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CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 269K

Processing a valid application

  (1)   As soon as practicable after accepting a TCO application as a valid application, the Comptroller - General of Customs must publish a notice in the Gazette :

  (a)   stating that the application has been lodged; and

  (aa)   identifying the applicant; and

  (ab)   if the applicant is not proposing to make use of the TCO to import the goods to which the application relates into Australia on the applicant's own behalf--identifying the importer for whom the applicant is acting; and

  (b)   providing a description of the goods to which the application relates including a reference to the Customs tariff classification that, in the opinion of the Comptroller - General of Customs, applies to the goods; and

  (c)   inviting any persons who consider that there are reasons why the TCO should not be made to lodge a submission with the Comptroller - General of Customs not later than 50 days after the gazettal day.

  (2)   A submission must:

  (a)   be in writing; and

  (b)   be in an approved form; and

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

  (d)   be signed in the manner indicated in the form.

  (3)   A submission:

  (a)   must be lodged with the Comptroller - General of Customs in the same manner, and is taken to be lodged on the same day, as is specified in relation to a TCO application; and

  (b)   must have the day of its lodgement recorded.

  (4)   If a person lodges a submission later than 50 days after the gazettal day in respect of a TCO application without being invited by the Comptroller - General of Customs to do so under section   269M, the Comptroller - General of Customs must not take the submission into account in determining whether to make a TCO.


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