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CUSTOMS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE) ACT 2015 - SCHEDULE 5

Amendments of Acts referring to the Customs

 

Air Services Act 1995

1   Subsection   3(1) ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of authority of the Commonwealth )

Repeal the paragraph.

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

2   Section   7 - 20

Omit "the control of * Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

3   Section   9 - 75

Omit "the control of * Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

4   Section   33 - 1 (definition of Customs )

Repeal the definition.

Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006

5   Section   5 ( paragraph   ( e) of the definition of designated agency )

Repeal the paragraph.

6   Saving provision

Despite the amendment of the definition of designated agency in section   5 of the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 made by this Schedule, section   127 of that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a person who was at any time before that commencement an official of a designated agency that was Customs.

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

7   Subsection   4(1)

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

8   Subparagraph 7A(ca)(iii)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987

9   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

10   Subsection   3(1) ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (c)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or

Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

11   Section   90E ( paragraph   ( a) of the definition of compliance agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (a)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department;

12   Section   90E

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

13   Section   90E (definition of customs officer )

Omit "an Officer of Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

14   Section   90E

Insert:

"Immigration" and Border Protection Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

15   Subsections   90T(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (7)

Omit "Customs officer" (wherever occurring), substitute "customs officer".

16   Subsection   90T(8)

Omit "Customs must", substitute "The Comptroller - General of Customs must".

17   Subsection   90T(8)

Omit "Customs officer", substitute "customs officer".

18   Subsections   90V(2) and (2A)

Omit "Customs officer" (wherever occurring), substitute "customs officer".

19   Subsection   90V(2A)

Omit "opened by Cus toms", substitute "opened by a c ustoms officer".

20   Paragraph 90ZC(2)(a)

Omit "Customs officer", substitute "customs officer".

21   Transitional provision

A record established by Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection   90T(8) of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 is taken on and after that commencement to be a record established by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Civil Aviation Act 1988

22   Section   3 ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of authority of the Commonwealth )

Repeal the paragraph.

23   Transitional provision

Subp aragraph 32AO(1)(c)(ii) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 applies on and after the commencement of this item as if a reference to a Commonwealth entity included a reference to Customs (within the meaning of section   4AA of the Customs Administration Act 1985 as in force immediately before the commencement of this item).

Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

24   Section   3 (definition of Trade description )

Omit "a Customs entry", substitute "an import entry".

25   Subsection   6(1)

Omit "the Customs", substitute "an officer".

26   Transitional provision s

(1)   For the purposes of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 , a Customs entry relating to goods made before the commen c ement of this item is taken on and after that commencement to have been an import entry relating to the goods .

(2)   A notice given to the Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in subsection   6(1) of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 is taken on and after that commencement to have been a notice given to an officer.

Copyright Act 1968

27   Paragraph 135(7)(d)

Omit "the control of the Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Crimes Act 1914

28   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"officer of Customs" has the meaning given by subsection   4(1) of the Customs Act 1901 .

29   Section   15GC ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "to Customs", substitute " to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

30   Section   15GC ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (c)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department ;

31   Section   15GC (note at the end of the definition of staff member )

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

32   Section   15GC ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of target agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (c)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

33   Subsection   15GI(2) (note 2)

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

34   Subparagraphs   15GK(1)(k)(iii) and (v)

Omit "Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs ".

35   Subsection   15GQ(2) (note 2)

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

36   Subsection   15GV(2) (note 2)

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

37   Paragraph 15HG(5)(b)

Omit "to Customs", substitute " to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

38   Paragraph 15J(1)(b)

Omit "Customs", substitute " an officer of Customs ".

39   Subparagraphs   15J(2)(c)(i) and (ii)

Omit " the control of Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

40   Section   15JA

Omit "Australian Customs and Border Protection Service", substitute "Immigration and Border Protection Department".

41   Section   15JC ( paragraph   ( d) of the definition of integrity testing agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (d)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

42   Section   15JC ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of target agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (c)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

43   Subsection   15JD( 2 ) (note 1)

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

44   Subsection   15JE(1) (note 1)

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

45   Subsection   15JS(5) ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "for Customs", substitute "for the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

46   Section   15K ( subparagraph   ( c)(ii) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

47   Section   15K ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department ;

48   Section   15K ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of law enforcement officer )

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

49   Paragraph 15KB(4)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   in the case of the Immigration and Border Protection Department--an APS employee who holds or performs the duties of an Executive Level 1 position, or an equivalent or higher position, in that Department ; or

50   Subsection   15LH(3) ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of senior officer )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   in relation to the Immigration and Border Protection Department --any SES employee in that Department; and

51   Subsection   15M(1) ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "to Customs", substitute " to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

52   Subsection   15M(1) ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department ;

53   Subsection   15MX(3) ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of senior officer )

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

54   Section   85ZL ( paragraph   ( ba) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

55   Transitional provisions

(1)   An instrument in force immediately before the commencement of this item under Part   IAB or IABA of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to a person, being a staff member of Customs, continues in force on and after that commencement as if it were an instrument in force in relation to the person, being a staff member of the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

(2)   An instrument in force immediately before the commencement of this item under Part   IAC of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to a law enforcement officer, being an officer of Customs , continues in force on and after that commencement.

(3)   An instrument in force immediately before the commencement of this item under Part   IACA of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to an operative, being an officer of Customs, continues in force on and after that commencement.

( 4 )   Paragraphs 15HK(2)(e), 15HL(2)(e) and 15LC(4)(d) of the Crimes Act 1914 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continue to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a disclosure before that commencement in connection with the performance of functions or duties, or the exercise of powers, of Customs.

( 5 )   If a formal authority in force under section   15GI of the Crimes Act 1914 immediately before the commencement of this item identifie d the details referred to in subparagraph   15GK(1)(k)(iii) or (v) of that Act in relation to Customs, then on and after that commencement the authority continues in force as if it identified th e details referred to in that subparagraph as amended by this Schedule .

( 6 )   The amendments made by this Schedule do not affect the validity of a statutory declaration from an operative given under section   15MF of the Crimes Act 1914 before the commencement of this item.

Crimes (Currency) Act 1981

56   Subsection   29(3)

Omit "An Officer of Customs", substitute "An officer of Customs".

57   Subsection   29(8) (definition of Officer of Customs )

Repeal the definition.

58   Subsection   29(8)

Insert:

"officer of Customs" has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901 .

Criminal Code Act 1995

59   Section   146.1 of the Criminal Code ( paragraph   ( e) of the definition of Commonwealth law enforcement officer )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (e)   a person who is an APS employee in the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 and who is in the Australian Border Force (within the meaning of that Act) .

60   Saving provision

Part   7.8 of the Criminal Code , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a thing done in relation to a person employed in Customs before that commencement.

Customs Depot Licensing Charges Act 1997

61   Section   3 (definition of electronic )

Repeal the definition.

62   Section   3 (definition of line of cargo )

Omit "an electronic or documentary cargo report", substitute "a cargo report".

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

63   Paragraph 303GW(3)(c)

Omit "the control of the Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Evidence Act 1995

64   Part   1 of the Dictionary ( subparagraph   ( b)(i) of the definition of Commonwealth document )

Omit "to Customs", substitute " to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 ".

65   Transitional provision

A report communicated to Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in subparagraph   ( b)(i) of the definition of Commonwealth document in Part   1 of the Dictionary in the Evidence Act 1995 is taken on and after that commencement to have been a report communicated to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

Excise Act 1901

66   Subsection   24(2)

Omit "control of Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

67   Paragraph 24(3)(b)

Omit " the control of Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

68   Subsection   59AA(1)

Omit "clearance through Customs", substitute "clearance under the Customs Act 1901 ".

69   Paragraph 61E(2)(b)

Omit "clearance through Customs", substitute "clearance under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Fisheries Management Act 1991

70   Subsection   84C(1)

Omit "a Customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

71   Subsection   84C(5)

Insert:

"Australian Border Force vessel" means a Commonwealth ship (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) that is under the command of an officer of Customs (including an officer of Customs exercising powers as an officer within the meaning of this Act) and flying the flag mentioned in section   14 of the Customs Act 1901 .

72   Subsection   84C(5) (definition of Customs vessel )

Repeal the definition.

73   Section   167B (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

167B   AFMA may give information about boats to officers of Customs

74   Subsection   167B(2)

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to an officer of Customs".

75   Subsection   167B(2)

Omit "from Customs", substitute "from an officer of Customs".

76   Subsection   167B(2)

Omit "giving Customs", substitute "giving an officer of Customs".

77   Subsection   167B(2)

Omit "help Customs", substitute "help an officer of Customs".

78   Subsection   167B(2)

Omit "of Customs".

79   Subsection   167B(4)

Insert:

"officer of Customs" has the meaning given by subsection   4(1) of the Customs Act 1901 .

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989

80   Subsection   42(3) (note)

Omit "of Customs and".

Imported Food Control Act 199 2

81   Subsection   3(1) (definition of Customs control )

Repeal the definition.

82   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"customs control" , in relation to food, means customs control under the Customs Act.

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act.

83   Subsection   11(2)

After "section   71A", insert "or 71DH".

84   Subsections   11(2) and (3)

Omit "to Customs", substitute " to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

85   Paragraphs 13(4)(b) and (c)

Omit "Customs control", substitute "customs control".

86   Subsection   13(5) (note)

Repeal the note.

87   Paragraph 14(1)(b)

Omit "Customs control", substitute "customs control".

88   Subsections   14(5) and (7)

Omit "Customs control", substitute "customs control".

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

89   Section   4 ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of head )

Repeal the paragraph.

90   Section   4

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

91   Section   4 ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of law enforcement or security agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (c)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department;

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

92   Subparagraph 21(6)(b)(ii)

Omit "the control of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014

93   Section   4

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Comptroller - General of Customs ".

94   Subsection   25(1)

Omit "the control of the Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

95   Paragraphs 9(2)(b) and (3)(b)

Repeal the paragraphs , substitute:

  (b)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or

96   Section   10 (definition of customs officer )

Omit "an Officer", substitute "an officer of Customs".

97   Section   10

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

98   Section   10 (note at the end of the definition of maritime industry participant )

Omit "Customs ", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

99   Section   10 (note at the end of the definition of offshore industry participant )

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

Migration Act 1958

100   Subsection   260(3)

Omit "the law relating to the Customs", substitute " a law of the Commonwealth ".

101   Subsection   260(5)

Omit "the law relating to the Customs", substitute "the Customs Act 1901 ".

National Health Act 1953

102   Subsection   99ZH(1) (definition of Customs documentation purposes )

Omit "enabling Customs", substitute "enabling the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

103   Subsection   99ZH(1)

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

104   Section   99ZM (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

99ZM   Detention of some drug like substances and not others

105   Section   99ZN (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

99ZN   Treatment of detained substances and retained documents

106   Subsection   99ZN(6)

Omit "Customs must " , substitute "the Comptroller - General of Customs must".

Navigation Act 2012

107   Section   11 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

11   Application of Act to certain Australian Border Force vessels

108   Section   11

Omit "A customs vessel", substitute "An Australian Border Force vessel".

109   Section   11

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

110   Paragraph 11(a)

Omit " customs vessel management plan ", substitute " Australian Border Force vessel management plan ".

111   Subparagraphs   11(a)(ii) and (iii)

Omit "customs vessel", substitute "Australian Border Force vessel".

112   Paragraph 11(b)

Omit "the customs vessel or the person complies with the requirements of the customs vessel management plan", substitute "the Australian Border Force vessel or the person complies with the requirements of the Australian Border Force vessel management plan".

113   Subsection   14(1)

Insert:

"Australian Border Force vessel" : see section   17.

114   Subsection   14(1) (definition of customs vessel )

Repeal the definition.

115   Subsection   14(1) (definition of officer of Customs )

Omit "an Officer of Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

116   Subsection   15(2)

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

117   Section   17 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

17   Definition of Australian Border Force vessel

118   Subsection   17(1)

Omit "is a customs vessel ", substitute "is an Australian Border Force vessel ".

119   Paragraph 17(1)(a)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Australian Border Force (within the meaning of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 )".

120   Paragraph 17(1)(b)

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

121   Subsection   17(1) (note)

Repeal the note.

122   Subsection   17(2)

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

123   Section   237 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

237   Powers of officers of Customs

124   Section   237

Omit "powers of Customs, the CEO of Customs or an officer of Customs", substitute "powers of an officer of Customs".

125   Subsection   240(4)

Omit "powers of Customs, the CEO of Customs or an officer of Customs", substitute "powers of an officer of Customs".

126   Subsection   244(3)

Omit "Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

127   Paragraph 249(1)(a)

Omit "Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

128   Section   252 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

252   Power for officer of Customs to detain or refuse clearance

129   Subsection   252(3) (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Officer of Customs may detain if certificates not produced

130   Subsection   252(3)

Omit "detained by Customs", substitute "detained by an officer of Customs".

131   Subsection   252(4)

Omit "If Customs", substitute "If an officer of Customs".

132   Subsection   252(6)

Omit "Customs", substitute "An officer of Customs".

133   Paragraph 253(a)

Omit "section   247", substitute "section   248".

134   Paragraph 313(2)(a)

Omit "section   249 to released ", substitute "section   250 to release ".

135   Paragraph 313(2)(b)

Omit "section   251", substitute "subsection   252(3)".

136   Transitional provision s

(1)   A customs vessel management plan in effect under section   11 of the Navigation Act 2012 immediately before the commencement of this item that relates to a vessel or person continues in effect under that section on and after that commencement as if it were an Australian Border Force vessel management plan that relates to the vessel or person.

( 2 )   A declaration in force under subsection   17(2) of the Navigation Act 2012 immediately before the commencement of this item that a vessel, or a vessel included in a class of vessels, is a customs vessel continues in force on and after that commencement as if it were a declaration that the vessel, or a vessel included in the class of vessels, is an Australian Border Force vessel.

( 3 )   If, immediately before the commencement of this item, Customs was detaining a vessel under subsection   252(3) of the Navigation Act 2012 , then on and after that commencement an officer of Customs may continue to detain the vessel under that subsection as amended by this Schedule.

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

137   Paragraph 615(1)(d)

Omit "officer of customs", substitute "officer of Customs".

138   Paragraph 695X(2)(e)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (e)   the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 ;

139   Transitional provision

Offshore information or a thing made available to Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection   695X(1) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 is taken on and after that commencement to have been made available to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

140   Paragraph 54(1)(b)

Omit "the control of the Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Privacy Act 1988

141   Subsection   6(1) ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of enforcement body )

Repeal the paragraph.

142   Transitional provision

A disclosure of information to Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in paragraph   20E(3)(d) or 21G(3)(d) of the Privacy Act 1988 is taken on and after that commencement to have been a disclosure to the Immigration Department.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

143   Subsection   15B(1) (note 1)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

144   Section   15C (note)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

145   Subsection   15D(1) (note)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

146   Subsection   15P(1) (note)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986

147   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"officer of Customs" has the meaning given by subsection   4(1) of the Customs Act 1901 .

148   Subsection   27(2)

Omit "a Customs officer", substitute "an officer of Customs".

Surveillance Devices Act 2004

149   Subsection   6(1)

Insert:

"Immigration" and Border Protection Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

150   Subsection   6(1) ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of target agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (c)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

151   Transitional provisions

(1)   The Surveillance Devices Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to:

  (a)   a surveillance device warrant in force under that Act immediately before that commencement, being a warrant issued as a result of an application under subsection   14(3B) of that Act in relation to a staff member of Customs ; or

  (b)   an application for a warrant under subsection   14(3B) of that Act in relation to a staff member of Customs that was pending immediately before that commencement.

(2)   Section   45A of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a person who was a staff member of Customs at any time before that commencement.

(3)   The amendments of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 made by this Schedule do not affect the validity of a retrieval warrant in force under that Act immediately before the commencement of this item.

Taxation Administration Act 1953

152   Subsection   155 - 15(1) in Schedule   1 (cell at table item   3, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

the Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) or the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of that Act

153   Paragraph 155 - 20(1)(a) in Schedule   1

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 , ".

154   Paragraph 155 - 20(1)(b) in Schedule   1

Omit "Customs", substitute "a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )".

155   Subsection   155 - 20(1) in Schedule   1 ( table, heading to column 1 )

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Column 1

Document communicated

156   Subsection   155 - 20(2) in Schedule   1

Omit "Customs", substitute " a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

157   Paragraph 155 - 20(4)(b) in Schedule   1

Omit "Customs", substitute " a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

158   Paragraph 155 - 40(2)(b) in Schedule   1

Omit "Customs", substitute " a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

159   Saving and transitional provisions

(1)   Section   155 - 15 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a document mentioned in column 3 of item   3 of the table in subsection   1 5 5 - 15(1) in that Schedule that was given to Customs before that commencement.

(2)   Section   155 - 20 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to the following documents given before that commencement:

  (a)   a document mentioned in column 1 of item   1 or 2 of the table in subsection   1 5 5 - 20(1) in that Schedule communicated to Customs in respect of an importation or dealing;

  (b)   a document mentioned in column 2 of that table item given by Customs to an entity in respect of that importation or dealing.

(3)   If:

  (a)   before the commencement of this item, a document mentioned in column 1 of item   1 or 2 of the table in subsection   1 5 5 - 20(1) in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 was communicated to Customs in respect of an importation or dealing; but

  (b)   before that commencement, Customs had not given the document mentioned in column 2 of that table item to an entity in respect of that importation or dealing;

then section   1 5 5 - 20 in that Schedule applies on and after that commencement as if the document mentioned in column 1 of that table item had been communicated to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

(4)   Section   155 - 40 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to an advice mentioned in paragraph   155 - 40(2)(b) in that Schedule that was given by Customs to an entity before that commencement.

Telecommunications Act 1997

160   Paragraph 47(2)(aa) of Schedule   3A

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (aa)   the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 ;

161   Transitional provision

A notification given under subclause   47(1) of Schedule   3A to the Telecommunications Act 1997 before the commencement of this item to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service is taken on and after that commencement to have been a notification given to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

162   Subsection   5(1) (after paragraph   ( d) of the definition of enforcement agency )

Insert:

  (da)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or

163   Subsection   5(1)

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

164   Subsection   5(1) (definition of permitted purpose )

Omit "Customs" (first occurring), substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

165   Subsection   5(1) ( paragraphs   ( a) and (aaa) of the definition of permitted purpose )

Omit "Customs" (wherever occurring), substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

166   Subsection   6S(1)

Omit "Customs" (first occurring), substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

167   Subsection   6S(1) (table , heading to column 1 )

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Column 1--Commonwealth agency or Immigration and Border Protection Department

168   Subsection   6S(1) (table item   1, column 1, paragraph   ( d))

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(d) Immigration and Border Protection Department.

169   Subparagraph 68(n)(i)

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

170   Subparagraphs   68(o)(i) and (ii)

Omit "Customs", substitute " the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

171   Paragraph 50(2)(b)

Omit "the control of the Customs", substitute "customs control".

Trade Marks Act 1995

172   Paragraph 133(1)(b)

Omit "the control of the Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".



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