in bulk and are in a warehouse other than a
transit warehouse, to be reduced in strength, blended, bottled or canned in the
warehouse for home consumption or for exportation in accordance with this
regulation.
(2) Where spirits are bottled or canned in a warehouse
in accordance with a permission of the Collector to which this regulation
applies, the owner of the spirits shall cause a label containing a true
description of the spirits in the bottles or cans to be affixed to each of the
bottles or cans.
(3) Where imported spirits that have been bottled or
canned in a warehouse are not removed from the warehouse immediately after they
have been bottled or canned, the owner of the spirits shall cause the bottles
or cans of spirits to be packed into outer containers each of which contains only
bottles or cans, as the case may be, of a like capacity.
(4) Where imported spirits of a particular strength are
reduced in strength in a warehouse, the amount of duty that is payable on the
entry of the reduced spirits for home consumption is an amount equal to the
amount of duty that would be payable if a quantity of that imported spirits of
that first‑mentioned strength equal to the quantity of those spirits that
was used in the production of the reduced spirits were entered for home
consumption without having been so reduced in strength.
(5) Where imported spirit is blended in a warehouse with
Australian spirit, duty is payable, on the entry of the blended spirit for home
consumption:
(a) in respect of the quantity of Australian
spirit contained in the blended spirit — at the rate that would be
applicable if the blended spirit were Australian spirit of a like kind; and
(b) in respect of the quantity of imported spirit
contained in the blended spirit — at the rate that would be applicable if
the blended spirit were imported spirit of a like kind.
80 Delivery
from warehouse
Warehoused goods dutiable at fixed rates may,
subject to the provisions of section 99 of the Act, be cleared and delivered at
original quantity and strength if the owner so desires.
92 Duty‑paid
or free goods in warehouses
(1) Any goods remaining in a warehouse after payment of
duty shall, so far as the Customs are concerned, remain at the risk of the
owner, and the Customs shall not be liable in any way to any claim of any kind whatsoever
in connexion therewith. Any such goods may, after due notice to the owner, be
removed by the licensee on the order of the Collector.
(2) No duty‑paid or free goods shall be received
into any licensed warehouse without the special authority of the Collector.
93 Outwards
duty free shops
(1) In this regulation, unless the contrary intention
appears:
departure area
means a part of an airport or wharf that is set aside for the reception of
relevant travellers:
(a) after the travellers have complied with the
requirements of the laws of the Commonwealth relating to the departure of
persons for places outside Australia; and
(b) before the travellers embark on an aircraft
or ship for a relevant flight or relevant voyage.
duty free shop means an outwards duty free
shop.
off‑airport duty free shop means a duty
free shop that is not an on‑airport duty free shop.
on‑airport duty free shop means a duty
free shop that is located in a departure area of an airport.
relevant flight, in relation to a person who
is a relevant traveller, means the international flight in relation to which
the person is a relevant traveller.
relevant voyage, in relation to a person who
is a relevant traveller, means the international voyage in relation to which
the person is a relevant traveller.
(2) Words and phrases that are used in this regulation
and in section 96A of the Act have, in this regulation, unless the contrary
intention appears, the same respective meanings as in that section.
(3) A Collector shall not give permission under
subsection 96A (2) of the Act otherwise than upon the making, in accordance
with this regulation, of an application for such permission.
(4) An application for permission under subsection 96A
(2) of the Act:
(a) shall be made in writing;
(b) shall relate to a single duty free shop;
(c) shall
specify:
(i) the name of the proprietor of the
duty free shop;
(ii) the name of the duty free shop;
and
(iii) the address at which the duty
free shop is situated; and
(d) shall be lodged with a Collector for the
place at which the duty free shop is situated.
(5) The following matter is prescribed to be taken into
account by a Collector when deciding whether to give permission under
subsection 96A (2) of the Act, namely, whether the proprietor of the duty free
shop in respect of which the permission is sought is likely to be able, in the
event of permission being given, to comply with the conditions set out in
paragraphs (7) (g), (h) and (j).
(6) Permission under subsection 96A (2) of the Act shall
have effect for such period, commencing on the day on which the permission is
given, as the permission specifies.
(7) Permission under subsection 96A (2) of the Act in
relation to an off‑airport duty free shop is subject to the following
conditions:
(a) that the proprietor must not sell goods to a
person who is in the shop unless:
(i) the person is a relevant
traveller; and
(ii) the person has shown to the
proprietor a ticket, or other document approved by a Collector under paragraph
96A (7) (b) of the Act, that shows that the person is entitled to
make the relevant flight or relevant voyage;
(b) that the proprietor must not enter into an
agreement to sell goods to a person who is not in the shop unless:
(i) the person is a relevant
traveller; and
(ii) the person has given, whether
orally or in writing, to the proprietor the particulars of the intended
exportation of the goods by the person required under subparagraph
(e) (ii); and
(iii) the agreement is subject to the
condition that the sale takes place in the shop;
(ba) that the proprietor must not deliver goods to
a relevant traveller to whom the goods are sold under an agreement referred to
in paragraph (b) unless the traveller has shown to the proprietor the
ticket, or other document approved by a Collector under paragraph
96A (7) (b) of the Act, that confirms the particulars given to the
proprietor under subparagraph (b) (ii);
(c) that goods shall not be delivered from the
duty free shop to a relevant traveller earlier than the commencement of the 30th
day before the day on which, according to the ticket or other document shown to
the proprietor under subparagraph (a) (ii) or the particulars given to the
proprietor under subparagraph (b) (ii), the relevant flight or
relevant voyage is to depart;
(d) that goods shall not be delivered from the
duty free shop to a relevant traveller unless they are enclosed in a package:
(i) that is sealed in such a manner
that the goods cannot be removed from it without the seal being broken; and
(ii) the outside of which is clearly
marked to show:
(A) that it contains goods
that were sold in a duty free shop; and
(B) the name of that shop;
and
(iii) if the package is of a size that
it may, in accordance with the conditions applicable to the carriage of the
relevant traveller on the relevant flight or relevant voyage, be carried in the
cabin of the aircraft or ship — that is transparent enough for the goods
to be easily identified;
(e) that, at the
time of each sale of goods required to be sold in a sealed package at the duty
free shop, the proprietor shall prepare, in triplicate, an invoice, being one
of a series of sequentially numbered invoices, specifying:
(i) the name and usual residential
address of the relevant traveller;
(ii) the following particulars of the
intended exportation of the goods by the relevant traveller on the relevant
flight or relevant voyage:
(A) the date of departure;
(B) the airport or wharf of
departure;
(C) in the case of a
relevant flight — the number or other designation of the flight;
(D) in the case of a
relevant voyage — the name of the ship and the number or other designation
of the voyage;
(E) the number or other
identification of the traveller’s ticket or similar travel document approved by
the Collector for the purposes of paragraph 96A (7) (b) of the Act;
(iii) a precise description of the
goods, including:
(A) the quantity, in
figures, of each item of the goods and the total number, in words, of items on
the invoice; and
(B) the sale value, in
figures, of each item or quantity of items; and
(C) the total sales value of
those items and quantities of items;
being a description prepared in
such a way as to make it impracticable to add other items to the description;
(f) that, upon preparing an invoice in
accordance with paragraph (e), the proprietor shall:
(i) place one copy with the goods
inside the package referred to in paragraph (d) and, where the package complies
with subparagraph (d) (iii), position the copy so that the invoice may be read
without the seal of the package being broken;
(ii) place one copy in a waterproof
envelope and attach that envelope securely to the outside of the package; and
(iii) retain one copy in his own
records;
(g) subject to subregulation (7A), that, before
the date of departure referred to in sub‑subregulation
(e) (ii) (A), the proprietor shall, by telex or by such other means
as are approved by a Collector, provide a Collector with the following
information in relation to a sale from the duty free shop:
(i) the name of the shop;
(ii) the name of the relevant
traveller;
(iii) in relation to the relevant
flight or relevant voyage:
(A) the date and time of
departure; and
(B) in the case of a
relevant flight — the number or other designation of the flight; and
(C) in the case of a relevant
voyage — the name of the ship and the number or other designation of the
voyage;
(iv) a full description of any item of
the goods included in the sale having a sale value of $500 or more;
(v) the total number of items of the
goods included in the sale;
(vi) the total number of packages of the
kind referred to in paragraph (d) in which the goods included in the sale are
packed;
(vii) the total number of those packages
that are, respectively:
(A) packages to which
subparagraph (d) (iii) applies; and
(B) packages to which that
subparagraph does not apply;
(viii) the invoice numbers in respect of
all invoices relating to the sale;
(h) that the proprietor shall, in relation to
each package referred to in paragraph (d) that is surrendered by the relevant
traveller for carriage otherwise than in the cabin of the aircraft or ship, at
the point of surrender:
(i) cause the package to be examined
with a view to ascertaining whether it remains sealed as specified in
subparagraph (d) (i) and has not been tampered with; and
(ii) where the package remains so
sealed and has not been tampered with, cause the copy invoice referred to in
subparagraph (f) (ii) to be removed from the package;
(j) that the proprietor shall, in relation to
each package referred to in paragraph (d) that is taken by the relevant
traveller into a departure area, within that area:
(i) cause the package to be examined
with a view to ascertaining whether it remains sealed as specified in
subparagraph (d) (i) and has not been tampered with;
(ii) where the package remains so
sealed and has not been tampered with, cause the copy invoice referred to in
subparagraph (f) (ii) to be removed from the package;
(k) that, where, upon the carrying out of the
operations specified in paragraph (h) or (j), a discrepancy is detected, in
that:
(i) a package is no longer sealed as
specified in subparagraph (d) (i) or has been otherwise tampered with;
(ii) the invoice enclosed in the
package does not correspond with the copy invoice (if any) that was attached to
the package;
(iii) an invoice required to be
enclosed in, or a copy invoice required to be attached to, a package is not so
enclosed or attached; or
(iv) the goods enclosed in a package are
not as specified in the invoice enclosed in, or the copy invoice (if any) that
was attached to, the package;
the proprietor shall cause to be given
immediately to a Collector notice specifying:
(v) the name of the relevant traveller;
(vi) the following particulars of the
intended exportation of the goods by the relevant traveller on the relevant
flight or relevant voyage:
(A) the date and time of the
departure of the flight or voyage;
(B) in the case of a
relevant flight — the number or other designation of the flight;
(C) in the case of a
relevant voyage — the name of the ship and the number or other designation
of the voyage; and
(viii) the nature of the discrepancy;
(m) that a relevant traveller to whom goods are
sold in a duty free shop:
(i) shall not remove, alter or
otherwise interfere with, or suffer to be removed, altered or interfered with
(except as required by this regulation), an invoice attached to the outside of
a package pursuant to subparagraph (f) (ii);
(ii) shall
not, before the exportation of those goods, break the seals on, or otherwise
tamper with the integrity of, the package in which those goods are enclosed or
(except as authorized by or under the Act) suffer those seals to be broken or
the integrity of the package to be otherwise tampered with;
(iii) shall:
(A) on surrendering a
package containing those goods for carriage otherwise than in the cabin of an
aircraft or ship;
(B) on taking a package
containing those goods into a departure area;
present the package, sealed as
specified in subparagraph (d) (i) and with the invoice attached as
specified in subparagraph (f) (ii), to the proprietor or a servant or
agent of the proprietor and permit the proprietor, or the servant or agent of
the proprietor, as the case may be, to examine the package and to remove that
invoice from it;
(iv) if the relevant traveller does not
export the goods on the relevant flight or the relevant voyage, must, not later
than noon on the next working day of the duty free shop after the date
specified in the invoice relating to the goods as the time for the departure of
that flight or voyage (in this subparagraph called scheduled departure
time), notify the proprietor accordingly, and:
(A) if the relevant
traveller intends to export the goods on a subsequent flight, being a flight
departing not more than 48 hours after the scheduled departure time —
notify the proprietor of that intention and, at the same time, provide the
proprietor with the flight number or other designation, and particulars of the
intended date and time of departure, of that flight; or
(B) if the relevant
traveller intends to export the goods on a subsequent voyage, being a voyage
departing not more than 48 hours after the scheduled departure time —
notify the proprietor of that intention and, at the same time, provide the
proprietor with the name of the ship and voyage number or other designation,
and particulars of the intended date and time of departure, of that voyage; or
(C) if the relevant
traveller does not intend to export the goods as mentioned in sub‑subparagraph
(A) or (B), at the same time, notify the proprietor accordingly and, not later
than the close of business of the duty free shop on the second working day of
the shop after the scheduled departure time, return the goods to the shop; and
(v) if, having notified the proprietor
under sub‑subparagraph (iv) (A) or (B) of his or her intention to
export the goods on a flight or voyage after the relevant flight or voyage, the
relevant traveller does not so export the goods:
(A) not later than noon on
the next working day of the duty free shop after the date of departure
specified in the notification of intention, notify the proprietor that the
goods have not been so exported; and
(B) not later than the close
of business of the duty free shop on the second working day after that
specified date of departure, return the goods to the shop;
(n) that within 21 working days of the duty free
shop after the end of a month, the proprietor must lodge with a Collector a
return setting out:
(i) the name of the duty free shop;
and
(ii) the invoice number of each
invoice:
(A) prepared in accordance
with paragraph (e) for goods delivered from the shop for export; and
(B) that specifies under sub‑subparagraph
(e) (ii) (A) a date of departure that is in the month; and
(C) a copy of which has not
been removed during the month in accordance with subparagraph (h) (ii) or
(j) (ii); and
(iii) the
invoice number of each invoice:
(A) prepared in accordance
with paragraph (e) for goods delivered from the shop for export; and
(B) that specifies under sub‑subparagraph
(e) (ii) (A) a date of departure that is in the month; and
(C) a copy of which has been
removed during the month in accordance with subparagraph (h) (ii) or
(j) (ii); and
(D) in respect of which an
electronic record has not been provided in accordance with subregulation (9);
and
(iv) in relation to an invoice referred
to in subparagraph (ii) or (iii):
(A) the particulars required
to be set out in the invoice; and
(B) the amount of customs
duty payable in respect of the goods to which the invoice relates;
and must pay to a Collector an amount equal to the sum of the
amounts of customs duty specified in the return.
(7A) Paragraph (7) (g) applies only if, in relation to
a particular case, the Collector directs the proprietor to provide the
information specified in that paragraph.
(8) Permission under
subsection 96A (2) of the Act in relation to an on‑airport duty free
shop is subject to the following conditions:
(a) that the proprietor must not sell goods to a
person who is in the shop unless:
(i) the person is a relevant
traveller; and
(ii) the person has shown to the
proprietor a ticket, or other document approved by a Collector under paragraph
96A (7) (b) of the Act, that shows that the person is entitled to
make the relevant flight;
(aa) that the proprietor must not enter into an
agreement to sell goods to a person who is not in the shop unless:
(i) the person is a relevant
traveller; and
(ii) the
person has given, whether orally or in writing, to the proprietor the
particulars of the intended exportation of the goods by the person required
under subparagraph (b) (ii) or (c) (i); and
(iii) the agreement is subject to the
condition that the sale takes place in the shop;
(ab) that the proprietor must not deliver goods to
a relevant traveller to whom the goods are sold under an agreement referred to
in paragraph (aa) unless the traveller has shown to the proprietor the
ticket, or other document approved by a Collector under paragraph
96A (7) (b) of the Act, that confirms the particulars given to the
proprietor under subparagraph (aa) (ii);
(b) that, at the time of each sale of goods at
the duty free shop, where the purchaser is a relevant traveller who is the
pilot or a member of the crew of an aircraft, the proprietor shall prepare, in
duplicate, an invoice, being one of a series of sequentially numbered invoices,
specifying:
(i) the name and usual residential
address of the relevant traveller;
(ii) the following particulars of the
intended exportation of the goods by the relevant traveller:
(A) the date of departure;
(B) the airport of
departure;
(C) the
flight number or, where inapplicable, other designation;
in
respect of the relevant flight; and
(iii) a
precise description of the goods, including:
(A) the quantity, in
figures, of each item of the goods; and
(B) the sale value, in
figures, of each item or quantity of items; and
(C) the
total sales value of those items and quantities of items;
being a description prepared in
such a way as to make it impracticable to add other items to the description;
(c) that, at the
time of each sale of goods at the duty free shop, where the purchaser is a
relevant traveller who is a passenger on an aircraft, the proprietor shall
prepare, in duplicate, an invoice, being one of a series of sequentially
numbered invoices, specifying:
(i) the following particulars of the
intended exportation of the goods by the relevant traveller:
(A) the date of departure;
(B) the flight number or,
where inapplicable, other designation;
in respect of the relevant flight;
and
(ii) a precise description of the
goods, including:
(A) the total sales value of
those items and quantities of items; and
(B) the quantity, in
figures, of each item; and
(C) the sale value, in
figures, of each such item or quantity of items;
being a description prepared in
such a way as to make it impracticable to add other items to the description;
(d) that, upon preparing an invoice pursuant to
paragraph (b) or (c), the proprietor shall:
(i) place 1 copy with the goods that
are to be delivered to the relevant traveller; and
(ii) retain the other copy or copies,
as the case requires, in his own records.
(9) For the purpose of
paragraph 96A (10) (b) of the Act, in relation to the proprietor of
an off‑airport duty free shop:
(a) the way for the proprietor to provide proof
to the Collector in relation to goods of a kind mentioned in that paragraph is
by providing an electronic record of the invoice numbers of copy invoices
removed, in accordance with subparagraph (7) (h) (ii) or
(7) (j) (ii), from the package of the goods; and
(b) the time within which the proprietor must
provide that proof to the Collector is 10 working days of the duty free shop
after the date of departure of the relevant traveller.
(10) Within 21 working days of the duty free shop after
the end of a month, the proprietor must produce a computer generated list in an
approved form setting out the invoice number of each invoice:
(a) that specifies under sub‑subparagraph
(7) (e) (ii) (A) a date of departure that is in the month; and
(b) a copy of which has been removed during the
month in accordance with subparagraph (7) (h) (ii) or
(7) (j) (ii); and
(c) in respect of which an electronic record has
been provided in accordance with subregulation (9).
(11) Permission under subsection 96A (2) of the Act
in relation to a duty free shop, being either an off‑airport duty free
shop or an on‑airport duty free shop, is subject to the condition that
the proprietor, and servants and agents of the proprietor, shall not enter into
an arrangement with a relevant traveller pursuant to which goods delivered to
that relevant traveller under that permission are:
(a) to be transferred to the proprietor, or any
servant or agent of the proprietor, upon the return of the relevant traveller
to Australia; or
(b) to remain with the proprietor or any servant
or agent of the proprietor.
(12) The grounds on which a Collector may, under
subsection 96A (13) of the Act, revoke a permission given under subsection
96A (2) of the Act are the following grounds:
(a) that a condition to which the permission is
subject, being a condition required to be complied with by the proprietor of
the duty free shop to which the permission relates or by his servants or
agents, has not been so complied with;
(b) that revocation of the permission is, for any
other reason, necessary for the protection of the revenue or otherwise to
ensure compliance with the Customs Acts.
(13) The revocation by a Collector, under subsection
96A (13) of the Act, of a permission given under subsection 96A (2)
of the Act shall be effected by notice in writing, which shall include the
notice referred to in subsection 96A (14) of the Act, served on the person
to whom the permission was given.
(14) A relevant traveller to whom goods are sold in an
outwards duty free shop must, at or before the time of delivery of the goods,
sign a recognition, in an approved form, of the traveller’s obligations
concerning the export of the goods.
94 Declaration
in respect of airport shop goods
(1) Each of the following classes of goods, being in
each case a class of goods that includes local use goods, is declared to be a
class of airport shop goods for the purposes of section 96B of the Act, namely:
(a) alcoholic liquor;
(b) tobacco products;
(c) perfume;
(d) photographic film;
(e) commercially produced confectionery in
sealed packaging, except meat, meat‑based products, mooncakes, un‑popped
corn, raw nuts, cheese, honey or honey products;
(f) cosmetics;
(g) Olympic merchandise that is licensed for
sale by the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games;
(h) products bearing a logo, in relation to the
Rugby World Cup 2003, owned and controlled by RWC 2003 Ltd.
(2) In subregulation (1), local use goods
has the same meaning as in section 270 of the Act.
95 Inwards
duty free shops
(1) In this regulation, unless the contrary intention
appears:
relevant flight, in relation to a person who
is a relevant traveller, means the international flight in relation to which
the person is a relevant traveller.
(2) Words and phrases that are used in this regulation
and in section 96B of the Act have, in this regulation, unless the contrary
intention appears, the same respective meanings as in that section.
(3) A Collector shall not give permission under
subsection 96B (3) of the Act otherwise than upon the making, in accordance
with this regulation, of an application for such permission.
(4) An application for permission under subsection 96B
(3) of the Act:
(a) shall be made in writing;
(b) shall relate to a single inwards duty free
shop;
(c) shall specify:
(i) the name of the proprietor of the
inwards duty free shop;
(ii) the name of the inwards duty free
shop; and
(iii) the location of the airport at
which the duty free shop is situated; and
(d) shall be lodged with a Collector for the
State or Territory in which the inwards duty free shop is situated.
(5) The following circumstances are prescribed as
circumstances
in which permission may be given by a Collector under subsection 96B (3)
of the Act, namely:
(a) that the applicant is the holder of a
warehouse licence within the meaning of Part V of the Act authorising the sale
of airport shop goods at an inwards duty free shop; and
(b) that the applicant has been granted a lease
or licence and an authority to trade under the Airports (Business
Concessions) Act 1959 for the operation of an inwards duty free shop on
land within the airport.
(6) Permission under subsection 96B (3) of the Act shall
have effect for such period, commencing on the day on which the permission is
given, as the permission specifies.
(7) Permission under subsection 96B (3) of the Act in
relation to an inwards duty free shop is subject to the following conditions:
(a) that the proprietor must not sell goods to a
person who is in the shop unless:
(i) the person is a relevant
traveller; and
(ii) the person has shown to the
proprietor a ticket, or other document, that shows that the person has arrived
in Australia on an international flight;
(aa) that the proprietor must not enter into an
agreement to sell goods to a person who is not in the shop unless:
(i) the person is, or intends to be, a
relevant traveller; and
(ii) the person has given, whether
orally or in writing, to the proprietor the date of the person’s arrival or
intended arrival in Australia, and the flight number or other designation of
the international flight on which the person arrived or intends to arrive; and
(iii) the proprietor has informed the
person of the following:
(A) the amounts of alcoholic
liquor and tobacco products that may be entered for home consumption by a
relevant traveller free of duties of Customs;
(B) the conditions (if any)
with which, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, a relevant traveller is to
comply in relation to the purchase of goods at the shop; and
(iv) the agreement is subject to the
condition that the sale takes place in the shop;
(ab) that the proprietor must not deliver goods to
a relevant traveller to whom the goods are sold under an agreement referred to
in paragraph (aa) unless the traveller has shown to the proprietor the
ticket, or other document, that confirms the information given to the
proprietor under subparagraph (aa) (ii);
(b) that the proprietor, and servants and agents
of the proprietor, shall not enter into an arrangement with a relevant
traveller pursuant to which goods delivered to that relevant traveller under
that permission are:
(i) to be transferred to the
proprietor, or any servant or agent of the proprietor, after the relevant
traveller has cleared customs; or
(ii) to remain with the proprietor or
any servant or agent of the proprietor;
(c) that the proprietor shall, with reasonable
prominence and in numbers sufficient to give reasonable notice to relevant
travellers of the matters so stated, display in the inwards duty free shop
signs in a form authorised in writing by a Collector for the purposes of this
provision that state clearly:
(i) the amounts of alcoholic liquor
and tobacco products that may be entered for home consumption by a relevant
traveller free of duties of Customs; and
(ii) the conditions (if any) with
which, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, a relevant traveller is to comply
in relation to the purchase of goods at the shop;
(d) that, if confectionery is sold in the inwards
duty free shop, the proprietor must display, with reasonable prominence and in
numbers sufficient to give reasonable notice to relevant travellers, signs that
state clearly:
The confectionery you have purchased from this outlet has
been approved for entry to Australia by Quarantine and does not need to be
declared on your incoming passenger card. However, please remember you must
declare any other items of food or anything which you can eat, which you have
purchased before arriving in Australia.
(8) The grounds on which a Collector may, under
subsection 96B (12) of the Act, revoke a permission given under subsection
96B (3) of the Act are the following grounds:
(a) that a condition to which the permission is
subject, being a condition required to be complied with by the proprietor of
the inwards duty free shop to which the permission relates or by his servants
or agents, has not been so complied with;
(b) that revocation of the permission is, for any
other reason, necessary for the protection of the revenue or otherwise to
ensure compliance with the Customs Acts;
(c) that any of the following, namely, a lease,
licence or authority to trade, granted under the Airports (Business
Concessions) Act 1959 has expired or been cancelled.
(9) The revocation by a Collector, under subsection
96B (12) of the Act, of a permission given under subsection 96B (3)
of the Act shall be effected by notice in writing, which shall include a
statement of the reasons for the revocation, served on the person to whom the
permission was given.
95AA Permitting
goods to leave warehouse
For paragraph 99 (3) (c) of the Act, the
goods mentioned in Schedule 1AAA are prescribed.
95AB Notices
to Customs by holder of warehouse licence
(1) For subsection 102A (1) of the Act, the goods
mentioned in Schedule 1AAA are prescribed.
(2) For subsection 102A (2) of the Act:
(a) the time at which the period begins is the
time 24 hours before the estimated time of release of the goods; and
(b) the time at which the period ends is the time
immediately before the goods are released.
(3) For subsection 102A (3) of the Act, the
prescribed period is 3 hours after the return of the goods.
95A Customable beverages
(1) For paragraph (b) of the definition of customable
beverage in section 103 of the Act, goods classified under any of the
following subheadings are prescribed:
2204.10.23 2204.10.29 2204.10.83
2204.10.89 2204.29.30 2204.29.90
2205.90.30 2205.90.90 2206.00.52
2206.00.59 2206.00.62 2206.00.69
2206.00.92 2206.00.99 2207.10.00
2208.20.10 2208.20.90 2208.30.00
2208.40.00 2208.50.00 2208.60.00
2208.70.00 2208.90.20 2208.90.90.
(2) In this regulation:
subheading means a subheading mentioned in
Chapter 22 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
96 Volume
prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 105 (2) (a) of the Act:
containers containing whisky
For the purposes of paragraph 105 (2) (a)
of the Act, a volume of 300 litres is prescribed in respect of containers that
contain whisky, described in the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921,
all of which is for use as an aromatic in the production in Australia of wine
cocktail, vermouth, flavoured wine or wine aperitif described in paragraph 8 of
Part P4 of the Food Standards Code.
96A Prescribed
ships (Act s 106A)
(1) For section 106A of the Act, the kind of ships
prescribed is international passenger cruise ships.
(2) In this regulation:
international passenger cruise ship means a
ship that:
(a) has sleeping facilities for at least 100
persons (other than crew members); and
(b) is being used to provide a service of sea
transportation of persons from a place in Australia to a place outside
Australia that:
(i) is provided in return for a fee
payable by persons using the service; and
(ii) is available to the general
public.
97 Entry
of goods for export
(1) Goods of the following kinds are prescribed for
paragraph 113 (2) (b) of the Act:
(a) dutiable goods on which the duty is unpaid;
(b) excisable goods within the meaning of the
Excise Act 1901 on which the excise duty is unpaid;
(c) goods for which a person intends to claim a
drawback of duty or a drawback of excise duty under the Excise Act 1901.
(3) Goods (other than petroleum products supplied for
use as fuel to provide locomotive power) that are aircraft’s stores, within the
meaning of Part VII of the Act, are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph
113 (2) (f) of the Act if:
(a) the goods are supplied to aircraft (whether
or not engaging in international flights) by a person whose business includes
providing stores for aircraft engaging in international flights in accordance
with an international airline licence issued under the Air Navigation
Regulations; and
(b) the goods
would be:
(i) dutiable goods if entered for home
consumption under subsection 68 (1) of the Act; or
(ii) excisable goods within the meaning
of the Excise Act 1901 if entered for home consumption under
subsection 58 (1) of that Act; and
(c) the condition specified in paragraph (5) (a)
is satisfied in respect of the goods.
(4) Goods that are aircraft’s stores or ship’s stores,
within the meaning of Part VII of the Act, are prescribed for the purposes of
paragraph 113 (2) (f) of the Act if:
(a) the goods are a petroleum product supplied
for use as fuel to provide locomotive power, and the conditions specified in
subregulation (5) are satisfied in respect of the goods; or
(b) the goods are not:
(i) goods specified in subregulation
(3) or paragraph (a); or
(ii) goods that would be dutiable goods
if entered for home consumption under subsection 68 (1) of the Act; or
(iii) goods that would be excisable
goods within the meaning of the Excise Act 1901 if entered for home
consumption under subsection 58 (1) of that Act;
and the condition specified in paragraph
(5) (a) is satisfied in respect of the goods.
(4A) Goods that are live animals are prescribed for
subsection 113 (2A) of the Act if:
(a) the export is not for a commercial reason;
and
(b) the animal is exported as part of the
accompanied or unaccompanied personal effects of the owner of the animal; and
(c) the owner is a passenger in:
(i) the ship or aircraft in which the
animal is travelling; or
(ii) a ship or aircraft travelling to
the same final destination as the animal within a reasonable time before or
after the export of the animal; and
(d) the export of the animal does not require a
permission (however described) under an Act or an instrument made under an Act,
other than the Export Control Act 1982.
(5) The following are the conditions referred to in this
regulation:
(a) at all reasonable times the owner of the
goods must make available to an officer for examination records that show
details of the receipt, use and disposal of the goods;
(b) a return in an approved form or approved
statement in respect of the goods must be lodged with Customs by the owner of
goods within 7 days of the end of each month.
97A Refusal
to accept or deal with export declaration
For subsection 114 (8) of the Act,
Customs may refuse to accept or deal with an export declaration if:
(a) the intended day of exportation notified in
the declaration is more than 6 months after the declaration is communicated to
Customs; or
(b) any of the information required by an
approved form under subsection 114 (3) of the Act or approved statement
under subsection 114 (4) of the Act is not given in the declaration.
97B Declarations
by persons who use ACEANS — prescribed day of the month (Act s 114BC)
For paragraph 114BC (b) of the Act, the 7th day of
the month is prescribed.
98 Export
entry advices under section 114C of the Act
(1) If an export declaration for goods has been
communicated to Customs electronically, the export entry advice for the goods
under subsection 114C (1) of the Act must be given electronically or, if
not able to be given electronically, in documentary form.
(2) If an export declaration for goods has been
communicated to Customs in documentary form, the export entry advice for the
goods under subsection 114C (1) of the Act may be given:
(a) by the delivery of the advice by an officer
to the person who made the declaration; or
(b) by making the advice available for collection
during business hours at a place within a Customs office that has been
allocated to the person who made the declaration for collection of documents
from Customs; or
(c) by transmitting the advice by facsimile
transmission to a facsimile number nominated on the declaration by the person
who made the declaration; or
(d) by posting the advice by pre‑paid post
to the postal address (which may be a post office box number) nominated on the
declaration by the person who made the declaration.
(3) An export entry advice must contain:
(a) the export entry advice number by which the
advice can be identified; and
(b) the identifying reference, specified in the
export declaration to which the advice relates, of the person communicating the
export declaration to Customs; and
(c) if the advice is a refusal to provide an
authority to export the goods, an ‘error’ message.
98A Particulars
about goods for export (Act s 114E)
(1) For
subparagraph 114E (1) (a) (i) of the Act:
(a) the prescribed particulars are as follows:
(i) the relevant export entry advice
number or the ACEAN;
(ii) the Australian Business Number, or
the number allocated by Customs, that identifies the shipping line or airline
that will be used to export the goods;
(iii) if a submanifest number has been
allocated by Customs for the goods — the submanifest number;
(iv) if the goods are transhipped
goods — the number allocated by Customs to the goods;
(v) if the goods are to be consigned by
ship — the international vessel identification number and the number of
the voyage on which the goods will be exported;
(vi) if the goods are to be exported in
a container and consigned by ship — the number of the container;
(vii) if the goods are to be consigned
by ship but not in a container — the voyage booking reference or the bill
of lading reference;
(viii) if the goods are to be consigned
by air — the number or reference of the air waybill on which the goods are
listed and the flight number of the aircraft on which the goods will be
exported; and
(b) the prescribed manner of giving the
prescribed particular to the deliveree is in writing.
(2) For paragraph 114E (1) (b) of the
Act:
(a) the prescribed particulars are:
(i) the Australian Business Number, or
the number allocated by Customs, that identifies the shipping line or airline
on which the goods will be exported; and
(ii) if the goods are entered for export —
the export entry advice number or the ACEAN; and
(iii) if a submanifest number for the
goods has been allocated by Customs — the submanifest number;
(iv) if the goods are transhipped
goods — the number allocated by Customs to those goods; and
(v) if the goods meet the description
of an item in Schedule 1AAB and:
(A) for goods that meet the
description in any of items 1 to 6 and have not been entered for export —
the code mentioned in the item; or
(B) for goods that meet the
description in item 7 and have been entered for export — the code
mentioned in the item; and
(vi) if the goods are described in
paragraph 113 (2) (a) or 113 (2) (b) of the Act and there is no
submanifest number for them — a description of the goods, the name of the
owner of the goods and the country that is the final destination of the goods;
and
(vii) if the goods are to be exported in
a container and consigned by ship — the number of the container; and
(viii) if the goods are to be consigned
by ship but not in a container — the voyage booking reference or the bill
of lading reference; and
(ix) if the goods are to be consigned by
ship — the international vessel identification number and the number of
the voyage on which the goods will be exported; and
(x) if the goods are to be consigned by
air — the number or reference of the air waybill on which the goods are
listed and the flight number of the aircraft on which the goods will be
exported; and
(b) the prescribed manner of giving the
prescribed particular to the deliveree is in writing.
(3) For paragraph 114E (1) (c) of the
Act, the prescribed period is 3 hours.
(4) For subsection 114E (5) of the Act, all goods are
prescribed except the goods mentioned in Schedule 1AAC.
98B Notices
to Customs by person receiving goods (Act s 114F)
(1) For subsection 114F (1) of the Act, the airport on
Horn Island is excluded from the application of section 114F of the Act.
(2) For subsection 114F (1A) of the Act, the prescribed
period is within 3 hours after receipt of the goods.
(3) For subsection 114F (4) of the Act, all goods are
prescribed except the goods mentioned in Schedule 1AAC.
98C Consolidation
of certain goods for export (Act s 117AA)
(1) For section 117AA of the Act:
(a) a place described in a depot licence granted
under section 77G of the Act for the packing of goods that are subject to
the control of Customs under section 30 of the Act into receptacles for export
is prescribed; and
(b) the goods mentioned in Schedule 1AAA are
prescribed.
(2) For subsection 117AA (2) of the Act, the
prescribed period is 3 hours.
(3) For subsection 117AA (4) of the Act, the
prescribed period is 3 hours.
98D Application
for Certificate of Clearance — prescribed information (Act s 118)
For subsection 118 (3) of the Act, the following
information is prescribed:
(a) a unique identifier assigned to the
application by the person communicating it, being an identifier that, if the
application is a second or subsequent application for a Certificate of
Clearance for a single departure, indicates that fact;
(b) the Australian Business Number, or the number
allocated by Customs, that identifies the person communicating the application;
(c) whether the application relates to the
departure of:
(i) a
ship; or
(ii) an
aircraft;
(d) the code allocated by Customs (if any) to
identify the place from which the ship or aircraft will depart;
(e) if the application relates to a ship:
(i) the Australian Business Number, or
the number allocated by Customs, that identifies the operator for the voyage;
and
(ii) the international vessel
identification number of the ship; and
(iii) the voyage number;
(f) if the application relates to an aircraft:
(i) the code allocated by the
International Air Transport Association to identify the operator for the
flight; and
(ii) the flight number assigned by the
airline to identify the flight;
(g) the code (UN/LOCODE) allocated by the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe that identifies the first destination
port or airport of the ship or aircraft (whether or not in Australia);
(h) the intended date of departure of the ship
or aircraft;
(i) the intended time of departure of the ship
or aircraft.
98E Certificate
of Clearance — certain ships and aircraft (Act s 118A)
For subsection 118A (1) of the Act, a ship or
aircraft is specified if:
(a) it is not carrying any goods, other than
goods prescribed by regulation 100; and
Note The goods prescribed by regulation
100 are stores, ballast, certain accompanied baggage and the like.
(b) it is not a ship or aircraft in respect of
which, on its last voyage to Australia from a place outside Australia, a report
of cargo was required under section 64AB of the Act from:
(i) in the case of a ship — the
master or owner; or
(ii) in the case of an aircraft —
the pilot or owner.
99 Documentary
communication and withdrawal of export entries
(1) A document referred to in subsection 119D (1) of the
Act may be sent to the relevant officer in accordance with that subsection:
(a) if the document is a documentary export
entry — by giving the document to a person employed at an authorised
Australia Post outlet, for delivery to Customs; or
(b) if the document is a documentary withdrawal
of an export entry — by:
(i) transmitting the document to
Customs by fax at a fax number specified by Customs for the purpose; or
(ii) posting the document by pre‑paid
post to a postal address specified by Customs for the purpose.
(2) An officer referred to in subsection 119D (1) of the
Act who receives a document of a kind referred to in that subsection must
promptly apply to the document a stamp denoting the time when the officer
received it.
(3) A document to which a stamp has been applied under
subregulation (2) is taken, for the purposes of
subsection 119D (1) of the Act, to have been communicated to Customs at
the time of receipt denoted by the stamp.
(4) In this regulation, authorised Australia Post
outlet means an outlet:
(a) owned and operated by Australia Post; or
(b) licensed by Australia Post to a third party
licensee, and operated by a licensee or manager who meets the ‘Gatekeeper’
criteria for accreditation of registration authorities managed by the Australian
Government Information Management Office.
Note 1 A list of Australia Post outlets that
operate the ‘Gatekeeper’ system may be found at http://www.customs.gov.au.
Note 2 Information about the ‘Gatekeeper’
system may be found at the following website in the document “Gatekeeper
Criteria for Accreditation of Registration Authorities”:
http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper/accreditation.
100 Shipment
of goods
(1) Goods of the following kinds are prescribed for the
purposes of section 120 of the Act:
(a) stores in respect of which a Collector has
granted approval under subsection 129 (1) of the Act; and
(b) ship’s ballast approved by an officer doing
duty in respect of the granting of Certificates of Clearance; and
(c) baggage accompanying or intended to
accompany a passenger, if it consists of goods of a kind specified in paragraph
(2) (a) or (b).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) (c), the
following kinds of goods are specified:
(a) goods taken through Customs personally by a
passenger on departure from Australia; and
(b) goods consigned for transport as:
(i) a passenger’s allowed ticket
baggage; or
(ii) as the passenger’s excess baggage
(other than baggage consigned as cargo on an airway bill or a bill of lading).
102 Permission
for clearance
For section 122 of the Act, a Certificate of
Clearance may be granted in respect of a ship only if:
(a) an application for the certificate has been
made under subsection 118 (2) or (5) of the Act; and
(b) an application has been made in accordance
with Form 40.
104 Continuing
transire form
(1) In the case of an oversea vessel arriving at an
Australian port from overseas and clearing at such port for an Australian port
or ports or for an oversea destination via an Australian port or ports the
master shall, at or before the time of clearance from the first port of call in
Australia, take out a transire in Form 22A and shall produce such transire
to the Collector at each subsequent port of call in Australia. At each such
subsequent port of call in Australia, other than the last port, the Collector
shall endorse the word ‘Produced’ on the transire and return it to the Master.
The Collector at the last port of call in Australia shall retain the transire.
105 Landing certificate
The certificate referred to in section 126 of the
Act shall be in accordance with Form 42, and may be given by an officer of
Customs at the port where the goods are landed, or by any British Consul, or
other British official, or, in places where there is no officer of Customs or
British Consul, or other British official, by a British resident.
105A Exports
to Singapore — declaration by exporter
(1) For section 126AA of the Act, this regulation sets
out requirements on an exporter relating to the making of declarations
concerning the export of goods to Singapore for which a preferential tariff is
to be claimed.
(2) If the exporter is
not the producer or manufacturer of the goods, the exporter must, before
making the declaration mentioned in subregulation (3):
(a) if the exporter was the applicant for the
Certificate of Origin — give a copy of the Certificate of Origin to the
producer or manufacturer; and
(b) whether or not the exporter was the
applicant for the Certificate of Origin — obtain from the producer or
manufacturer a written confirmation:
(i) specifying evidence of the sale of
the goods to the exporter; and
(ii) specifying the Certificate of
Origin in relation to the goods; and
(iii) stating that the goods are
identical to goods that are specified in that Certificate of Origin; and
(iv) stating that the goods comply with
the rule specified in that Certificate of Origin; and
(v) specifying
the name, designation and signature of the producer’s or manufacturer’s
representative; and
(vi) specifying
the date on which the confirmation was signed by the producer’s or
manufacturer’s representative.
(3) The exporter must make a declaration, in writing,
before the export of the goods:
(a) stating that the
goods are the produce or manufacture of Australia, in accordance with SAFTA;
and
(b) specifying the
exporter’s invoice in relation to the goods; and
(c) specifying the
Certificate of Origin in relation to the goods; and
(d) stating that the
goods are identical to goods that are specified in that Certificate of Origin;
and
(e) stating that the
goods comply with the rule specified in that Certificate of Origin; and
(f) specifying the
name, designation and signature of the exporter’s representative; and
(g) specifying the
date on which the declaration was signed by the exporter’s representative.
(4) In this regulation:
Certificate of Origin has the meaning given
by section 153UA of the Act.
SAFTA has the meaning given by section 153UA
of the Act.
105B Exports
to Singapore — record keeping (producer or manufacturer)
(1) For section 126AB of the Act, this regulation:
(a) sets out record keeping obligations that
apply in relation to goods that:
(i) are
exported to Singapore; and
(ii) are
claimed to be the produce or manufacture of Australia for the purpose of
obtaining a preferential tariff in Singapore; and
(b) applies to the producer or manufacturer of
the goods (whether or not the producer or manufacturer is the exporter of the
goods).
(2) The producer or manufacturer must keep the
following records:
(a) records of the purchase of the goods;
(b) evidence that payment has been made for the
goods;
(c) evidence of the cost of the goods in the
form sold to the buyer;
(d) evidence of the value of the goods;
(e) records of the purchase of all materials
that were purchased for use or consumption in the production or manufacture of
the goods;
(f) evidence that payment has been made for those
materials;
(g) evidence of the cost of those materials in
the form sold to the producer or manufacturer;
(h) evidence of the value of those materials;
(i) records of the production
or manufacture of
the goods.
(j) a copy of the
Certificate of Origin in relation to the goods;
(k) if the producer or
manufacturer has given a confirmation mentioned in paragraph 105A (2) (b)
in relation to the goods to an exporter — a copy of the confirmation;
(l) if the producer
or manufacturer is the exporter of the goods — a copy of the declaration
mentioned in subregulation 105A (3) in relation to the goods.
(3) If the producer or manufacturer is the exporter of
the goods, the producer or manufacturer must keep the records required by
subregulation (2) for a period of at least 5 years starting on the date of the
declaration relating to the goods mentioned in subregulation 105A (3).
(4) If the producer or manufacturer is not the exporter
of the goods, the producer or manufacturer must keep the records required by
subregulation (2) for a period of at least 5 years starting on the date of the
confirmation mentioned in paragraph 105A (2) (b) in relation to
the goods.
(5) The producer or manufacturer:
(a) may keep a record under this regulation at
any place (whether or not in Australia); and
(b) must ensure that:
(i) the record is kept in a form that
would enable a determination of whether the goods are
the produce or manufacture of Australia, in accordance with SAFTA; and
(ii) if the record is not in
English — the record is kept in a place and form that would enable an
English translation to be readily made; and
(iii) if the record is kept by
mechanical or electronic means — the record is readily convertible into a
hard copy in English.
(6) In this regulation:
Certificate of Origin
has the meaning given by section 153UA of the Act.
SAFTA has the meaning given by section 153UA
of the Act.
105C Exports
to Singapore — record keeping (exporter that is not producer or
manufacturer)
(1) For section 126AB of
the Act, this regulation:
(a) sets out record keeping obligations that
apply in relation to goods that:
(i) are
exported to Singapore; and
(ii) are
claimed to be the produce or manufacture of Australia for the purpose of
obtaining a preferential tariff in Singapore; and
(b) applies to the
exporter of the goods that is not also the producer or manufacturer of
the goods.
(2) The exporter must keep the following records:
(a) records of the purchase of the goods by the
exporter, including evidence that payment has been made for the goods;
(b) records of the purchase of the goods by the
person to whom the goods are exported, including evidence that payment has been
made for the goods;
(c) the confirmation mentioned in paragraph
105A (2) (b) given to the exporter by the producer or manufacturer;
(d) a copy of the declaration mentioned in
subregulation 105A (3);
(e) a copy of the Certificate of Origin in
relation to the goods.
(3) The exporter must keep the records required by
subregulation (2) for a period of at least 5 years starting on the date of
the declaration mentioned in subregulation 105A (3) in relation to the
goods.
(4) The exporter:
(a) may keep a record under this regulation at
any place (whether or not in Australia); and
(b) must ensure
that:
(i) the
record is kept in a form that would enable a determination of whether the goods
are the produce or manufacture of Australia, in accordance with SAFTA; and
(ii) if the
record is not in English — the record is kept in a place and form that
would enable an English translation to be readily made; and
(iii) if the record is kept by
mechanical or electronic means — the record is readily convertible into a
hard copy in English.
(5) In this regulation:
Certificate of Origin has the meaning given
by section 153UA of the Act.
SAFTA has the meaning given by section 153UA
of the Act.
105D Exportation
of goods to Thailand — Record keeping by exporter who is not the producer
of the goods
(1) For subsection 126AG (1) of the Act, an
exporter, who is not also the producer, of goods mentioned in that subsection
must keep the following records:
(a) records of the exporter’s purchase of the
goods;
(b) records of the purchase of the goods by the
person to whom the goods are exported;
(c) evidence that payment has been made for the
goods;
(d) evidence of the classification of the goods
under the Harmonized System;
(e) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were purchased by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of the
spare parts, accessories or tools; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the spare
parts, accessories or tools;
(f) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were produced by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in the production of the
spare parts, accessories or tools; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
spare parts, accessories or tools;
(g) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was purchased by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of the
packaging material or container; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
packaging or container;
(h) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was produced by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in the production of the
packaging material or container; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
packaging material or container;
(i) a copy of the Certificate of Origin in
relation to the goods.
(2) The records must be kept for a period of at least 5
years starting on the date of issue of the Certificate of Origin in relation to
the goods.
(3) The exporter:
(a) may keep a
record under this regulation at any place (whether or not in Australia); and
(b) must ensure that:
(i) the record is kept in a form that
would enable a determination of whether the goods are Australian originating
goods in accordance with the Agreement; and
(ii) if the record is not in
English — the record is kept in a place and form that would enable an
English translation to be readily made; and
(iii) if the record is kept by
mechanical or electronic means — the record is readily convertible into a
hard copy in English.
(4) In this regulation, the following words and
expressions have the same meaning as in Division 1D of Part VIII of the Act:
(a) Agreement;
(b) Australian originating goods;
(c) Certificate of Origin;
(d) Harmonized System;
(e) produce.
105E Exportation
of goods to Thailand — Record keeping by the producer of the goods
(1) For subsection 126AG (1) of the Act, the
producer of goods mentioned in that subsection, whether or not the producer is
the exporter of the goods, must keep the following records:
(a) records of the purchase of the goods;
(b) if the producer is the exporter of the
goods — evidence of the classification of the goods under the Harmonized
System;
(c) evidence that payment has been made for the
goods;
(d) evidence of the value of the goods;
(e) records
of the purchase of all materials that were purchased for use or consumption in
the production of the goods and evidence of the classification of the materials
under the Harmonized System;
(f) evidence of the value of those materials;
(g) records of the production of the goods;
(h) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were purchased by the producer:
(i) records of the purchase of the
spare parts, accessories or tools; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the spare
parts, accessories or tools;
(i) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were produced by the producer:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in their production; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
spare parts, accessories or tools;
(j) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was purchased by the producer:
(i) records of their purchase; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
packaging material or container;
(k) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was produced by the producer:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in the production of the
packaging material or container; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
packaging material or container;
(l) a copy of the Certificate of Origin in
relation to the goods.
(2) The records must be kept for a period of at least 5
years starting on the date of issue of the Certificate of Origin in relation to
the goods.
(3) The producer:
(a) may keep a record under this regulation at
any place (whether or not in Australia); and
(b) must ensure that:
(i) the record is kept in a form that
would enable a determination of whether the goods are Australian originating
goods in accordance with the Agreement; and
(ii) if the record is not in
English — the record is kept in a place and form that would enable an
English translation to be readily made; and
(iii) if the record is kept by
mechanical or electronic means — the record is readily convertible into a
hard copy in English.
(4) In this regulation, the following words and
expressions have the same meaning as in Division 1D of Part VIII of the Act:
(a) Agreement;
(b) Australian originating goods;
(c) Certificate of Origin;
(d) Harmonized System;
(e) produce.
105F Exportation
of goods to New Zealand — record keeping by exporter who is not the
producer or principal manufacturer of the goods
(1) For subsection 126AJB (1) of the Act, an exporter,
who is not also the producer or principal manufacturer, of goods mentioned in
that subsection must keep the following records:
(a) records of the purchase of the goods by the
exporter;
(b) records of the purchase of the
goods by the person to whom the goods are exported;
(c) evidence that payment has been made for the
goods;
(d) evidence of the classification of the goods
under the Harmonized System;
(e) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were purchased by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of the
spare parts, accessories or tools; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the spare
parts, accessories or tools;
(f) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were produced by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in the production of the
spare parts, accessories or tools; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
spare parts, accessories or tools;
(g) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was purchased by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of the
packaging material or container; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
packaging or container;
(h) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was produced by the exporter:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in the production of the
packaging material or container; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
packaging material or container.
(2) The records must be kept for a period of at least 5
years starting on the date of exportation.
(3) The exporter:
(a) may keep a record under this regulation at
any place (whether or not in Australia); and
(b) must ensure that:
(i) the
record is kept in a form that would enable a determination of whether the goods
are Australian originating goods in accordance with the Agreement; and
(ii) if the record is not in
English — the record is kept in a place and form that would enable an
English translation to be readily made; and
(iii) if the record is kept by
mechanical or electronic means — the record is readily convertible into a
hard copy in English.
(4) In this regulation:
(a) principal manufacturer has the
same meaning as in Division 4D of Part VI of the Act; and
(b) the following words and expressions have the
same meaning as in Division 1E of Part VIII of the Act:
(i) Agreement;
(ii) Australian originating goods;
(iii) Harmonized System;
(iv) produce.
105G Exportation
of goods to New Zealand — record keeping by the producer or principal
manufacturer of the goods
(1) For subsection 126AJB (1) of the Act, the
producer or principal manufacturer of goods mentioned in that subsection,
whether or not the producer or principal manufacturer is the exporter of the
goods, must keep the following records:
(a) records of the purchase of the goods;
(b) if the producer or principal manufacturer is
the exporter of the goods — evidence of the classification of the goods
under the Harmonized System;
(c) evidence that payment has been made for the
goods;
(d) evidence of the value of the goods;
(e) records
of the purchase of all materials that were purchased for use or consumption in
the production of the goods and evidence of the classification of the materials
under the Harmonized System;
(f) evidence of the value of those materials;
(g) records of the production of the goods;
(h) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were purchased by the producer or principal
manufacturer:
(i) records of the purchase of the
spare parts, accessories or tools; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the spare
parts, accessories or tools;
(i) if the goods include any spare parts,
accessories or tools that were produced by the producer or principal
manufacturer:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in their production; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
spare parts, accessories or tools;
(j) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was purchased by the producer or
principal manufacturer:
(i) records of their purchase; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
packaging material or container;
(k) if the goods are packaged for retail sale in
packaging material or a container that was produced by the producer or
principal manufacturer:
(i) records of the purchase of all
materials that were purchased for use or consumption in the production of the
packaging material or container; and
(ii) evidence of the value of the
materials; and
(iii) records of the production of the
packaging material or container.
(2) The records must be kept for a period of at least 5
years starting on the date of exportation.
(3) The producer or principal manufacturer:
(a) may keep a record under this regulation at
any place (whether or not in Australia); and
(b) must ensure that:
(i) the record is kept in a form that
would enable a determination of whether the goods are Australian originating
goods in accordance with the Agreement; and
(ii) if the record is not in
English — the record is kept in a place and form that would enable an
English translation to be readily made; and
(iii) if the record is kept by
mechanical or electronic means — the record is readily convertible into a
hard copy in English.
(4) In this regulation:
(a) principal manufacturer has the
same meaning as in Division 4D of Part VI of the Act; and
(b) the following words and expressions have the
same meaning as in Division 1E of Part VIII of the Act:
(i) Agreement;
(ii) Australian originating goods;
(iii) Harmonized System;
(iv) produce.
106 Ship’s
stores
(1) For the purpose of section 130 of the Act, ship’s
stores:
(a) consisting of spirituous liquor or beverages
(other than beer or wine) sold to a passenger or member of the crew otherwise
than by the glass or nip;
(b) consisting of cigars sold to a passenger or
member of the crew otherwise than by the individual packet, tin or box
containing not more than 25 cigars;
(c) consisting of cigarettes sold to a passenger
or a member of the crew otherwise than by the individual packet containing not
more than 25 cigarettes or the individual tin containing not more than 50
cigarettes; or
(d) consisting of
other tobacco products sold to a passenger or a member of the crew otherwise
than in a quantity that does not exceed 120 grams in weight;
are liable to duties of Customs.
(2) For the purpose of section 130 of the Act, ship’s
stores consisting of spirituous liquor or beverages (including beer or wine),
or of cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products, sold to a person other than
a passenger or a member of the crew are liable to duties of Customs.
(3) The Master of a ship shall, on arrival in Australia
complete and sign in the presence of the Collector, and deliver to the
Collector, at the first port of call in Australia a statement, verified by
declaration made in the presence of the Collector, showing particulars of all
narcotic drugs and restricted drugs forming part of the ship’s stores.
(4) The Master of a ship shall, before the ship leaves
its last port of call in Australia, deliver to the Collector a statement,
verified by declaration made in the presence of the Collector, setting out
particulars of all narcotic drugs and restricted drugs shipped in Australia and
the quantity consumed while the ship was in Australian waters.
(5) The statements referred to in subregulations (3) and
(4), and the declaration referred to in subregulation (3), may be in accordance
with Part I of Form 42A.
(6) The prescribed form for the purpose of subsection
130B (2) of the Act is Part II of Form 42A.
107 Aircraft’s
stores
(1) For the purpose of section 130 of the Act,
aircraft’s stores, other than:
(a) stores for consumption or use in an aircraft
that is engaged on an international air service or flight conducted or operated
by a person resident in Australia;
(b) stores for
consumption or use in an aircraft that is engaged on a flight between a place
in Australia and a place in a Territory of the Commonwealth not forming part of
the Commonwealth;
(ba) stores for consumption or use in an aircraft
that is engaged on a flight approved under subsection 15 (1) of the Air
Navigation Act 1920;
(c) stores included in a class of stores to
which an bilateral arrangement applies for consumption or use in an aircraft
that is included in a class of aircraft to which the bilateral arrangement
applies and is engaged on an international air service or flight included in a
class of international air services or flights to which the bilateral
arrangement applies conducted or operated by a person included in a class of
persons to which the bilateral arrangement applies; and
(d) stores upon which the CEO considers it would
be uneconomical to collect duty;
are liable to duties of Customs.
(2) For the purpose of subregulation (1):
(a) bilateral arrangement has the
same meaning as in the International Air Services Commission Act 1992;
(b) a reference to
a person resident in Australia shall be read as including a reference to:
(i) a body corporate established by an
Act or by a law of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) a company incorporated under the
law in force in a State or Territory of the Commonwealth;
but shall not be read as including a reference
to any other body corporate or company;
(c) an aircraft that is being used for purposes
connected with the operation of an international air service or is undergoing
testing, maintenance or repairs for the purpose of being used in connexion with
the operation of an international air service shall be deemed to be engaged on
an international air service; and
(d) a flight shall be deemed to be a flight
between a place in Australia and a place in a Territory of the Commonwealth not
forming part of the Commonwealth if the flight commences at either of those
places and ends, or is intended to end, at the other of those places, whether
or not the aircraft may or will, in the course of the flight, call at any other
place in Australia or that Territory.
107A Prescribed costs
of factory labour — section 153F of the Act
For the purposes of subsection 153F (1) of the Act,
each of the following costs, to the extent that the cost relates to labour, is
prescribed:
(a) the cost of wages and employee benefits;
(b) the cost of supervision and training;
(c) the cost of management of the process of
manufacture;
(d) the cost of receipt and storage of materials;
(e) the cost of quality control;
(f) the cost of packing of goods into inner
containers;
(g) the cost of handling and storage of goods
within the factory.
107B Prescribed costs
of factory overheads — section 153G of the Act
(1) For the purposes of subsection 153G (1) of the Act,
each of the following costs is prescribed:
(a) the cost of inspection and testing of
materials and goods;
(b) the cost of
insurance of the following kinds:
(i) insurance of plant, equipment and
materials used in the production of the goods;
(ii) insurance of work in progress and
finished goods;
(iii) liability insurance;
(iv) accident compensation insurance;
(v) insurance against consequential
loss from accident to plant and equipment;
(c) the cost of dies, moulds, tooling and the
depreciation, maintenance and repair of plant and equipment;
(d) the cost of interest payments for plant and
equipment;
(e) the cost of
research, development, design and engineering;
(f) the cost of the following items in respect
of real property used in the production of the goods:
(i) insurance;
(ii) rent and leasing;
(iii) mortgage interest;
(iv) depreciation on buildings;
(v) maintenance and repair;
(vi) rates and taxes;
(g) the cost of leasing of plant and equipment;
(h) the cost of energy, fuel, water, lighting,
lubricants, rags and other materials and supplies not directly incorporated in
manufactured goods;
(i) the cost of storage of goods at the
factory;
(j) the cost of royalties or licences in respect
of patented machines or processes used in the manufacture of the goods or in
respect of the right to manufacture the goods;
(k) the cost of subscriptions to standards
institutions and industry and research associations;
(l) the cost of the provision of medical care,
cleaning services, cleaning materials and equipment, training materials and
safety and protective clothing and equipment;
(m) the cost of the disposal of non‑recyclable
waste;
(n) the cost of subsidisation of a factory
cafeteria to the extent not recovered by returns;
(o) the cost of factory security;
(p) the cost of computer facilities allocated to
the process of manufacture of the goods;
(q) the cost of contracting out part of the
manufacturing process within Australia or New Zealand;
(r) the cost of employee transport;
(s) the cost of vehicle expenses;
(t) the cost of any tax in the nature of a
fringe benefits tax.
(2) In working out a cost
for the purposes of subregulation (1), the following costs are not included:
(a) any cost or expense relating to the general
expense of doing business (including, but not limited to, any cost or expense
relating to insurance or to executive, financial, sales, advertising,
marketing, accounting or legal services);
(b) the cost of telephone, mail and other means
of communication;
(c) the cost of international travel expenses,
including fares and accommodation;
(d) the cost of the following items in respect of
real property used by persons carrying out administrative functions:
(i) insurance;
(ii) rent and leasing;
(iii) mortgage interest;
(iv) depreciation on buildings;
(v) maintenance and repair;
(vi) rates and taxes;
(e) the cost of conveying, insuring or shipping
the goods after manufacture;
(f) the cost of shipping containers or packing
the goods into shipping containers;
(g) the cost of any royalty payment relating to
a licensing agreement to distribute or sell the goods;
(h) the manufacturer’s profit and the profit or
remuneration of any trader, agent, broker or other person dealing in the goods
after manufacture;
(i) any other cost incurred after the
completion of manufacture of the goods.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) (c) and (f),
the cost of depreciation of plant, equipment or buildings must be worked out in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as applied by the
manufacturer.
(4) Despite subregulation (2), if preference claim goods
are claimed to be the manufacture of Papua New Guinea or a Forum Island Country
the following costs, in addition to the costs prescribed by
subregulation (1), are prescribed for subsection 153G (1) of the
Act:
(a) 25% of the cost of telecommunications; and
(b) the cost of international travel expenses
incurred to allow 1 person to travel, in a year, to attend 1 trade fair or
to purchase equipment; and
(c) the cost of contracting out part of the
manufacturing process within Papua New Guinea or a Forum Island Country.
107C Meaning
of alcoholic beverage
For the definition of alcoholic beverage
in section 153AA of the Act, an alcoholic beverage is a good that is classified
in heading 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206 or 2208 of Schedule 3 to the Customs
Tariff Act 1995.
108 Manner
of acceptance by Collector of estimated value of goods
For subsection 161K (2) of the Act, a
Collector signifies acceptance of an estimate of the value of the goods by:
(a) giving an authority to deal with the goods
under section 71 of the Act; or
(b) giving an authority of the kind mentioned in
subsection 71C (4) or 71DJ (4) of the Act.
124 Security for payment of duty
(1) For the purposes of section 162 of the Act:
(a) tourists and temporary residents are
prescribed classes of persons; and
(b) the prescribed classes of goods are:
(i) specialised equipment or tools to
be used in exploration, production, manufacture, repair or modification, and
included in a class of goods mentioned in paragraph 125 (2) (a); and
(iii) goods imported for use at a
public exhibition or entertainment, not being cinematograph films of a kind
usually used for profit, or theatrical costumes, scenery or property; and
(iv) testing or evaluation equipment;
and
(c) the prescribed purposes for goods are testing
and evaluation of those goods.
(2) An application for the permission of the Collector
under section 162 of the Act must be in the approved form.
(3) A person must not
export goods for which a permission has been granted under subsection
162 (1) of the Act unless:
(a) the person has given to the Collector a
notice of intention to export the goods; and
(b) the goods have been brought into a prescribed
place for export.
(4) Except with the consent of a Collector, a person to
whom permission has been granted under subsection 162 (1) of the Act to
take delivery of goods shall not, unless a security referred to in that
subsection given for the payment of the duty on those goods has been enforced
according to its tenor or the amount of that duty has otherwise been paid or
recovered:
(a) lend, sell, pledge, mortgage, hire, give
away or exchange those goods;
(b) part with possession of those goods otherwise
than by way of, or for the purposes of, the exportation of those goods;
(c) otherwise dispose of those goods; or
(d) in any way alter those goods.
(5) In this regulation:
prescribed place means a place prescribed for
paragraph 30 (1) (d) of the Act.
Note Regulation 23 mentions the
prescribed places.
124A Duty
not payable in certain circumstances (Act s 162)
(1) For subparagraph 162 (3) (b) (ii) of
the Act, the circumstance mentioned in subregulation (2) is specified.
(2) The goods have no
value because:
(a) they have been accidentally damaged or
destroyed; or
(b) if the goods are an animal — it has
died, or has been destroyed, because of an accident or illness.
125 Importation
of goods on a temporary basis
(1) In this regulation, intergovernmental
agreement means an agreement, being an agreement to which the
Commonwealth and the government of a country, or the governments of countries,
other than Australia are parties, that provides for the importation of goods of
a class or classes specified in the agreement into Australia and that country
or those countries on a temporary basis without payment of duties of customs.
(2) There may, in accordance with section 162A of the
Act, be brought into Australia on a temporary basis without payment of duty:
(a) goods included in a class of goods to which
an intergovernmental agreement applies;
(b) goods imported by persons included in a class
of persons to which an intergovernmental agreement applies;
(c) goods included in a class of goods to which
an intergovernmental agreement applies imported by persons included in a class
of persons to which an intergovernmental agreement applies; or
(d) goods imported for a purpose specified in an
intergovernmental agreement as a purpose for which the goods may be imported on
a temporary basis without payment of duty.
125A Duty
not payable in certain circumstances (Act s 162A)
(1) For paragraph 162A (5) (b) of the Act, the
circumstance mentioned in subregulation (2) is specified.
(2) The goods have no
value because:
(a) they have been accidentally damaged or
destroyed; or
(b) if the goods are an animal — it has died,
or has been destroyed, because of an accident or illness.
125B Dealing with
goods brought into Australia under section 162A of the Act
(1) Where goods are, in accordance with section 162A of
the Act, brought into Australia on a temporary basis without payment of duty,
the person to whom the goods are delivered under that section shall not, except
with the consent of the CEO, lend, sell, pledge, mortgage, hire, give away,
exchange or otherwise dispose of or part with possession of the goods or in any
way alter the goods.
126 Circumstances
under which refunds, rebates and remissions are made
(1) Each of the following circumstances is prescribed
for the purposes of section 163 of the Act, namely where:
(a) the goods on which duty has been paid or is
payable have deteriorated or been damaged, lost or destroyed after being
received at the place of export of the goods and before the goods became
subject to the control of Customs;
(b) the goods on which duty has been paid or is
payable have deteriorated or been damaged or destroyed while subject to the
control of Customs;
(c) the goods on which duty has been paid or is
payable:
(i) have been lost while subject to
the control of Customs; or
(ii) have been stolen after being
received at the place of export of the goods and before the goods left the
control of Customs;
(d) the goods on which duty has been paid or is
payable have deteriorated or been damaged or destroyed while undergoing
treatment pursuant to the provisions of the Quarantine Act 1908, the
deterioration, damage or destruction being directly or indirectly attributable
to that treatment and the goods having been ordered into quarantine directly
from the control of the Customs;
(da) all of the following conditions are
satisfied:
(i) an import entry in relation to
goods is withdrawn under section 71F of the Act;
(ii) the amount of duty specified in
the import entry in relation to the goods has been paid;
(iii) none of paragraphs (a), (b), (c),
(d) and (h) applies;
(e) duty has been paid through manifest error of
fact or patent misconception of the law;
(ea) a decision referred to in subsection
273GA (2) of the Act has been reviewed by the Administrative Appeals
Tribunal and the Tribunal, or a court on appeal from the Tribunal, has held
that the amount of duty payable (if any) is less than the amount of duty
demanded in consequence of that decision, or has remitted the matter to a
Collector who has accordingly decided that the amount of duty payable (if any)
is less than the amount demanded in consequence of that decision;
(eb) in consequence of:
(i) a Customs Tariff, or a Customs
Tariff alteration, proposed in the Parliament; or
(ii) the publication in the Gazette of
a notice under subsection 273EA (1) of an intention to propose in the
Parliament a Customs Tariff or a Customs Tariff alteration; or
(iii) in the case of an amendment of
the Customs Tariff Act 1995 — the later of:
(A) the Royal Assent to the
amendment; or
(B) the commencement of the
amendment;
there is a reduction of the duty payable on
goods entered for home consumption on which duty has been paid;
(f) after duty has been paid on goods, a by‑law
or determination is made under Part XVI of the Act, or a Commercial Tariff
Concession Order is made under Part XVA of the Act, the effect of which is
that duty is not payable on those goods or duty is payable on those goods at a
rate which is less than the rate which was applicable when the goods were
entered for home consumption;
(fa) the price of goods for the purposes of
Division 2 of Part VIII of the Act was taken into account in determining
under that Division the customs value of the goods and a rebate of, or other
decrease in, that price accrues to the importer of the goods and the rebate, or
decrease:
(i) was not taken into account in
determining that customs value; and
(ii) is not a rebate, or decrease,
referred to in paragraph (g);
(g) the Collector is satisfied that:
(i) the price of goods for Division 2
of Part VIII of the Act was taken into account in determining under the
Division the customs value of the goods; and
(ii) a rebate of, or other decrease in,
the price accrues to the importer of the goods:
(A) because of a fault or
defect in the goods; or
(B) because the goods did
not conform to contract specifications given by the importer to the
manufacturer or supplier; and
(iii) the rebate, or decrease, was not
taken into account in determining the customs value;
(h) the Collector
is satisfied that:
(i) the customs value of goods has
been determined under Division 2 of Part VIII of the Act; and
(ii) a decrease in the value of the
goods that would have resulted in a decrease in the customs value occurred
before the determination:
(A) because of a fault or
defect in the goods; or
(B) because the goods did
not conform to contract specifications given by the importer to the
manufacturer or supplier; and
(iii) the decrease in the value of the
goods was not taken into account in determining the customs value; and
(iv) all reasonable steps available to
the importer have been taken to obtain redress from the manufacturer or
supplier but without success; and
(v) no rebate of, or other decrease in,
the price of the goods accrues to the importer under paragraph (g);
(p) duty has been paid on petrol and that petrol,
in whole or in part, is returned to a warehouse or to a manufacturer;
(r) duty has been
paid on goods that were first entered for home consumption at a time when a
TCO, made in respect of those goods under Part XVA of the Act, was in force or
was taken to have come into force;
(ra) the interim duty, within the meaning of
section 269T of the Act, that has been paid is more than the interim duty
payable, because of:
(i) a declaration made by the Minister
under subsection 269ZDB (1) of the Act; or
(ii) a decision made by the Minister
under subsection 269ZZM (1) of the Act;
(w) goods were exported after 30 June 1996 and
before regulation 139 commenced and:
(i) dumping duty within the meaning of
subregulation 139 (1) was paid on the goods; or
(ii) the goods were specified goods
within the meaning of subregulation 131 (1) (as applied by subregulation
139 (2)); or
(iii) imported goods on which dumping
duty had been paid were used in the manufacture or treatment of the goods;
(x) duty has been paid on a passenger motor
vehicle that:
(i) was imported solely for testing,
evaluation or engineering development; and
(ii) was new or unused when it was
imported; and
(iii) is donated to an education
institution that undertakes in writing to dispose of it only for scrap;
(y) duty has been paid on an automotive
component that is donated to an education institution that undertakes in
writing to dispose of it only for scrap;
(z) duty credit has been applied, in accordance
with the ACIS Administration Act 1999, against customs duty that a
person has already paid.
(1A) In subregulation (1):
education institution has the meaning given
by the Student Assistance Act 1973.
place of export has the meaning given by
subsection 154 (1) of the Act.
(2) In paragraph
(1) (p):
manufacturer
has the same meaning as in the Excise Act 1901.
petrol includes benzine, benzol, gasoline,
naphtha, pentane and any petroleum, shale or coal tar distillate dutiable under
the Act.
(6) The amount of refund that may be made in a
circumstance prescribed by paragraph 126 (1) (z) is not more
than the amount of duty credit applied.
126A Remission of duty if import entry or self‑assessed
clearance declaration taken to be withdrawn
(1) This regulation applies to a person if:
(a) the person pays an amount of duty (in this
regulation called duty 1) in respect of imported goods; and
(b) either:
(i) the import entry relating to the
goods is taken to be withdrawn under subsection 71F (2) of the Act because
the person has changed the information in the entry; or
(ii) the self‑assessed clearance
declaration relating to the goods is taken to be withdrawn under subsection
71AAAP (3) of the Act because the person has changed the information in
the declaration.
(2) If duty 1 is less
than or equal to the amount of duty that would be payable in respect of the
changed entry or declaration (in this regulation called duty 2):
(a) duty 2 is remitted to the extent of the
amount of duty 1; and
(b) the person is not entitled to a refund of
duty 1.
(3) If duty 1 is greater than
duty 2:
(a) duty 2 is remitted to the extent of the
amount of duty 1; and
(b) the person is entitled to a refund of the
amount by which duty 1 is greater than duty 2; and
(c) the person is not required to apply for the
refund; and
(d) the person must present an authority for the
refund issued to the person by Customs.
126B Other
circumstances under which refunds, rebates and remissions are made — Free
Trade Agreements
(1) For subsection 163 (1) of the Act, the
following circumstances are prescribed:
(a) duty has been paid on Thai originating goods
(other than goods mentioned in subregulation (2));
(b) duty has been paid on goods (other than goods
mentioned in subregulation (2)):
(i) that
would have been Thai originating goods if, at the time the goods were imported,
the importer held a Certificate of Origin or a copy of a Certificate of Origin
for the goods; and
(ii) for which the importer holds a
Certificate of Origin or a copy of a Certificate of Origin at the time of
making the application for the refund.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to:
(a) safeguard goods; and
(b) goods that would have been safeguard goods
if, at the time the goods were imported, the importer held a Certificate of
Origin or a copy of a Certificate of Origin for the goods.
(3) A person may not apply for duty to be refunded under
paragraph 126 (1) (e) in respect of:
(a) goods mentioned in subregulation (1), to the
extent that an application for a refund relates to 1 or more of the factors
that determine whether the goods are Thai originating goods; or
(b) goods mentioned in subregulation (2), to the
extent that an application for a refund relates to 1 or more of the factors
that determine whether the goods are Thai originating goods.
(4) In this regulation:
Certificate of Origin has the meaning given
in subsection 153ZA (1) of the Act.
safeguard goods has the meaning given in
subsection 16A (7) of the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
Thai originating goods
has the meaning given in subsection 153ZA (1) of the Act.
127 Conditions
for refund etc of duty
(1) A refund of duty shall not be made unless an
application for the refund in accordance with regulation 128 is delivered in
accordance with that regulation within the period within which that application
may, by virtue of regulation 128A, be made.
(1B) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the
circumstances mentioned in subregulation 128AA (1) or (2) apply.
(2) Subject to subregulation (3), a remission of duty
shall not be made unless an application for the remission in accordance with
regulation 128 is delivered in accordance with that regulation before the goods
leave the control of the Customs.
(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply if the goods on
which duty was payable have been totally lost or destroyed or have otherwise ceased
to exist.
(3A) A refund or remission of duty will not be made if
drawback of all the import duty paid for the goods has been paid.
(3B) The amount of drawback of import duty paid under these
Regulations, if it is less than the total import duty paid for the goods, is to
be deducted from the amount of the refund or remission of duty.
(4) A refund or remission of the whole of the duty paid
or payable on goods mentioned in paragraph 126 (1) (a), (b) or (d) that
have not been totally lost or destroyed, or have not otherwise ceased to exist,
will only be made if Customs is notified and the goods:
(a) are destroyed:
(i) under the supervision of an
officer; or
(ii) after Customs tells the person who
made the application that the goods can be destroyed; or
(b) are exported.
(4A) The circumstance specified in paragraph
126 (1) (ea) is subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
(a) that any period of time during which,
without the grant of an extension of time:
(i) an appeal may be taken from the
decision of the Tribunal to the Federal Court of Australia (in this
subregulation called the Federal Court) has elapsed; or
(ii) where the Federal Court has
determined such an appeal, an application may be made to the High Court for
special leave to appeal from the decision of the Federal Court has elapsed and
such special leave has not been granted or, if granted, has since lapsed or
been rescinded;
(b) that no appeal is pending in the Federal
Court in respect of the Tribunal’s decision;
(c) that no appeal is pending in the High Court
in respect of any determination of the Federal Court on an appeal of a kind
mentioned in paragraph (a).
(4B) A refund or remission of the whole of the duty paid or
payable on goods mentioned in paragraph 126 (1) (g) or (h) will only be
made if the goods are destroyed, exported or otherwise dealt with as approved
by a Collector.
127AA Rounding
down cash payments of duty
For the purposes of subsection 163 (1) of the Act,
if an amount of duty payable on goods:
(a) is to be paid in cash; and
(b) is not a multiple of 5 cents;
the number of cents in excess of the next lower amount that is a
multiple of 5 cents must be remitted.
128 Application
for refund, rebate or remission of duty
(1) For paragraph
163 (1AA) (a) of the Act, an application by document for a refund, a
rebate or a remission of duty must:
(a) be in an approved form; and
(b) include information as required by the form;
and
(c) be signed as required by the form; and
(e) state which circumstance under subregulation
126 (1) applies to each of the imported goods; and
(f) either:
(i) be given or sent to an officer
doing duty in relation to refunds; or
(ii) be left in a Customs Office at a
place designated for lodgment of applications for refunds, rebates or
remissions of duty.
(1A) For paragraph
163 (1AA) (a) of the Act, an application by computer for a refund, a
rebate or a remission of duty must:
(a) include information as required by an
approved statement; and
(b) state which circumstance under subregulation
126 (1) applies to each of the imported goods; and
(c) be transmitted, and signed, in a manner that
meets the information technology requirements determined under
section 126DA of the Act that apply to import declarations, or self‑assessed
clearance declarations, about goods of the kind to which the application
relates.
(2) The goods for which an application is made must be
goods covered by the same import declaration or self‑assessed clearance
declaration.
(3) For paragraphs (1) (e) and (1A) (b), only
1 circumstance may be stated to apply to particular goods mentioned in a line
of an application.
(3A) An application made under this regulation is taken to
have been made to the CEO.
(4) In subregulation (3):
line, for an application, means the part of
the application that describes particular goods that have a single tariff
classification to which a duty rate applies (whether or not the application
describes other goods that have the same tariff classification or another
tariff classification).
128AAA Procedures
for dealing with application for rebate, refund or remission
(1) For paragraph 163 (1AA) (b) of the Act,
this regulation sets out procedures to be followed by Customs in dealing with
applications for refunds, rebates or remissions.
(2) Before considering an application for a refund,
rebate or remission of duty, a Collector must:
(a) verify particulars in the application; or
(b) be satisfied of any other matter that may be
relevant to approval of the refund, rebate or remission.
(3) If required by a Collector, the applicant must
deliver to the Collector:
(a) the commercial documents relating to the
application that are in the applicant’s possession or under the applicant’s
control; or
(b) information, of a kind specified in a notice,
about the goods that is within the knowledge of the applicant or that the
applicant is reasonably able to obtain.
(4) A documentary requirement to deliver documents or
information relating to an application must:
(a) be given to the person by whom, or for whom,
the application was made; and
(b) be in an approved form and include the
information required by the form.
(5) A computer requirement to deliver documents or
information relating to an application must:
(a) be transmitted electronically to the person
who made the application; and
(b) include information required by an approved
statement.
(6) A Collector may ask the applicant or, if another
person made the application for the applicant, that other person, questions
about the application.
(7) A Collector may require the applicant to verify the
information in the application by declaration or by the production of
documents.
(8) An application may be considered only on the
information available to a Collector if any of the following requirements are
not complied with within 30 days after the requirement is made:
(a) a requirement to deliver documents or
information;
(b) a requirement to answer a question;
(c) a requirement to verify information.
(9) If a person delivers a commercial document to a
Collector, the Collector must deal with the document and then return the
document to that person.
128AAB Communication
of application to Customs
For subsection 163 (1AB) of the Act, an
application for a refund, rebate or remission of duty is taken to have been
communicated to Customs when an electronic message is transmitted by Customs to
the person who made the application stating that:
(a) the application has been accepted and the
refund, rebate or remission has been approved; or
(b) the application has been received but further
information is required.
128A Time
for application for refund of duty
(1) An application for a refund of duty:
(a) in a circumstance specified in paragraph
126 (1) (a), (b) or (c); or
(b) where duty has been paid through manifest
error of fact, the goods on which duty was paid having been invoiced as part of
the contents of packages but not received;
may, subject to subregulation (3), be made within 14 days after the
delivery from the control of the Customs of the goods or of the packages in
which the goods were originally packed or were assumed to have been packed.
Note Subregulation 127 (1)
does not apply if the circumstances mentioned in subregulation 128AA (1)
or (2) apply: see subregulation 127 (1B).
(2) An application for a refund of duty in a
circumstance specified in paragraph 126 (1) (d) may, subject to
subregulation (3), be made within 14 days after the goods were released from
quarantine.
(3) Where:
(a) the information necessary to verify an
application of a kind referred to in subregulation (1) had come into possession
of the Customs before the delivery from the control of the Customs of the goods
or of the packages in which the goods were originally packed or were assumed to
have been packed; or
(b) for some other reason, it is equitable that
the period within which an application of a kind referred to in subregulation
(1) or (2) may be made should be extended;
the application may be made within 4 years after the date on which
duty was paid.
(4) Subject to subregulation (5), an application for a
refund of duty, in relation to:
(a) a circumstance specified in:
(i) paragraph 126 (1) (da); or
(ii) paragraph 126 (1) (e); or
(iii) paragraph 126 (1) (eb); or
(iv) any of paragraphs 126 (1) (f) to (z);
or
(v) subsection 126B (1); or
(b) any
circumstance other than a circumstance referred to in the preceding provisions
of this regulation or in paragraph 126 (1) (ea);
may be made within 4 years after the date on which the duty
was paid.
(5) If any of the following events occurs more than 3
years after the duty was paid, an application for a refund of duty may be made
within 12 months of the occurrence of the event:
(a) a reduction of the duty payable on goods
entered for home consumption, on which duty has been paid, in consequence of:
(i) a Customs Tariff, or a Customs
Tariff alteration, proposed in the Parliament; or
(ii) the publication in the Gazette
of a notice under subsection 273EA (1) of the Act of an intention to
propose in the Parliament a Customs Tariff or a Customs Tariff alteration; or
(iii) in the case of an amendment of
the Customs Tariff Act 1995 — the later of:
(A) the Royal Assent to the
amendment; or
(B) the commencement of the
amendment;
(b) the making of:
(i) a by‑law under Part XVI of
the Act ; or
(ii) a determination under Part XVI of
the Act;
the effect of which is that duty is not
payable on those goods or duty is payable on those goods at a rate which is
less than the rate which was applicable when the goods were entered for home
consumption;
(c) if duty has been paid on goods that were
first entered for home consumption at a time when a TCO, made in respect of
those goods under Part XVA of the Act, was in force or was taken to have come
into force — the latest of the following events:
(i) the entry of the particular goods
for home consumption;
(ii) the gazettal of the TCO under
section 269R of the Act;
(iii) the gazettal of a decision on an
application for reconsideration under section 269SH of the Act;
(iv) if, under subsection 269SD (2)
of the Act, the TCO is revoked and a new TCO is made in respect of the goods —
the gazettal of a notice of the decision under that subsection under section
269SE of the Act;
(v) a decision of the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal on an application under paragraph 273GA (1) (n),
(o), (p), (q), (r) or (s) of the Act.
Note Paragraphs (5) (a), (b) and (c)
relate to circumstances that are specified in subregulation 126 (1):
(a) paragraph (5) (a) relates to paragraph 126 (1) (eb);
(b) paragraph (5) (b) relates to paragraph 126 (1) (f);
(c) paragraph (5) (c) relates to paragraph 126 (1) (r).
(6) If an application for refund of duty must be made
within a time (the application time) that ends while a notice
under section 126E of the Act that an information system has become temporarily
inoperative is in force, the application time is taken to be extended until the
end of the day after the CEO gives notice that the information system has again
become operative.
(7) A reference in subregulation (3) or (5) to the
date on which duty was paid includes, for duty offset in the way mentioned in
subsection 163 (3) of the Act, the date on which the duty was offset.
128AA Refund
not requiring an application
(1) A person is entitled to a refund of duty without the
need to make an application, if:
(a) the goods on which duty has been paid are
Subdivision AA goods within the meaning of subsection 71AAAA of the Act
and, in consequence, were not the subject of a self‑assessed clearance
declaration, an import declaration or an RCR; and
(b) the duty was paid through manifest error of
fact or patent misconception of the law; and
(c) the person tells the Collector within 4
years after the duty was paid, in writing, signed by the person, the grounds on
which the person believes he or she is entitled to a refund.
(2) In a circumstance specified in
paragraph 126 (1) (ea), it is not necessary to apply for a
refund.
Note For conditions and restrictions
applying in a circumstance specified in paragraph 126 (1) (ea),
see subregulation 127 (4A).
128B Calculation
of refunds or remissions of duty
(1) A refund, rebate or remission of duty may, subject
to the Act and to these Regulations, be made by a Collector.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subregulation
(3) or (4), where the circumstance in which a refund or remission of duty may
be made is such that the goods on which duty has been paid or is payable:
(a) have deteriorated or been damaged;
(b) are faulty or defective; or
(c) do not conform to contract specifications
furnished by the importer to the manufacturer or supplier;
to such an extent that the goods have no commercial value at the
port of entry into Australia when the goods were first entered under section 68
of the Act, a refund or remission of the whole of the duty paid or payable
shall, subject to subregulations 127 (4) and (4B), be made.
(3) The amount of refund
or remission of duty that may be made under section 163 of the Act in respect
of goods, in so far as they have been affected by a circumstance referred to in
paragraph 126 (1) (fa) or (g), shall be calculated in accordance with
the formula:

where:
A is the amount of duty paid or payable on
the goods;
B is the amount of rebate of, or other
decrease in, the price paid, or to be paid, for the goods that accrued to the
importer of the goods; and
C is the customs value of the goods
determined under Division 2 of Part VIII of the Act.
(4) The amount of refund or remission of duty that may
be made under section 163 of the Act in respect of goods, in so far as they
have been affected by a prescribed circumstance referred to in paragraph
126 (1) (a), (b), (d) or (h), shall be calculated in accordance with the
formula:

where:
A is the amount of duty paid or payable on
the goods.
B is the customs value of the goods
determined under Division 2 of Part VIII of the Act when they were first
entered under section 68 of the Act.
C is the customs value of the goods
determined under Division 2 of Part VIII of the Act after they have been
affected in the manner mentioned in paragraph 126 (1) (a), (b), (d)
or (h).
(5) For subsection 163 (1A) of the Act, the amount
of refund or remission of duty that may be made for goods mentioned in
paragraph 126 (1) (x) or (y) is:

where:
A is the amount of duty paid or payable on
the goods.
B is the customs value that the goods had at
the port of entry into Australia when the goods were first entered under
section 68 of the Act.
C is the assessed value of the goods when
they were donated.
D is any deductible administrative costs or
allowable factory cost that would have been payable if:
(a) the goods were sold instead of being
donated; and
(b) the sale was used as the basis for
determining the customs value of the goods under Division 2 of Part VIII of the
Act.
(6) In this regulation:
allowable factory cost
has the meaning given by section 153B of the Act.
deductible administrative costs has the
meaning given by section 154 of the Act.
Thai originating goods has the meaning given
in subsection 153ZA (1) of the Act.
(7) The amount of a refund, rebate or remission of duty
that may be made in the circumstance prescribed by paragraph
126 (1) (w) is the amount of drawback that would have been payable
under the regulations applied by regulation 139 if those regulations had been in
force when the goods were exported.
(8) The amount of a refund, rebate or remission of duty
that may be made in the circumstance prescribed in paragraph
126B (1) (a) is the difference between the amount of duty paid on the
goods and the amount of duty payable on the goods as Thai originating goods.
(9) The amount of a refund, rebate or remission of duty
that may be made in the circumstance prescribed in paragraph
126B (1) (b) is the difference between the amount of duty paid on the
goods and the amount of duty payable on the goods if they had been Thai
originating goods at the time of their importation.
128F Conditions
for refund on petrol
(1) A refund of duty is not payable in a circumstance
specified in paragraph 126 (1) (p) unless:
(a) the applicant for a refund keeps such
records as to enable the officer to readily determine and verify:
(i) the volume of petrol returned; and
(ii) that duty has been paid on the
petrol returned to the warehouse or to a manufacturer; and
(b) in the case of
the return of contaminated petrol:
(i) notice of the proposed return of
that petrol to a warehouse or to a manufacturer has been given to and received
by an officer before the return of the petrol; and
(ii) the composition of the
contaminated petrol and
the ratios of petrol and other substance present in
the contaminated petrol has, where required,
been determined by analysis in accordance with subregulation (2).
(2) The amount of petrol present in a quantity of
contaminated petrol is to be determined as follows:
(a) an officer may require that a sample of the
contaminated petrol be taken for analysis to determine the composition of the
contaminated petrol and the ratios of petrol and other substance present in the
contaminated petrol; and
(b) if the officer so determines, the sample
taken under paragraph (a) must be taken in the presence of an officer; and
(c) the analysis of the sample must be
undertaken in a laboratory that is a registered member of the National
Association of Testing Authorities Australia.
(3) The cost of the analysis referred to in paragraph
(2) (c) is to be borne by the applicant for the refund.
(4) The amount of any refund of duty in respect of
petrol on which duty has been paid is to be based on the rate of duty
applicable in relation to that petrol at the time that the petrol was entered
for home consumption.
(5) In this regulation:
contaminated petrol means petrol that has
been contaminated by being mixed with another substance.
manufacturer has the same meaning as in the Excise
Act 1901.
petrol has the same meaning as in
subregulation 126 (2).
129 Drawback
of import duty in respect of goods
(1) This regulation applies to any imported goods on
which import duty has been paid except:
(b) imported goods that have been used in the manufacture
of goods, or have been subjected to a process or to treatment, in the
Commonwealth; or
(c) secondhand goods.
(2) Subject to these Regulations, drawback of import
duty may be paid on the exportation of imported goods to which this regulation
applies.
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (1), goods are
secondhand goods if, after their first importation into Australia, they have
been used otherwise than for the purpose of being inspected or exhibited.
131 Drawback
of import duty upon exportation of specified goods
(1) In this regulation:
specified goods means:
(a) manufactured goods in the manufacture of
which imported goods have been used; or
(b) imported goods that have been subjected to a
process or to treatment in Australia.
imported goods, in relation to specified
goods, means imported goods:
(a) on which import duty has been paid; and
(b) that have not
been used in the Commonwealth otherwise than:
(i) in the manufacture of the
specified goods or in being subjected to a process or to treatment for the
purpose of producing the specified goods, as the case may be; or
(ii) for the purpose of being inspected
or exhibited.
manufacture, of goods, includes the process
of packaging the goods.
(2) On the exportation of specified goods, drawback of
import duty may, subject to these Regulations, be paid in respect of:
(a) the imported goods used in the manufacture
of the specified goods; or
(b) the imported goods that were subjected to a
process or to treatment for the purpose of producing the specified goods;
as the case may be, and also in respect of any imported goods lost
or wasted in the manufacture of the specified goods.
(3) Drawback of import duty is not payable on the
exportation of specified goods if the goods have been used in Australia
otherwise than for the purpose of being inspected or exhibited.
132 Drawback
of import duty where imported goods are used in the manufacture of other goods
(2) Where imported goods on which import duty has been
paid are mixed with like goods produced in Australia and the mixture or part of
the mixture is used in the manufacture or treatment of other goods:
(a) drawback of import duty may, subject to
these Regulations, be paid on the exportation of the other goods; and
(b) the amount of
drawback that may be allowed under this regulation on the exportation of the
other goods is, subject to these Regulations, an amount considered by the
Collector to be fair and reasonable having regard to:
(i) the amount of import duty that was
paid on imported goods contained in the mixture;
(ii) the quantity of the mixture that
has been lost or wasted or has been used otherwise than in the manufacture or
treatment of goods for exportation; and
(iii) the amount of drawback of import
duty that has previously been paid on the exportation of goods in the
manufacture or treatment on which part of the mixture was used.
133 Limitation
to payment of drawback of import duty
(1) Drawback of import duty is not payable under
regulation 129 on the exportation of goods if:
(a) the F.O.B. price of the goods at the time of
exportation is not more than 25% of the customs value of the goods determined
for the purposes of Division 2 of Part VIII of the Act at the time of
importation of the goods; or
(b) the import duty paid on the goods has been refunded;
or
(c) for goods that are fuel:
(i) an entity:
(A) has an entitlement to a
fuel tax credit or decreasing fuel tax adjustment in relation to that fuel; and
(B) does not have an
increasing fuel tax adjustment in relation to the fuel; or
(ii) another entity:
(A) has previously been
entitled to a fuel tax credit or decreasing fuel tax adjustment in relation to
that fuel; and
(B) did not have an
increasing fuel tax adjustment in relation to that fuel.
(2) Drawback of import
duty is not payable under regulation 131 on the exportation of specified goods
within the meaning of that regulation if the import duty paid for the following
goods has been refunded:
(a) imported goods used in the manufacture of
the specified goods;
(b) imported goods subjected to a process or to
treatment to produce the specified goods;
(c) imported goods lost or wasted in the
manufacture of the specified goods.
134 Conditions relating to the payment of drawback of
import duty
(1) Drawback of import duty is
not payable on the exportation of goods unless each of the requirements in this
regulation is met.
(2) The goods must be
available at all reasonable times before the exportation for examination by an
officer.
(3) Records that show:
(a) that duty has been
paid on the goods; and
(b) relevant details of
the receipt and disposal of the goods by the owner;
must be available at all reasonable times
for examination by an officer.
(4) The claim for drawback of import duty paid in
respect of the goods must:
(a) be in an approved
form; and
(b) set out the amount
of the claim and such other information as the form requires.
(5) If the goods were exported before the day on which
this regulation commences, the person who is the legal owner of goods at the
time the goods are exported must give the claim to the Collector in the period:
(a) starting on the
day on which the goods are exported; and
(b) ending 12 months after the day on which the
goods are exported.
(6) If the goods were exported on or after the day on which
this regulation commences, the person who is the legal owner of goods at the
time the goods are exported must give the claim to the Collector in the period:
(a) starting on the
day on which the goods are exported; and
(b) ending 4 years after the day on which the
goods are exported.
(7) The claim must mention
that, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the person making
the claim, the goods have not been used in Australia otherwise than for the
purpose of being inspected or exhibited.
(8) Either:
(a) the amount of the
drawback must be at least $100; or
(b) all of the following must apply:
(i) the
amount of the drawback is less than $100;
(ii) the
amount is claimed at the same time, and using the same approved form, as 1 or
more other claims by the owner of the goods for drawback of import duty on the
exportation of other goods;
(iii) the sum
of the drawbacks claimed is at least $100.
135 Amount
of claim for drawback of import duty
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 134 (1) (d),
the amount of a claim for drawback of import duty paid on the exportation of
goods must not exceed the amount of import duty:
(a) paid on the goods; or
(b) in the case of specified goods within the
meaning of regulation 131 — paid on the imported goods referred to in
subregulation 131 (2).
(1A) For paragraph 134 (4) (b), the amount of the
claim may be calculated by reference to the amount of import duty paid on
identical goods that were imported by the claimant on a previous occasion.
(2) Subregulation (3) applies if:
(a) the amount of import duty paid on the goods
is not known by the person making the claim; and
(b) an amount of quantitative duty is not
applicable to the goods.
(3) The person may, for
the purpose of setting out in the form mentioned in paragraph
134 (1) (d) the amount of the claim, set out an amount calculated
using the formula:

where:
P is the price paid for the goods by the
person who was the owner of the goods at the time the goods were exported.
R is the ad valorem rate of import duty for
the goods.
(4) Subregulation (5) applies if:
(a) the amount of import duty paid on the goods
is not known by the person making the claim; and
(b) an amount of quantitative duty is applicable
to the goods.
(5) The person may, for the purpose of setting out in
the form mentioned in paragraph 134 (1) (d) the amount of the claim,
set out an amount calculated using the formula:

where:
Q is the quantitative duty for the goods.
P is the price paid for the goods by the
person who was the owner of the goods at the time the goods were exported.
R is the ad valorem rate of import duty for
the goods.
(6) In this regulation:
quantitative duty, for goods, is the import
duty calculated by reference to:
(a) the actual quantities of the goods; or
(b) the actual quantities of a component of the
goods;
in accordance with the Customs Tariff.
136A Drawback of
import duty where goods have been imported more than once
Where:
(a) drawback of import duty is payable on the
exportation of goods; and
(b) the goods have
been imported on more than one occasion;
the import duty in respect of which drawback is payable is the
import duty paid in respect of the importation of the goods last preceding the
exportation of the goods in relation to which drawback is payable under these
Regulations.
136B Deduction
of rebates from drawback payable
Where:
(a) except for the operation of this regulation,
drawback of import duty may be paid on the exportation of goods; and
(b) any rebate of that import duty has been made;
the amount of drawback that may be paid is to be reduced by an
amount equal to the amount of the rebate made.
138A Review
by Administrative Appeals Tribunal
An application may be made to the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision of the CEO refusing to give consent
under subregulation 125B (1).
138B Notification
of decision
(1) Where the CEO makes a decision of a kind referred to
in regulation 138A, the CEO shall, within 30 days after the date of the
decision, give written notice of the decision to the person or persons whose
interests are affected by the decision.
(2) A notice by the CEO under subregulation (1) shall
include a statement to the effect that, subject to the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, application may be made to the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision to which the notice relates by or
on behalf of the person or persons whose interests are affected by the
decision.
(3) Any failure to comply with the requirement of
subregulation (2) in relation to a decision does not affect the validity of the
decision.
139 Drawback
of dumping duty
(1) In subregulation (2), dumping duty
means any of the following duties payable under the Customs Tariff (Anti‑Dumping)
Act 1975:
(a) dumping duty;
(b) interim dumping duty;
(c) third country dumping duty;
(d) interim third country dumping duty;
(e) countervailing duty;
(f) interim countervailing duty;
(g) third country countervailing duty;
(h) interim third country countervailing duty.
(2) Regulations 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 136A,
136B, 137, 138A and 138B apply in relation to imported goods on which dumping
duty has been paid as if references in those regulations to import duty were
references to dumping duty.
Note For the refund of dumping duty
paid on or in connection with goods exported after 30 June 1996 and before the
commencement of this regulation, see paragraph 126 (1) (w).
153 Coasting
trade
The master of every coasting ship shall load and
discharge cargo subject to Customs control at a port only, and shall permit an
officer to examine the cargo of his ship or any part of it.
156 Definitions
In regulations 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 162A
and 162B, broker’s licence, Committee, customs
broker and person have the meanings given by subsection
180 (1) of the Act.
157 Broker’s
licence
An application for the grant or renewal of a
broker’s licence must mention whether the applicant for the licence intends to
act, when the licence is in force, as a customs broker in his or her own right.
158 Broker’s
licence fees
(1) The fee payable for
the grant or renewal of a broker’s licence that, after the grant or renewal, is
due to expire at the end of 31 December 2000 is:
(a) if the applicant for the grant or renewal is
a natural person who does not intend to act, when the licence is in force, as a
customs broker in his or her own right — $20; or
(b) in any other case — $200.
(2) The fee payable for
the grant or renewal of a broker’s licence that, after the grant or renewal, is
due to expire after 31 December 2000 is:
(a) if the applicant for the grant or renewal is
a natural person who does not intend to act, when the licence is in force, as a
customs broker in his or her own right — $120; or
(b) in any other case — $1 200.
Note For licence expiry days, see section
183CH of the Act.
159 Restricted
licence
(1) This regulation applies to a broker’s licence that
is granted to or renewed for a natural person who does not intend to act, when
the licence is in force, as a customs broker in his or her own right.
(2) The licence is subject to the condition that the
holder of the licence must not, when the licence is in force, act as an agent
authorised by an owner of goods under subsection 181 (1) of the Act.
160 Time
for payment for grant or renewal of licence
Fees for the grant or renewal of a broker’s licence
must be paid not later than the day on which the licence or the renewal of the
licence, as the case may be, is to come into force.
162 Committee meetings
(1) Meetings of the Committee shall be convened by the
Chairman of the Committee.
(2) The Committee shall cause a record of its
proceedings, including a transcript of all evidence given before it, to be
kept.
162A Notice
of matter relating to a broker’s licence
A notice under subsection 183J (1) of the Act
to a person that a question relating to a broker’s licence held by the person
has been referred under section 183CQ of the Act to the Committee must be
in the approved form.
162B Summons to attend
before the Committee
A summons under subsection 183K (1) of the Act
to a person to attend before the Committee must be in the approved form.
167 Prescribed
Acts — general regulatory powers
(1) The Fisheries Management Act 1991, the Migration
Act 1958, the Quarantine Act 1908 and the Torres Strait Fisheries
Act 1984 are prescribed for the following provisions of the Act:
(a) subsections 184A (2), (4) and (5);
(b) subparagraph 185 (2) (d) (i);
(c) sub‑subparagraph
185 (2) (d) (ii) (A);
(d) paragraph 185 (3) (a);
(e) subparagraph 185 (3) (c) (i);
(f) subsection 185B (1);
(g) paragraph 185B (2) (b);
(h) subparagraph
185B (2) (c) (i);
(i) subparagraph
186A (1) (b) (ii).
(2) The Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Torres
Strait Fisheries Act 1984 are prescribed for the following provisions of
the Act:
(a) subsections 184A (6) and (7);
(b) sub‑subparagraph
185 (2) (d) (ii) (B);
(c) subparagraph
185 (3) (c) (ii);
(d) subparagraph
185B (2) (c) (ii).
(3) For subparagraph 186A (1) (b) (ii) of
the Act, the following Acts are prescribed:
(a) Aviation Transport Security Act 2004;
(b) Family Law Act 1975;
(c) Crimes Act 1914;
(d) Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991;
(e) Crimes (Internationally Protected
Persons) Act 1976;
(f) Criminal Code Act 1995;
(g) Proceeds of Crime Act 1987;
(h) Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988;
(i) Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989;
(j) Crimes (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act
1992;
(k) Geneva Conventions Act 1957;
(l) Crimes
(Torture) Act 1988;
(m) Bankruptcy Act 1966.
168 Approved
firearms (Act s 189A (5))
For the definition of approved firearm
in subsection 189A (5) of the Act, the following are approved firearms:
(a) Colt M16 automatic rifle;
(b) Glock 9mm semi‑automatic pistol;
(c) Remington 870 Marine Magnum shotgun;
(d) CZ .22 Bolt Action Rifle;
(e) Remington 700 Bolt Action Rifle;
(f) Browning 0.50 Calibre Infantry Machinegun;
(g) FN Herstal General Support Machine Gun
(GSMG) MAG 58 (7.62mm).
170 Security
for release of seized goods
The security to be furnished by the owner of seized
goods, with a view to their release, shall be in accordance with Form 86.
170A Required
identity information
For paragraph (c) of the definition of required
identity information in subsection 213A (7) of the Act, details of
any area:
(a) that is covered by a notice under subsection
234AA (3) of the Act; and
(b) to which the person has access to perform his
or her duties;
are prescribed.
170B Security
identification cards
For the definition of security identification
card in subsection 213A (7) of the Act, the following cards are
specified:
(a) an ASIC within the meaning of the Aviation
Transport Security Regulations 2005;
(b) a VIC within
the meaning of those Regulations.
Note An ASIC is an aviation security
identification card, while a VIC is a visitor identification card.
171 Notice
to produce documents
Notice to produce documents under section 214 of
the Customs Act 1901 shall be in accordance with Form 61.
172 Custody
of official samples
All samples shall be kept in the careful custody of
the proper officer.
173 Official
samples to be returned to owner
When not further required they shall be returned to
the owner, on application.
174 Official
samples
If they are not, after due notice to the owner,
taken away by him within 14 days, they shall be sold by a Collector or, if they
have no commercial value, shall be destroyed in accordance with the directions
of a Collector.
175 Authorised
access only to samples
No unauthorized person shall have access to
samples.
176 Samples
to be used only for official purposes
Only such samples shall be taken as the
circumstances absolutely require, and no officer shall consume or make use of
them in any other way than is necessary for the due performance of his official
duties.
176A Disposal
of certain abandoned goods — prescribed period
For subsection 218A (2) of the Act, a period
of 90 days is prescribed.
176AA Equipment
for external searches
For subsection 219R (11A) of the Act, the
following equipment may be used in carrying out an external search:
(a) Rapiscan Secure 1000 Personnel Scanner;
(b) Barringer Ionscan Trace Detector.
176B Storage
of records of an external search
(1) For subsection 219RAF (7) of the Act, this
regulation applies to the records of an external search of a detainee under
section 219R of the Act.
(2) The records must be securely stored.
(3) A person responsible for the custody of the records
must make and keep, manually or by electronic means, a register of the details
of any movement or removal of the records or any part of the records.
(4) The details mentioned in subregulation (3) must
include:
(a) the name of the agency, and of the person,
moving or removing the records or any part of the records; and
(b) the reason for the movement or removal; and
(c) the date of the movement or removal and, if
the records or part of the records are removed, the date (if any) of return;
and
(d) the date of destruction of the records.
(5) In this regulation:
records, of an external search of a detainee,
means:
(a) any videotape or other electronic record of
the external search; and
(b) any photograph, image or sample mentioned in
paragraph 219RAF (1) (b), (c) or (d) of the Act, relating to the
detainee.
177 Places
where internal search etc may be carried out
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 219Z (3) (a)
of the Act, a place that is:
(a) a hospital; or
(b) the surgery or other practising rooms of a
medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory
providing for the registration of medical practitioners;
is a place where an internal search may be carried out.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 219Z (5) (a)
of the Act, a place that is:
(a) a hospital; or
(b) the surgery or other practising rooms of a
medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory
providing for the registration of medical practitioners;
is a place where the recovery of an internally concealed substance
or thing may be carried out.
178 Detention
places
(1) For the purposes of paragraph
219ZB (1) (a) of the Act, a place that is a room in a place to which
section 234AA of the Act applies is prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph
219ZB (1) (b) of the Act, the following standards are prescribed:
(a) persons inside the place are concealed from
the view of persons outside;
(b) the place is
secured against access by persons other than Officers of Customs, police
officers and any person who, under subsection 219R (5) of the Act, is
entitled to be present in the place;
(c) the place has reasonably comfortable
ventilation and illumination.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph
219ZB (2) (a) of the Act, a place that is:
(a) a room in a place to which section 234AA of
the Act applies; or
(b) a hospital; or
(c) the surgery
or other practising rooms of a medical practitioner registered or licensed
under a law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of medical
practitioners;
is prescribed.
179 Documents
in possession of Court
The proper officer of the Court in which the
prosecution was instituted shall forthwith forward to the Court in which the
prosecution is to be tried all documents relating to the prosecution in the
possession of the first‑mentioned Court.
179AA Tier
1 and Tier 2 goods (Act s 233BAA, s 233BAB)
(1) For subsection 233BAA (1) of the Act, the goods
specified in column 2 of an item in Part 1 of Schedule 1AA constitute tier 1
goods.
(2) For subsection 233BAA (3) of the Act, the
quantity (if any) specified in column 3 of an item in Part 1 of Schedule 1AA is
the critical quantity of the drug specified in column 2 of that item.
(3) For subsection 233BAB (1) of the Act, the goods
specified in column 2 of an item in Part 2 of Schedule 1AA constitute tier 2
goods.
179AB Commercial
documents
For subsection 240 (7) of the Act, section 240
of the Act does not apply to commercial documents relating to goods exported
from Australia if the goods:
(a) are not required to be entered for export in
accordance with paragraph 113 (1) (a) of the Act; and
(b) are not required to be specified in an
outward manifest in accordance with paragraph 119 (1) (a) of the Act;
and
(c) are not required to be reported to Customs
in a submanifest in accordance with subsection 117A (1) of the Act.
179A Prescribed
organisations
For paragraph 269F (3) (d) and
subsection 269M (6) of the Act, the following organisations are
prescribed:
(a) NSW Industrial Supplies Office Ltd;
(b) Industrial Supplies Office (Victoria) Ltd;
(c) Industrial Supplies Office (Queensland) Ltd;
(d) South Australian Industrial Supplies Office;
(e) Industrial Supplies Office of Western
Australia;
(f) Industrial Supplies Office of Tasmania;
(g) Northern Territory Industrial Supplies
Office;
(h) ISONET Limited.
180 Determination
of cost of production or manufacture (section 269TAAD of the Act)
(1) For subsection 269TAAD (5) of the Act, this
regulation sets out:
(a) the manner in which the Minister must, for
paragraph 269TAAD (4) (a) of the Act, work out an amount (the
amount) to be the cost of production or manufacture of like goods in a
country of export; and
(b) factors that the Minister must take account
of for that purpose.
(2) If:
(a) an exporter or producer of like goods keeps
records relating to the like goods; and
(b) the records:
(i) are in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the country of export; and
(ii) reasonably reflect competitive
market costs associated with the production or manufacture of like goods;
the Minister must work out the amount by using the information set
out in the records.
(3) The Minister must take account of the information
available to the Minister about the allocation of costs in relation to like
goods, in particular to establish:
(a) appropriate amortisation and depreciation
periods; and
(b) allowances for capital expenditures and other
development costs;
including information given by the exporter or producer of the
goods mentioned in subregulation (1) that demonstrates that the exporter or
producer of the goods has historically used the method of allocation.
(4) If:
(a) the Minister identifies a non‑recurring
item of cost that benefits:
(i) current production of the goods
mentioned in subregulation (1); or
(ii) future production of those goods;
or
(iii) current and future production of
those goods; and
(b) the information mentioned in subregulation
(3) does not identify the item;
the Minister must adjust the costs identified by the exporter or
producer to take that item into account.
(5) If:
(a) the Minister identifies a circumstance in
which costs, during the investigation period, are affected by start‑up
operations; and
(b) the information mentioned in subregulation
(3) does not identify the circumstance;
the Minister must adjust the costs identified in the information:
(c) to take the circumstance into account; and
(d) to reflect:
(i) the costs at the end of the start‑up
period; or
(ii) if the start‑up period
extends beyond the investigation period — the most recent costs that can
reasonably be taken into account by the Minister during the investigation.
(6) For this regulation, the Minister may disregard any
information that he or she considers to be unreliable.
(7) A word or expression that is defined in Part XVB of
the Act and used in this regulation has the meaning given by that Part.
181 Determination
of administrative, selling and general costs (section 269TAAD of the Act)
(1) For subsection 269TAAD (5) of the Act, this
regulation sets out:
(a) the manner in which the Minister must, for
paragraph 269TAAD (4) (b) of the Act, work out an amount (the
amount) to be the administrative, selling and general costs associated
with the sale of like goods in a country of export; and
(b) factors that the Minister must take account
of for that purpose.
(2) If:
(a) an exporter or producer of like goods keeps
records relating to the like goods; and
(b) the records:
(i) are in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the country of export; and
(ii) reasonably reflect the
administrative, general and selling costs associated with the sale of the like
goods;
the Minister must work out the amount by using the information set
out in the records.
(3) If the Minister is
unable to work out the amount by using the information mentioned in
subregulation (2), the Minister must work out the amount:
(a) by identifying the actual amounts of
administrative, selling and general costs incurred by the exporter or producer
in the production and sale of the same general category of goods in the
domestic market of the country of export; or
(b) by identifying the weighted average of the
actual amounts of administrative, selling and general costs incurred by other
exporters or producers in the production and sale of like goods in the domestic
market of the country of export; or
(c) by using any other reasonable method and having
regard to all relevant information.
(4) The Minister must
take account of the information available to the Minister about the allocation
of costs, in particular to establish:
(a) appropriate amortisation and depreciation
periods; and
(b) allowances for capital expenditures and other
development costs;
including information given by the exporter or producer of goods
that demonstrates that the exporter or producer of the goods has historically
used the method of allocation.
(5) If:
(a) the Minister identifies a non‑recurring
item of cost that benefits:
(i) current production of goods; or
(ii) future production of goods; or
(iii) current and future production of
goods; and
(b) the information mentioned in subregulation
(4) does not identify the item;
the Minister must adjust the costs identified by the exporter or
producer to take that item into account.
(6) If:
(a) the Minister identifies a circumstance in
which costs, during the investigation period, are affected by start‑up
operations; and
(b) the information
mentioned in subregulation (4) does not identify the circumstance;
the Minister must adjust the costs identified in the information:
(c) to take the circumstance into account; and
(d) to reflect:
(i) the costs at the end of the start‑up
period; or
(ii) if the start‑up period
extends beyond the investigation period — the most recent costs that can
reasonably be taken into account by the Minister during the investigation.
(7) For this regulation, the Minister may disregard any
information that he or she considers to be unreliable.
(8) A word or expression that is defined in Part XVB of
the Act and used in this regulation has the meaning given by that Part.
181A Determination
of profit (subsection 269TAC (5B) of the Act)
(1) For subsection 269TAC (5B) of the Act, this
regulation sets out:
(a) the manner in which the Minister must, for
subparagraph 269TAC (2) (c) (ii) or (4) (e) (ii) of
the Act, work out an amount (the amount) to be the profit on the
sale of goods; and
(b) factors that the Minister must take account
of for that purpose.
(2) For subregulation (1), the Minister must, if
reasonably possible, work out the amount by using data relating to the
production and sale of like goods by the exporter or producer of the goods in
the ordinary course of trade.
(3) If the Minister is unable to work out the amount by
using the data mentioned in subregulation (2), the Minister must work out the
amount:
(a) by identifying the actual amounts realised
by the exporter or producer from the sale of the same general category of goods
in the domestic market of the country of export; or
(b) by identifying the weighted average of the
actual amounts realised by other exporters or producers from the sale of like
goods in the domestic market of the country of export; or
(c) subject to subregulation (4), by using any
other reasonable method and having regard to all relevant information.
(4) If:
(a) the Minister uses a method of calculation
under paragraph (3) (c) to work out an amount representing the profit
of the exporter or producer of the goods; and
(b) the amount worked out exceeds the amount of
profit normally realised by other exporters or producers on sales of goods of
the same general category in the domestic market of the country of export;
the Minister must disregard the amount by which the amount worked
out exceeds the amount of profit normally realised by other exporters or
producers.
(5) For this regulation, the Minister may disregard any
information that he or she considers to be unreliable.
(6) A word or expression that is defined in Part XVB of
the Act and used in this regulation has the meaning given by that Part.
182 Countries
to which subsection 269TAC (5D) of the Act does not apply
For subsection 269TAC (5J) of the Act,
subsection 269TAC (5D) of the Act does not apply to a country mentioned in
Schedule 1B.
183 Matters
to which the Minister must have regard (subsection 269TAC (5E) of the Act)
(1) In this regulation:
entity, in relation to goods, means each of:
(a) the exporter of the exported goods mentioned
in subsection 269TAC (5D) of the Act; and
(b) if the exporter of the goods is not the
producer of the goods, but the goods are produced in the country of
export — the producer of the goods.
government, of a country, means any level of
government of the country.
(2) For subsection 269TAC (5E) of the Act, the
following matters are prescribed:
(a) whether the entity makes decisions about
prices, costs, inputs, sales and investments:
(i) in response to market signals; and
(ii) without significant interference
by a government of the country of export;
(b) whether the entity keeps accounting records
in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards in the country of
export;
(c) whether the
generally accepted accounting standards in the country of export are in line
with international accounting standards developed by the International
Accounting Standards Board;
Note International accounting standards
developed by the International Accounting Standards Board can be found on the
International Accounting Standards Board website at http://www.iasc.org.uk/cmt/0001.asp.
(d) whether the accounting records mentioned in
paragraph (b) are independently audited;
(e) whether the entity’s production costs or
financial situation are significantly affected by the influence that a
government of the country of export had on the domestic price of goods in the
country before the country’s economy was an economy in transition;
(f) whether the country of export has laws
relating to bankruptcy and property;
(g) whether the entity is subject to the
bankruptcy and property laws mentioned in paragraph (f);
(h) whether the entity is part of a market or
sector in which the presence of an enterprise owned by a government of the
country of export prevents market conditions from prevailing in that market or
sector;
(i) whether utilities are supplied to the
entity under contracts that reflect commercial terms and prices that are
generally available throughout the economy of the country of export;
(j) if the land on which the entity’s facilities
are built is owned by a government of the country of export — whether the
conditions of rent are comparable to those in a market economy;
(k) whether the entity has the right to hire and
dismiss employees and to fix the salaries of employees.
(3) In assessing whether there is significant
interference for subparagraph (2) (a) (ii), the Minister must
have regard to the following:
(a) whether a genuinely private company or party
holds the majority shareholding in the entity;
(b) if officials of a government of the country
of export hold positions on the board of the entity — whether these
officials are a minority of the members of the board;
(c) if officials of a government of the country
of export hold significant management positions within the entity —
whether these officials are a minority of the persons holding significant
management positions;
(d) whether the entity’s ability to carry on
business activities in the country of export is affected by:
(i) a restriction on selling in the
domestic market; or
(ii) the potential for the right to do
business being withdrawn other than under contractual terms; or
(iii) if the entity is a joint‑venture
in which one of the parties is a foreign person, or is carried on in the form
of such a joint‑venture — the ability of the foreign person to
export profits and repatriate capital invested;
(e) whether the entity’s significant production
inputs (including raw materials, labour, energy and technology) are supplied:
(i) by enterprises that are owned or
controlled by a government of the country of export; and
(ii) at prices that do not
substantially reflect conditions found in a market economy.
184 Interpretation
of regulation 185 and Schedule 2
(1) In regulation 185 TCO has the same
meaning as it has in Part XVA of the Act.
(3) A reference in regulation 185 and Schedule 2 to a
heading or a subheading is a reference to a heading or a subheading, as the
case may be, in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 and includes a
reference to any subheading listed under such a heading or subheading.
185 Restrictions
on TCOs
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), and for the purposes
of subsection 269SJ (1) of the Act, a TCO should not extend to goods:
(a) in respect of which the general rate of
customs duty specified in the Customs Tariff Act 1995 is:
(i) 15%; or
(ii) from 1 January 2005 — 10%; or
(b) classified under a heading or subheading in
Column 2 of an item in Schedule 2 unless the goods are listed in Column 3 of
the item as goods to which this restriction does not apply.
(2) The restriction in paragraph (1) (a) does not
apply to the making or operation of a TCO in respect of:
(a) a passenger motor vehicle part that was
manufactured at least 30 years before the day on which the TCO comes into
force; or
(b) a reproduction, manufactured at any time, of
a passenger motor vehicle part that was manufactured at least 30 years before
the day on which the TCO comes into force; or
(c) goods that are classified under the
following headings and subheadings:
(i) subheading 3006.10.29;
(ii) heading 4203;
(iii) headings 5007 to 6405
(inclusive), except goods of a kind used as passenger motor vehicle components
classified under subheading 5911.90;
(iv) heading 9021; or
(d) passenger motor vehicle parts or components
that, if they had been entered for home consumption on 14 July 1996,
would have been the subject of a Commercial Tariff Concession Order:
(i) having
effect under Part XVA of the Act as continued in force by section 20 of the Customs
Legislation (Tariff Concessions and Anti‑Dumping) Amendment Act 1992;
and
(ii) that was in force on that date; or
(e) liquid fuel carburettors; or
(f) sparking plugs.
189 Collector’s
sales
Public notice, by advertisement in the local
newspapers, and by notice posted in a conspicuous place at the Customs House,
shall be given of all sales on account of the Customs. No sales other than of
perishable goods or living animals shall be held until after the expiry of one
week from the first notification of the sale, or such longer period as the
Collector determines.
190 Collector’s sales — conditions
The following shall be conditions of sale in the
case of sales by the Collector:
(a) The Collector shall reserve to himself the
right to refuse the bid or tender of any person who has not satisfactorily
complied with the conditions of previous sales.
(b) The highest bidder or tenderer shall be the
purchaser but if any dispute arises as to the last or best bidder the lot in
dispute shall be put up again and re‑sold.
(c) If the purchase money is not paid in cash on
the acceptance of the bid or tender the lot may be again offered but the person
whose bid or tender was accepted shall be liable to pay to the Collector any
loss sustained by reason of his failure so to pay the purchase money.
(d) The goods shall be sold with all faults and
if there is any discrepancy between the quantity stated in the sale list and
the actual quantity available for delivery the Collector shall not be bound to
deliver more than the quantity available for delivery.
(f) All goods
remaining in the warehouse after the sale shall be at the purchaser’s risk and
expense.
(g) If the goods are not removed within 14 days
after purchase, they may be again offered for sale by the Collector, and the
original purchaser shall not be entitled to a refund of any moneys paid by him.
191 Receipts
for goods
(1) Where goods subject to the control of the Customs
are moved from one place in Australia to another place in Australia, the person
in actual charge of each ship or aircraft, or of each carriage, boat or
lighter, in which the goods are carried in the course of being so moved shall,
if so required by a Collector, cause a receipt for the goods to be given on a
form approved by the Collector and shall cause to be carried with the goods,
and to be delivered to the person to whom he delivers the goods, such Customs
documents relating to the goods as the Collector requires.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
(2) In subregulation (1), Customs document
has the same meaning as in regulation 193.
193 Offences
(1) Any person who, without the authority of the
Collector (proof whereof shall lie upon the person charged) makes any
alteration, addition or erasure to or in any Customs document, shall be guilty
of an offence.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
(2) Any person who uses, puts off, or has in his
possession any Customs document to or in which any alteration, addition or
erasure has been made without the authority of the Collector (proof whereof
shall lie upon the person charged) shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
(3) Customs
document in this regulation includes any receipt, certificate, claim,
account, book, manifest, declaration, entry, invoice, licence, security,
notice, permit, debenture, report, authority, consent or other document given,
issued or kept by or produced or delivered to the Customs or any officer of
Customs.
195 Aircraft
In these Regulations and in the Forms appearing in
Schedule 1, except where otherwise clearly intended, any provision relating to
a ship or vessel or to the master or agent of a ship or vessel shall be read as
relating also to an aircraft or to the pilot or agent of an aircraft, as the
case may be, and where otherwise applicable, any appropriate form in the
Schedule may be used, with necessary alterations, in any matter relating to an
aircraft.
196 Forms
The forms prescribed in these Regulations are those
in Schedule 1.
198 Requirements
in forms deemed to be prescribed
Where a prescribed form contains, by way of note or
otherwise, a clear direction or indication of any requirement of the Customs as
to:
(a) the number of copies of the document to be
tendered (the words in duplicate or similar words shall be a
sufficient indication of the number required);
(b) the nature or form of the information to be
furnished to the Customs;
(c) any action, either by way of signing a form
of declaration or otherwise, to be taken by a person concerned in the
transaction or matter in or in relation to which the document is used or by his
authorized agent;
(d) receipts to be signed by ship’s officers,
railway officers, or other persons in proof that the goods described in the
Form have been received for carriage or otherwise;
the requirement so indicated shall be deemed to be prescribed.
199 Additional
copies of forms may be required
The Collector may require copies of any prescribed
form, in addition to the number indicated on the Form in Schedule 1.
200 Substantial
compliance in forms sufficient
The Collector may accept, in lieu of any prescribed
form other than a prescribed form of declaration, or a prescribed form of
security, any document which is substantially in accordance with the prescribed
form.
201 Form
of declaration or security may be varied
The CEO, in any case in which he thinks fit so to
do, may accept a form of declaration or security different from the form of
declaration or security prescribed for that case, and any form of declaration
or security so accepted shall have all the force and effect of a prescribed
form.
202 Repeal
The following Regulations are hereby repealed:
The Customs Regulations 1922 (being Statutory Rules
1922, No. 24, as amended by Statutory Rules 1922, Nos. 47, 48, 60, 126,
139, 140, 182; 1923, Nos. 55, 71, 90, 92, 119, 148, 193, 205; 1924, Nos. 47,
83, 87, 102, 140, 170, 183, 185, 192; 1925, Nos. 22, 33, 59, 186, 195,
218; 1926, No. 88).