(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.