Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 183CA

  (1)   An application for a broker's licence may be made by document or electronically.

  (1A)   A documentary application must:

  (a)   be in writing; and

  (b)   be in an approved form; and

  (c)   contain such information as the form requires; and

  (d)   be accompanied by any documents required by the form; and

  (e)   be accompanied by the customs broker licence application charge.

  (1B)   An electronic application must:

  (a)   communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement; and

  (b)   be accompanied by any documents required by the approved statement; and

  (c)   be accompanied by the customs broker licence application charge.

  (2)   Where a person makes an application, he or she must not, in the application, propose a person as his or her nominee at a place unless, at the time the application is made, that person is eligible, or intends to take all necessary action to ensure that, if a broker's licence is granted to the applicant, he or she will be eligible, to be a nominee of the applicant at that place.

  (3)   A person must not, in an application, be proposed as a nominee unless he or she has consented, in writing, to the proposal.