Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 8

  (1)   In this Act, a reference to the Collector, or to a Collector, is a reference to:

  (a)   the Comptroller - General of Customs; or

  (b)   any officer doing duty in the matter in relation to which the expression is used.

  (2)   For the purposes of this Act, a State shall be taken to include:

  (a)   in the case of a State other than the State of Queensland--that part of Australian waters that is within the area described in Schedule   1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 that refers to that State; and

  (b)   in the case of the State of Queensland--that part of Australian waters that is within:

  (i)   the area described in that Schedule to that Act that refers to the State of Queensland; or

  (ii)   the Coral Sea area.

  (3)   For the purposes of this Act, the Northern Territory shall be taken to include that part of Australian waters that is within:

  (a)   the area described in Schedule   1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 that refers to the Northern Territory; or

  (b)   the area described in that Schedule to that Act that refers to the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands.