Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 155

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2), a reference in this Division to a buying commission in relation to imported goods is a reference to an amount paid or payable by or on behalf of the purchaser of the goods directly or indirectly to a person who, as an agent of the purchaser, represented the purchaser in the purchase of the goods in the import sales transaction.

  (2)   An amount paid by a purchaser of imported goods to another person in the circumstances referred to in subsection   (1) shall be taken not to be a buying commission unless a Collector is satisfied that that other person did not and does not:

  (a)   produce, in whole or in part, or control the production, in whole or in part of:

  (i)   the imported goods, or any other goods whose value would be taken into account in determining, or attempting to determine, the transaction value of the imported goods; or

  (ii)   any other goods of the same class as goods referred to in subparagraph   (i);

  (b)   supply, or control the supply of, any services:

  (i)   whose value would be taken into account in determining, or attempting to determine, the price of the imported goods; or

  (ii)   any other services of the same class as the services referred to in subparagraph   (i);

  (c)   transport the imported goods, or any other goods referred to in subparagraph   (a)(i), within any foreign country, between a foreign country and Australia, or within Australia, for any purpose associated with the manufacture or importation of those imported goods;

  (d)   purchase, exchange, sell, or otherwise trade any of the goods referred to in subparagraph   (a)(i) or supply any of the services referred to in subparagraph   (b)(i) other than in the capacity of an agent of the purchaser;

  (e)   in relation to any of the goods referred to in subparagraph   (a)(i) or any of the services referred to in subparagraph   (b)(i):

  (i)   act as an agent for, or in any other way represent, the producer, supplier, or vendor of the goods or services; or

  (ii)   otherwise be associated with any such person except as the agent of the purchaser; or

  (f)   claim or receive, directly or indirectly, the benefit of any commission, fee or other payment, in the form of money, letter of credit, negotiable instruments, or any goods or services, from any person as a consequence of the import sales transaction, other than commission received from the purchaser for the services rendered by that person in that transaction.