Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsPart 1 -- Maintenance of electronic communications systems by Customs
1 After Part VI
Insert:
Part VIA -- Maintenance of electronic communications systems by Customs
126D CEO to maintain information systems
The CEO must establish and maintain such information systems as are necessary to enable persons to communicate electronically with Customs.
126DA Communications standards and operation
(1) After consulting with persons likely to be affected, the CEO must determine, and cause to be published in the Gazette :
(a) the information technology requirements that have to be met by persons who wish to communicate with Customs electronically; and
(b) the action that a person has to take in order to verify the receipt of information communicated to Customs electronically; and
(c) the information technology requirements that have to be met to satisfy a requirement that a person's signature be given to Customs in connection with information when the information is communicated electronically; and
(d) the information technology requirements that have to be met to satisfy a requirement that a document be produced to Customs when the document is produced electronically.
(2) The CEO may:
(a) determine alternative information technology requirements that may be used; and
(b) without limiting paragraph ( a), determine different information technology requirements that may be used in different circumstances or by different classes of persons.
126E Communication to Customs when information system is temporarily inoperative
(1) If:
(a) an information system becomes temporarily inoperative; or
(b) an information system that has become temporarily inoperative again becomes operative;
the CEO must cause notice of the occurrence to be given:
(c) on the website maintained by Customs on the Internet; and
(d) where practicable, by e - mail to persons who communicate with Customs electronically.
(2) If an information system is temporarily inoperative, information that a person could otherwise have communicated electronically to Customs by means of the system may be communicated to Customs in either of the following ways:
(a) if another information system by means of which the person can communicate information to Customs is operative--electronically by means of that other system;
(b) by document given or sent to an officer doing duty in relation to the matter to which the information relates.
(3) If:
(a) because an information system is temporarily inoperative, a person communicates information to an officer by document in accordance with paragraph ( 2)(b); and
(b) the CEO causes notice to be given under paragraph ( 1)(b) stating that the information system has again become operative;
the person must communicate the information electronically to Customs within 24 hours after the notice was given.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
126F Payment to Customs when information system is temporarily inoperative
(1) This section applies when a person who is liable to make a payment to Customs and would ordinarily make the payment electronically is unable to do so because an information system is temporarily inoperative.
(2) The person may give an undertaking to Customs to make the payment as soon as practicable after, and in any case not later than 24 hours after, the CEO causes notice to be given under paragraph 126E(1)(b) stating that the information system has again become operative.
(3) If the person is notified by Customs that the undertaking is accepted:
(a) this Act has the effect that it would have if the payment had been made; and
(b) the person must comply with the undertaking.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
126G Meaning of temporarily inoperative
An information system that has become inoperative is not taken to be temporarily inoperative for the purposes of this Part unless the CEO is satisfied that the period for which it has been, or is likely to be, inoperative is significant.
Part 2 -- Importation of goods
2 Subsection 4(1) ( paragraph ( b) of the definition of authority to deal )
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) in relation to goods the subject of an import declaration--an authority of the kind referred to in subsection 71C(4); or
(c) in relation to goods the subject of an RCR--an authority of the kind referred to in subsection 71DE(3); or
(d) in relation to goods the subject of a warehouse declaration--an authority of the kind referred to in subsection 71DJ(4).
Insert:
"cargo release advice" means a cargo release advice given under subsection 71DE(1).
Insert:
"customs broker" means a customs broker within the meaning of Part XI.
6 Subsection 4(1) (definition of entry processing charge )
Repeal the definition.
Insert:
"import declaration" means an import declaration communicated to Customs by document or electronically as mentioned in section 71A.
Insert:
"import declaration advice" means an import declaration advice given under subsection 71C(1).
Insert:
"import declaration processing charge" means import declaration processing charge payable as set out in section 71B.
10 Subsection 4(1) (definition of import entry )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"import entry" means an entry of goods for home consumption made as mentioned in subsection 68(3A) or an entry of goods for warehousing made as mentioned in subsection 68(3B).
11 Subsection 4(1) (definition of import entry advice )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"import entry advice" means an import declaration advice, a cargo release advice or a warehouse declaration advice.
Insert:
"import information contract" means a contract made under section 71DD.
Insert:
"periodic declaration" has the meaning given by section 71DF.
Insert:
"periodic declaration processing charge" means a periodic declaration processing charge payable as set out in section 71DG.
Insert:
"RCR" means a request for cargo release communicated to Customs under section 71DB.
Insert:
"RCR processing charge" means an RCR processing charge payable as set out in section 71DC.
17 Subsection 4(1) (definition of screening charge )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"screening charge" means the charge payable as set out in section 64ABC.
Insert:
"self-assessed clearance declaration" means a declaration communicated to Customs under subsection 71(2).
Insert:
"self-assessed clearance declaration charge" means a self - assessed clearance declaration charge payable as set out in section 71AAA.
20 Subsection 4(1) (definition of visual examination application )
Omit "71C", substitute "71D or 71DK".
Insert:
"warehouse declaration" means a warehouse declaration communicated to Customs by document or electronically under section 71DH.
Insert:
"warehouse declaration advice" means a warehouse declaration advice given under section 71DJ.
Insert:
"warehouse declaration processing charge" means a warehouse declaration processing charge payable as set out in section 71DI.
Insert:
"warehoused goods declaration fee" means a fee payable under section 71BA for the processing of an import declaration in respect of warehoused goods.
25 Subsection 4(1) (definition of warehoused goods entry fee )
Repeal the definition.
26 Subparagraphs 30(1)(a)(ii) to (iv)
Repeal the subparagraphs, substitute:
(ii) if the goods are not examinable food that has been entered for home consumption or warehousing--until either they are delivered into home consumption in accordance with an authority to deal or in accordance with a permission under section 69, 70 or 162A or they are exported to a place outside Australia, whichever happens first; and
(iii) if the goods are examinable food that has been entered for home consumption--until a food control certificate is delivered to the person who has possession of the food; and
(iv) if the goods are examinable food that has been entered for warehousing--until there is delivered to the person who has possession of the food an imported food inspection advice requiring its treatment, destruction or exportation or, if no such advice is delivered, until the goods are entered for home consumption or the food is exported to a place outside Australia, whichever happens first;
27 Subparagraph 30(1)(ab)(i)
Omit "subsection 71(2)", substitute "section 71".
27A Paragraph 30(1)(ad)
Omit "subsection 71(2)", substitute "section 71".
28 After paragraph 30(1)(ad)
Insert:
(ae) as to goods referred to in paragraph 68(1)(j)--from the time of their importation until they are exported to a place outside Australia ;
29 Paragraph 35A(1A)(a)
Omit "given under section 71B", substitute "to deal".
30 Subsection 42(1)
Omit "under section 71B".
30A Section 63A (definition of low value cargo )
Omit all the words and paragraphs after "consignment of", substitute "which section 68 does not apply because of paragraph 68(1)(f)".
31 After the heading to Division 4 of Part IV
Insert:
32 At the end of subsection 68(1)
Add:
; and (j) goods stated in a cargo report to be goods whose destination is a place outside Australia .
33 Paragraphs 68(2)(b) and (c)
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
(b) for warehousing.
34 After subsection 68(3)
Insert:
(3A) An entry of goods for home consumption is made by communicating to Customs:
(a) an import declaration in respect of the goods; or
(b) an RCR in respect of the goods.
(3B) An entry of goods for warehousing is made by communicating to Customs a warehouse declaration in respect of the goods.
35 After section 68
Insert:
68A Goods imported for transhipment
If a cargo report in relation to goods states that the destination of the goods is a place outside Australia , an officer may direct a person who has possession of the goods:
(a) not to move the goods; or
(b) to move them to a place specified in the direction.
36 Subsection 70(9)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(9) In this section, a reference to the hours of business for dealing with import entries is a reference to a time when, under regulations made for the purposes of section 28, the applicant would be able to give a documentary import declaration to Customs.
37 Section 71
Repeal the section, substitute:
71 Report and clearance of goods not requiring import entry
(1) The owner of goods of a kind referred to in paragraph 68(1)(d) must, in any circumstances specified in the regulations, provide such information:
(a) at such time; and
(b) in such manner and form;
as the regulations specify.
(2) Despite section 181, the owner of goods of a kind referred to in paragraph 68(1)(e), (f) or (i), or a person acting on behalf of the owner, must communicate electronically to Customs a declaration (a self - assessed clearance declaration ):
(a) stating:
(i) whether the value of the goods is less than $250, or such other amount as is prescribed; and
(ii) whether the goods are subject to quarantine; and
(b) containing such other particulars (if any) of the goods as are set out in an approved statement.
(3) The regulations may exempt from subsection ( 2):
(a) a person who is, or is included in a class of persons who are, specified in the regulations; or
(b) goods that are, or are included in a class of goods that are, specified in the regulations.
(4) Subject to subsection ( 7), if goods of a kind referred to in paragraph 68(1)(d) are imported into Australia , Customs must, having regard to any information given to Customs in accordance with the regulations and any further information supplied under section 196C:
(a) authorise the delivery of the goods into home consumption; or
(b) refuse to authorise the delivery of the goods into home consumption and give reasons for its refusal.
(5) If goods of a kind referred to in paragraph 68(1)(e), (f) or (i) are imported into Australia, Customs must, having regard to any information contained in a self - assessed clearance declaration, any further information supplied under section 196C or any other information given to or obtained by Customs:
(a) authorise the delivery of the goods into home consumption; or
(b) refuse to authorise the delivery of the goods into home consumption and give reasons for its refusal.
(6) A decision of Customs under subsection ( 4) or (5) may be communicated by notice in writing, electronically or in any other way permitted by the regulations.
(7) Customs must not authorise the delivery of goods referred to in subsection ( 4) or (5) unless the duty (if any) and any other charge (other than self - assessed clearance charge payable under an arrangement made under subsection 71AAB(2)) or tax (if any) payable on the importation of goods has been paid.
(8) If, after Customs has authorised delivery of goods into home consumption under paragraph ( 4)(a) or (5)(a) and before the goods are so dealt with, an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of a Customs - related law, the officer may suspend the authority for a specified period by:
(a) signing a notice:
(i) stating that the authority is so suspended; and
(ii) setting out the reasons for the suspension;
and serving a copy of the notice on the owner of the goods or, if the owner does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) by sending electronically to the person who made the self - assessed clearance declaration a message stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension.
(9) If, during the suspension under subsection ( 8) of an authority, an officer becomes satisfied that there are no longer reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of a Customs - related law, the officer must revoke the suspension by:
(a) signing a notice stating that the suspension is revoked and serving a copy of the notice on the owner of the goods or, if the owner does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) by sending electronically to the person who made the self - assessed clearance declaration a message stating that the suspension is revoked.
(10) A suspension of an authority, or the revocation of a suspension of an authority, has effect from the time when the relevant notice was given or the relevant message was sent, as the case may be.
71AAA Liability for self - assessed clearance declaration charge
(1) Subject to this section, when a self - assessed clearance declaration is communicated to Customs in accordance with subsection 71(2), the person who sent the communication becomes liable to pay self - assessed clearance declaration charge in respect of the declaration.
(2) If a person pays self - assessed clearance declaration charge in respect of a self - assessed clearance declaration relating to goods, no other person is liable to pay charge in respect of the declaration.
(3) Self - assessed clearance declaration charge is not payable in respect of a declaration relating to goods if:
(a) the owner of the goods, or a person acting on behalf of the owner, communicated an abbreviated cargo report (as defined by section 63A) in respect of the goods; or
(b) the owner of the goods is a person, or is a person included in a class of persons, declared by the regulations to be exempt from payment of self - assessed clearance declaration charge.
71AAB Payment of self - assessed clearance declaration charge
(1) If:
(a) the CEO has not made an arrangement with a person under subsection ( 2); or
(b) an arrangement made under subsection ( 2) with a person is terminated in the circumstances set out in subsection ( 4);
the person must, within 21 days after the person is notified by Customs of the total amount of all the self - assessed clearance declaration charges for which the person becomes liable during each month, pay that amount to the Commonwealth.
(2) The CEO may make an arrangement with a person under which the person agrees to pay self - assessed clearance declaration charge to the Commonwealth in the manner provided in the arrangement.
(3) An amount payable by a person:
(a) in accordance with subsection ( 1); or
(b) under an arrangement made under subsection ( 2);
may be recovered by the Commonwealth by action against that person in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Commonwealth.
(4) If:
(a) a person has entered into an arrangement under subsection ( 2); and
(b) the person refuses or fails to pay the self - assessed clearance declaration charge in accordance with the arrangement;
the arrangement is terminated by this subsection.
38 Sections 71A to 71D
Repeal the sections, substitute:
Subdivision B -- Import declarations
71A Making an import declaration
(1) An import declaration is a communication to Customs in accordance with this section of information about:
(a) goods to which section 68 applies; or
(b) warehoused goods;
that are intended to be entered for home consumption.
(2) An import declaration can be communicated by document or electronically.
(3) A documentary import declaration must:
(a) be made by the owner of the goods concerned; and
(b) be communicated to Customs:
(i) by giving or sending it to an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations; or
(ii) by leaving it at a place that has been allocated for lodgment of import declarations in a Customs Office;
at the place at which the goods are to be delivered for home consumption.
(4) An electronic import declaration can be communicated only by the owner of the goods concerned.
(5) If the information communicated to Customs in an import declaration relating to goods adequately identifies any permission (however it is described) that has been given for the importation of those goods, the identification of the permission in that information is taken, for the purposes of any law of the Commonwealth (including this Act), to be the production of the permission to an officer.
(6) However, subsection ( 5) does not affect any power of an officer, under this Act, to require the production of a permission referred to in that subsection.
(7) If:
(a) an import declaration is, or is taken under section 71L to have been, communicated to Customs; and
(b) before the time when the declaration is, or is so taken to have been, communicated to Customs, the goods to which the declaration relates have been imported or have been brought to the first port or airport in Australia at which any goods are to be discharged;
the goods are taken to have been entered for home consumption.
(8) If:
(a) an import declaration is, or is taken under section 71L to have been, communicated to Customs; and
(b) at the time when the declaration is, or is so taken to have been, communicated to Customs, the goods to which the declaration relates have not been brought to the first port or airport in Australia at which any goods are to be discharged;
the goods are taken to be entered for home consumption only when they are brought to that port or airport.
71B Liability for import declaration processing charge
(1) When an import declaration (including an altered import declaration) in respect of goods to which section 68 applies (other than warehoused goods) is, or is taken to have been, communicated to Customs under section 71A, the owner of the goods becomes liable to pay import declaration processing charge in respect of the declaration.
(2) If a person who is an owner of goods pays import declaration processing charge in respect of an import declaration relating to particular goods, any other person who is an owner of those goods ceases to be liable to pay charge in respect of that declaration.
(3) If an import declaration is withdrawn under subsection 71F(1), or is taken, under subsection 71F(2) or (7), to have been withdrawn, before the issue of an authority to deal in respect of goods covered by the declaration, then, despite subsection ( 1), the owner of the goods is not liable to pay import declaration processing charge in respect of the declaration.
71BA Warehoused goods declaration fee
(1) An owner of warehoused goods who makes an import declaration in respect of the goods is liable to pay a fee (the warehoused goods declaration fee ) for the processing by Customs of the declaration.
(2) The amount of the warehoused goods declaration fee is:
(a) if the import declaration is made electronically--$23.20 or, if another amount (not exceeding $34.80) is prescribed by the regulations, the amount so prescribed; or
(b) if the import declaration is made by document--$60.00 or, if another amount (not exceeding $90.00) is prescribed by the regulations, the amount so prescribed.
(3) If a person who is an owner of warehoused goods pays the warehoused goods declaration fee for the processing of an import declaration in respect of the goods, any other person who is an owner of the goods ceases to be liable to pay the fee for the processing of the import declaration.
(4) In this section:
"warehoused goods" includes goods that, under section 100, may be dealt with as warehoused goods.
71C Authority to deal with goods in respect of which an import declaration has been made
(1) If an import declaration in respect of goods has been communicated to Customs, Customs must give an import declaration advice, by document or electronically, in accordance with this section.
(2) An import declaration advice relating to goods entered by documentary import declaration:
(a) must be given to the owner of the goods or be made available for collection by leaving it at a place in a Customs office that has been allocated for collection of such advices; and
(b) must contain:
(i) a statement to the effect that the goods are cleared for home consumption; or
(ii) a statement that the goods are directed to be held in their current location or are directed for further examination.
(3) An import declaration advice relating to goods entered by an electronic import declaration:
(a) must refer to the number given by Customs to identify the particular import declaration; and
(b) must be communicated electronically to the person who made the declaration; and
(c) must contain:
(i) a statement to the effect that the goods are cleared for home consumption; or
(ii) a statement that the goods are directed to be held in their current location or are directed for further examination.
(4) Subject to subsection ( 5), if:
(a) an import declaration advice is given or communicated under this section; and
(b) a payment is made of any duty, GST, luxury car tax, wine tax, import declaration processing charge or other charge or fee payable at the time of entry of, or in respect of, the goods covered by the import declaration advice;
Customs must:
(c) if the advice was given under subsection ( 2)--give the person to whom the advice was given an authority, in writing, to take the goods into home consumption; and
(d) if the advice was communicated electronically under subsection ( 3)--communicate electronically, to the person to whom the advice was communicated, an authority to take the goods into home consumption.
(5) Customs is not required to give or communicate an authority under subsection ( 4) while the goods concerned are subject to a direction referred to in subparagraph ( 2)(b)(ii) or (3)(c)(ii).
(6) Customs must give an authority under subsection ( 4) in relation to goods covered by item 2 of the table in subsection 132AA(1) if subsection ( 4) would require Customs to do so apart from paragraph ( 4)(b).
Note: Subsection 132AA(1) provides that import duty on goods covered by item 2 of the table in that subsection must be paid by a time worked out under the regulations.
(7) Customs must give an authority under subsection ( 4) in relation to goods if:
(a) that subsection would require Customs to do so apart from the fact that any or all of the following were not paid when duty on the goods was paid (or would have been payable if the goods had been subject to duty):
(i) the GST payable on the taxable importation (as defined in the GST Act), if any, that is associated with the import of the goods;
(ii) if a taxable importation of a luxury car (as defined in the Luxury Car Tax Act) is associated with the import of the goods--the luxury car tax payable on that taxable importation;
(iii) if a taxable dealing (as defined in the Wine Tax Act) is associated with the import of the goods--the wine tax payable on that dealing; and
(b) because of the following provisions, the unpaid GST, luxury car tax or wine tax (as appropriate) was not payable until after duty on the goods was payable (or would have been payable if the goods had been subject to duty):
(i) paragraph 33 - 15(b) of the GST Act;
(ii) paragraph 13 - 20(b) of the Luxury Car Tax Act;
(iii) paragraph 23 - 5(b) of the Wine Tax Act.
(8) If goods are authorised to be taken into home consumption, the authority to deal, whether given by a document or electronically, must set out:
(a) any condition of the kind referred to in subsection ( 9) to which the authority is subject; and
(b) the date on which the authority is given; and
(c) such other information as is prescribed.
(9) An authority to deal with goods may be expressed to be subject to a condition that a specified permission for the goods to be dealt with (however it is described) be obtained under another law of the Commonwealth.
(10) If an authority to deal with goods is expressed to be subject to the condition that a specified permission be obtained, the authority is taken not to have been given until the permission has been obtained.
(11) An officer may, at any time before goods authorised to be taken into home consumption are so dealt with, cancel the authority:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the authority is cancelled and setting out the reasons for the cancellation; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person who made the declaration or, if that person does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration--by sending electronically, to the person who made the declaration, a message stating that the authority is cancelled and setting out the reasons for the cancellation.
(12) If, at any time before goods authorised to be taken into home consumption are so dealt with, an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of any Customs - related law, the officer may suspend the authority for a specified period:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person who made the declaration or, if that person does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration--by sending electronically, to the person who made the declaration, a message stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension.
(13) If, during the suspension under subsection ( 12) of an authority, an officer becomes satisfied that there are no longer reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of a Customs - related law, the officer must revoke the suspension:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the suspension is revoked; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person to whom the notice of the suspension was given; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration--by sending electronically, to the person to whom the message notifying the suspension was sent, a message stating that the suspension is revoked.
(14) A cancellation or suspension of an authority, or a revocation of a suspension of an authority, has effect from the time when the relevant notice is served or the relevant message is sent, as the case may be.
71D Visual examination in presence of officer
(1) If a person who is permitted or required to make an import declaration in respect of goods to which section 68 applies does not have the information to complete the declaration, the person may apply to Customs, by document or electronically, for permission to examine the goods in the presence of an officer.
(2) A documentary application must be communicated to Customs by giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations.
(3) When an application is given to an officer under subsection ( 2) or is sent electronically, an officer must, by writing or by message sent electronically, give the applicant permission to examine the goods on a day and at a place specified in the notice.
(4) A person who has received a permission may examine the goods in accordance with the permission in the presence of an officer.
71DA An officer may seek additional information
(1) Without limiting the information that may be required to be included in an import declaration, if an import declaration has been made in respect of goods, authority to deal with the goods may be refused until an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations:
(a) has verified particulars of the goods shown in the import declaration; or
(b) is satisfied of any other matter that may be relevant to the granting of an authority to deal.
(2) If an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations believes, on reasonable grounds, that the owner of goods to which an import declaration relates has custody or control of commercial documents, or has, or can obtain, information, relating to the goods that will assist the officer to determine whether this Act has been or is being complied with in respect of the goods, the officer may require the owner:
(a) to deliver to the officer the commercial documents in respect of the goods that are in the owner's custody or control (including any such documents that had previously been delivered to an officer and had been returned to the owner); or
(b) to deliver to the officer such information, in writing, relating to the goods (being information of a kind specified in the notice) as is within the knowledge of the owner or as the owner is reasonably able to obtain.
(3) A documentary requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of an import declaration must:
(a) be communicated to the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the declaration was communicated; and
(b) be in an approved form and contain such particulars as the form requires.
(4) An electronic requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of an import declaration must:
(a) be communicated electronically to the person who made the declaration; and
(b) contain such particulars as are set out in an approved statement.
(5) An officer doing duty in relation to import declarations may ask:
(a) the owner of goods in respect of which an import declaration has been made; and
(b) if another person made the declaration on behalf of the owner--that other person;
any questions relating to the goods.
(6) If an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations believes, on reasonable grounds, that the owner of goods to which an import declaration relates has custody or control of documents, or has, or can obtain, information, relating to the goods that will assist the officer to verify the particulars shown in the import declaration, the officer may require the owner to produce the documents or supply the information to the officer.
(7) If:
(a) the owner of goods has been required to deliver documents or information in relation to the goods under subsection ( 2); or
(b) the owner of, or the person making an import declaration in respect of, goods has been asked a question in respect of the goods under subsection ( 5); or
(c) the owner of goods has been required to verify a matter in respect of the goods under subsection ( 6);
authority to deal with the relevant goods in accordance with the declaration must not be granted unless:
(d) the requirement referred to in paragraph ( a) has been complied with or withdrawn; or
(e) the question referred to in paragraph ( b) has been answered or withdrawn; or
(f) the requirement referred to in paragraph ( c) has been complied with or withdrawn, or a security has been taken for compliance with the requirement;
as the case requires.
(8) Subject to section 215, if a person delivers a commercial document to an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations under this section, the officer must deal with the document and then return it to the person.
Subdivision C -- Requests for cargo release
71DB Making a request for cargo release
(1) A request for cargo release (an RCR ) in respect of goods is a communication to Customs in accordance with this section of a request for the release of goods to which section 68 applies that are intended to be entered for home consumption.
(2) An RCR must be communicated electronically.
(3) An RCR can be made only:
(a) by a person who has entered into an import information contract or by a customs broker nominated in the contract to make communications to Customs on behalf of the person; and
(b) while the contract is in force.
(4) An RCR must contain the information contained in an approved statement.
(5) If the information communicated to Customs in an RCR in respect of goods adequately identifies any permission (however it is described) that has been given for the importation of those goods, the identification of the permission in that information is taken, for the purposes of any law of the Commonwealth (including this Act), to be the production of the permission to an officer.
(6) However, subsection ( 5) does not affect any power of an officer, under this Act, to require the production of a permission referred to in that subsection.
(7) If:
(a) an RCR in respect of goods is, or is taken under section 71L to have been, communicated to Customs; and
(b) before the time when the RCR is, or is so taken to have been, communicated to Customs, the goods to which the RCR relates have been imported or have been brought to the first port or airport in Australia at which any goods are to be discharged;
the goods are taken to have been entered for home consumption.
(8) If:
(a) an RCR in respect of goods is, or is taken under section 71L to have been, communicated to Customs; and
(b) at the time when the RCR is, or is so taken to have been, communicated to Customs, the goods have not been brought to the first port or airport in Australia at which any goods are to be discharged;
the goods are taken to be entered for home consumption only when they are brought to that port or airport.
71DC Liability for an RCR processing charge
(1) When a person who has entered into an import information contract sends an RCR to Customs, the person becomes liable to pay an RCR processing charge in respect of the RCR.
(2) The charge is payable when the person is taken to have sent to Customs a periodic declaration in respect of goods to which the RCR relates.
(3) If an RCR is withdrawn under subsection 71F(1), or is taken to be withdrawn under subsection 71F(2) or (7), before the issue of an authority to deal in respect of goods covered by the RCR, then, despite subsection ( 1), the person is not liable to pay an RCR processing charge in respect of the RCR.
71DD Making of import information contracts
(1) Subject to subsection ( 2), the CEO may enter into a contract (an import information contract ) with a person for the purpose of enabling the person to make RCRs in respect of goods.
(2) The CEO must not enter into an import information contract with a person (other than a company specified in subsection ( 3)) unless the CEO is satisfied, as a result of an audit carried out by a person chosen in accordance with the business rules, that the person can provide Customs with accurate information that is necessary to enable Customs to perform duties in relation to goods imported into Australia.
(3) The following companies are specified for the purposes of subsection ( 2):
(a) Colorado Group Limited (ABN 8500 432 7566);
(b) Du Pont ( Australia ) Pty Limited (ABN 5900 071 6469);
(c) Ericsson Australia Pty Limited (ABN 5600 407 185);
(d) Grocery Holdings Pty Limited (ABN 27007 427 581);
(e) K mart Australia Limited (ABN 73004 700 485);
(f) Kodak ( Australasia ) Pty Limited (ABN 4900 405 7621);
(g) Liquorland ( Australia ) Pty Limited (ABN 82007 512 414);
(h) My Car Automotive Pty Limited (ABN 94061 462 593);
(i) Myer Stores Limited (ABN 83004 143 239);
(j) Nortel Networks Australia Pty Limited (ABN 400 031 64145);
(k) NS Komatsu Pty Limited (ABN 630 535 14739);
(l) Officeworks Superstores Pty Limited (ABN 36004 763 526);
(m Panasonic Australia Pty Limited (ABN 8300 159 2187);
(n) Target Australia Pty Limited (ABN 75004 250 944);
(o) Tyremaster (Wholesale) Pty Limited (ABN 18000 781 037).
(4) The provisions in an import information contract are to include provisions relating to:
(a) the goods covered by the contract; and
(b) how the person's compliance with the business rules is to be reported, monitored and audited; and
(c) the power of the CEO to terminate the contract if the person fails to comply with any of the business rules or with any of the requirements of this Act.
(5) The existence of an import information contract does not affect the exercise by the CEO of any powers conferred on him or her by or under this Act.
71DE Authority to deal with goods in respect of which an RCR has been made
(1) If an RCR in respect of goods has been communicated to Customs, Customs must give a cargo release advice electronically in accordance with this section.
(2) A cargo release advice:
(a) must refer to the number given by Customs to identify the particular RCR; and
(b) must be communicated electronically to the person who made the RCR; and
(c) must contain:
(i) a statement to the effect that the goods are cleared for home consumption; or
(ii) a statement that the goods are directed to be held in their current location or are directed for further examination.
(3) Subject to subsection ( 4), if a cargo release advice is communicated under this section, Customs must communicate electronically, to the person to whom the advice was communicated, an authority to take the goods into home consumption.
(4) Customs is not required to communicate an authority under subsection ( 3) while the goods concerned are subject to a direction referred to in subparagraph ( 2)(c)(ii).
(5) If goods are authorised to be taken into home consumption, the authority to deal must set out:
(a) any condition of the kind referred to in subsection ( 6) to which the authority is subject; and
(b) the date on which the authority is given; and
(c) such other information as is prescribed.
(6) An authority to deal with goods may be expressed to be subject to a condition that a specified permission for the goods to be dealt with (however it is described) be obtained under another law of the Commonwealth.
(7) If an authority to deal with goods is expressed to be subject to the condition that a specified permission be obtained, the authority is taken not to have been given until the permission has been obtained.
(8) An officer may, at any time before goods authorised to be taken into home consumption are so dealt with, cancel the authority by sending electronically, to the person to whom the cargo release advice was sent, a message stating that the authority is cancelled and setting out the reasons for the cancellation.
(9) If, at any time before goods authorised to be taken into home consumption are so dealt with, an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of a Customs - related law, the officer may suspend the authority for a specified period by sending electronically, to the person to whom the cargo release advice was sent, a message stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension.
(10) If, during the suspension under subsection ( 9) of an authority, an officer becomes satisfied that there are no longer reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of a Customs - related law, the officer must revoke the suspension by sending electronically, to the person to whom the message notifying the suspension was sent, a message stating that the suspension is revoked.
(11) A cancellation or suspension of an authority, or a revocation of a suspension of an authority, has effect from the time when the relevant notice is served or the relevant message is sent, as the case may be.
71DF Periodic declarations by persons who are parties to import information contracts
If a person who is a party to an import information contract makes, during a particular month, one or more RCRs in respect of goods, the person:
(a) may, from time to time during the month, send electronically to Customs declarations ( periodic declarations ) containing such information in relation to the goods as is set out in an approved statement; but
(b) must send electronically to Customs at least one periodic declaration not later than the first day of the following month or such other day of that month as is prescribed.
71DG Liability for periodic declaration processing charge
When a person sends to Customs a periodic declaration under section 71DF, the person becomes liable to pay periodic declaration processing charge in respect of the declaration.
Subdivision D -- Warehouse declarations
71DH Making a warehouse declaration
(1) A warehouse declaration is a communication to Customs in accordance with this section of information about goods to which section 68 applies that are intended to be entered for warehousing.
(2) A warehouse declaration may be communicated by document or electronically.
(3) A documentary warehouse declaration must:
(a) be made by the owner of the goods concerned; and
(b) be communicated to Customs:
(i) by giving or sending it to an officer doing duty in relation to warehouse declarations; or
(ii) by leaving it at a place that has been allocated for lodgment of warehouse declarations in a Customs Office;
at the place at which the goods are to be delivered for warehousing.
(4) A warehouse declaration in respect of particular goods can be communicated electronically only by the owner of the goods.
(5) If the information communicated to Customs in a warehouse declaration relating to goods adequately identifies any permission (however it is described) that has been given for the importation of those goods, the identification of the permission in that information is taken, for the purposes of any law of the Commonwealth (including this Act), to be the production of the permission to an officer.
(6) However, subsection ( 5) does not affect any power of an officer, under this Act, to require the production of a permission referred to in that subsection.
(7) If:
(a) a warehouse declaration is, or is taken under section 71L to have been, communicated to Customs; and
(b) before the time when the declaration is, or is so taken to have been, communicated to Customs, the goods to which the declaration relates have been imported or have been brought to the first port or airport in Australia at which any goods are to be discharged;
the goods are taken to have been entered for warehousing.
(8) If:
(a) a warehouse declaration is, or is taken under section 71L to have been, communicated to Customs; and
(b) at the time when the warehouse declaration is, or is so taken to have been, communicated to Customs, the goods to which the declaration relates have not been brought to the first port or airport in Australia at which any goods are to be discharged;
the goods are taken to be entered for warehousing only when they are brought to that port or airport.
71DI Liability for warehouse declaration processing charge
(1) When a warehouse declaration (including an altered warehouse declaration) in respect of goods is, or is taken to have been, communicated to Customs under section 71DH, the owner of the goods becomes liable to pay warehouse declaration processing charge in respect of the declaration.
(2) If a person who is an owner of goods pays warehouse declaration processing charge in respect of a warehouse declaration relating to particular goods, any other person who is an owner of those goods ceases to be liable to pay charge in respect of that declaration.
(3) If a warehouse declaration is withdrawn under subsection 71F(1), or is taken, under subsection 71F(2) or (7), to have been withdrawn, before the issue of an authority to deal in respect of goods covered by the declaration, then, despite subsection ( 1), the owner of the goods is not liable to pay warehouse declaration processing charge in respect of the declaration.
71DJ Authority to deal with goods in respect of which a warehouse declaration has been made
(1) If a warehouse declaration in respect of goods has been communicated to Customs, Customs must give a warehouse declaration advice, by document or electronically, in accordance with this section.
(2) A warehouse declaration advice relating to goods entered by documentary warehouse declaration:
(a) must be given to the owner of the goods or be made available for collection by leaving it at a place in a Customs office that has been allocated for collection of such advices; and
(b) must contain:
(i) a statement to the effect that the goods are cleared for warehousing; or
(ii) a statement that the goods are directed to be held in their current location or are directed for further examination.
(3) A warehouse declaration advice relating to goods entered by an electronic warehouse declaration:
(a) must refer to the number given by Customs to identify the particular warehouse declaration; and
(b) must be communicated electronically to the person who made the declaration; and
(c) must contain:
(i) a statement to the effect that the goods are cleared for warehousing; or
(ii) a statement that the goods are directed to be held in their current location or are directed for further examination.
(4) Subject to subsection ( 5), if:
(a) a warehouse declaration advice is given or communicated under this section; and
(b) a payment is made of any warehouse declaration processing charge or other charge or fee payable at the time of entry of, or in respect of, the goods covered by the warehouse declaration advice;
Customs must:
(c) if the advice was given under subsection ( 2)--give the person to whom the advice was given an authority, in writing, to take the goods into warehousing; and
(d) if the advice was communicated electronically under subsection ( 3)--communicate electronically, to the person to whom the advice was communicated, an authority to take the goods into warehousing.
(5) Customs is not required to give or communicate an authority under subsection ( 4) while the goods concerned are subject to a direction referred to in subparagraph ( 2)(b)(ii) or (3)(c)(ii).
(6) If goods are authorised to be taken into warehousing, the authority to deal, whether given by a document or electronically, must set out:
(a) any condition of the kind referred to in subsection ( 7) to which the authority is subject; and
(b) the date on which the authority is given; and
(c) such other information as is prescribed.
(7) An authority to deal with goods may be expressed to be subject to a condition that a specified permission for the goods to be dealt with (however it is described) be obtained under another law of the Commonwealth.
(8) If an authority to deal with goods is expressed to be subject to the condition that a specified permission be obtained, the authority is taken not to have been given until the permission has been obtained.
(9) An officer may, at any time before goods authorised to be taken into warehousing are so dealt with, cancel the authority:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the authority is cancelled and setting out the reasons for the cancellation; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person who made the declaration or, if that person does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration--by sending electronically, to the person who made the declaration, a message stating that the authority is cancelled and setting out the reasons for the cancellation.
(10) If, at any time before goods authorised to be taken into warehousing are so dealt with, an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of any Customs - related law, the officer may suspend the authority for a specified period:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person who made the declaration or, if that person does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration--by sending electronically, to the person who made the declaration, a message stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension.
(11) If, during the suspension under subsection ( 10) of an authority, an officer becomes satisfied that there are no longer reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods were imported into Australia in contravention of a Customs - related law, the officer must revoke the suspension:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the suspension is revoked; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person to whom the notice of the suspension was given; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration--by sending electronically, to the person to whom the message notifying the suspension was sent, a message stating that the suspension is revoked.
(12) A cancellation or suspension of an authority, or a revocation of a suspension of an authority, has effect from the time when the relevant notice is served or the relevant message is sent, as the case may be.
71DK Visual examination in presence of officer
(1) If a person who is permitted or required to make a warehouse declaration in respect of goods to which section 68 applies does not have the information to complete the declaration, the person may apply to Customs, by document or electronically, for permission to examine the goods in the presence of an officer.
(2) A documentary application must be communicated to Customs by giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to warehouse declarations.
(3) When an application is given to an officer under subsection ( 2) or is sent electronically, an officer must, by writing or by message sent electronically, give the applicant permission to examine the goods on a day and at a place specified in the notice.
(4) A person who has received a permission may examine the goods in accordance with the permission in the presence of an officer.
71DL An officer may seek additional information
(1) Without limiting the information that may be required to be included in a warehouse declaration, if a warehouse declaration has been made in respect of goods, authority to deal with the goods may be refused until an officer doing duty in relation to warehouse declarations:
(a) has verified particulars of the goods shown in the warehouse declaration; or
(b) is satisfied of any other matter that may be relevant to the granting of an authority to deal.
(2) If an officer doing duty in relation to warehouse declarations believes, on reasonable grounds, that the owner of goods to which a warehouse declaration relates has custody or control of commercial documents, or has, or can obtain, information, relating to the goods that will assist the officer to determine whether this Act has been or is being complied with in respect of the goods, the officer may require the owner:
(a) to deliver to the officer the commercial documents in respect of the goods that are in the owner's custody or control (including any such documents that had previously been delivered to an officer and had been returned to the owner); or
(b) to deliver to the officer such information, in writing, relating to the goods (being information of a kind specified in the notice) as is within the knowledge of the owner or as the owner is reasonably able to obtain.
(3) A documentary requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of a warehouse declaration must:
(a) be communicated to the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the declaration was communicated; and
(b) be in an approved form and contain such particulars as the form requires.
(4) An electronic requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of a warehouse declaration must:
(a) be communicated electronically to the person who made the declaration; and
(b) contain such particulars as are set out in an approved statement.
(5) An officer doing duty in relation to warehouse declarations may ask:
(a) the owner of goods in respect of which a warehouse declaration has been made; and
(b) if another person made the declaration on behalf of the owner--that other person;
any questions relating to the goods.
(6) If an officer doing duty in relation to warehouse declarations believes, on reasonable grounds, that the owner of goods to which a warehouse declaration relates has custody or control of commercial documents, or has, or can obtain, information, relating to the goods that will assist the officer to verify the particulars shown in the warehouse declaration, the officer may require the owner to produce the documents or supply the information to the officer.
(7) If:
(a) the owner of goods has been required to deliver documents or information in relation to the goods under subsection ( 2); or
(b) the owner of, or the person making a warehouse declaration in respect of, goods has been asked a question in respect of the goods under subsection ( 5); or
(c) the owner of goods has been required to verify a matter in respect of the goods under subsection ( 6);
authority to deal with the relevant goods in accordance with the declaration must not be granted unless:
(d) the requirement referred to in paragraph ( a) has been complied with or withdrawn; or
(e) the question referred to in paragraph ( b) has been answered or withdrawn; or
(f) the requirement referred to in paragraph ( c) has been complied with or withdrawn, or a security has been taken for compliance with the requirement;
as the case requires.
(8) Subject to section 215, if a person delivers a commercial document to an officer doing duty in relation to warehouse declarations under this section, the officer must deal with the document and then return it to the person.
39 Sections 71F to 71L
Repeal the sections, substitute:
71F Withdrawal of import entries
(1) At any time after an import entry is communicated to Customs and before the goods to which it relates are dealt with in accordance with the entry, a withdrawal of the entry may be communicated to Customs by document or electronically.
(2) If, at any time after a person has communicated an import entry to Customs and before the goods are dealt with in accordance with the entry, the person changes information included in the entry, the person is taken, at the time when the import entry advice is given or communicated in respect of the altered entry, to have withdrawn the entry as it previously stood.
(3) A documentary withdrawal of an import entry must:
(a) be communicated by the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the entry was communicated; and
(b) be communicated to Customs by giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to import entries.
(4) A withdrawal of an import entry in respect of particular goods can be communicated electronically only by the owner of the goods.
(5) A withdrawal of an import entry has no effect during any period while a requirement under subsection 71DA(2) or (6) or 71DL(2) or (6) in respect of the goods to which the entry relates has not been complied with.
(6) A withdrawal of an import entry is effected when it is, or is taken under section 71L to have been, communicated to Customs.
(7) If:
(a) an import entry is communicated to Customs; and
(b) any duty, fee, charge or tax in respect of goods covered by the entry remains unpaid in respect of the goods concerned for 30 days starting on:
(i) the day on which the import entry advice relating to the goods is communicated; or
(ii) if under subsection 132AA(1) the duty is payable by a time worked out under the regulations--the day on which that time occurs; and
(c) after that period ends, the CEO gives written notice to the owner of the goods requiring payment of the unpaid duty, fee, charge or tax (as appropriate) within a further period set out in the notice; and
(d) the unpaid duty, fee, charge or tax (as appropriate) is not paid within the further period;
the import entry is taken to have been withdrawn under subsection ( 1).
71G Goods not to be entered while an entry is outstanding
(1) If goods have been entered for home consumption under subsection 68(2) or (3), a person must not communicate a further import declaration, a further RCR or a warehouse declaration in respect of the goods or any part of the goods unless the import declaration or RCR that resulted in the goods being entered for home consumption is withdrawn.
Penalty: 15 penalty units.
(2) An offence for a contravention of subsection ( 1) is an offence of strict liability.
(1) When a withdrawal of an import entry in respect of goods takes effect, any authority to deal with the goods is revoked.
(2) Despite the withdrawal:
(a) a person may be prosecuted under Division 4 of Part XIII, or action may be taken under Division 5 of that Part, in respect of the import entry; and
(b) a penalty may be imposed on a person who is convicted of an offence in respect of the import entry;
as if it had not been withdrawn.
(3) The withdrawal of a documentary import declaration or of a documentary warehouse declaration does not entitle the person who communicated it to have it returned.
71J Annotation of import entry by Customs for certain purposes not to constitute withdrawal
Any annotation of an import entry that is made by Customs as a result of the acceptance by Customs of an application for a refund or rebate of all or a part of the duty paid, or for a remission of all or part of the duty payable, on goods covered by the entry, is not to be taken to constitute a withdrawal of the entry for the purposes of this Act.
71K Manner of communicating with Customs by document
(1) An import entry, a withdrawal of an import entry, a visual examination application, a movement application, or a return for the purposes of subsection 69(5) or 70(7), that is communicated to Customs by document:
(a) must be in an approved form; and
(b) must contain such information as the approved form requires; and
(c) must be signed in the manner indicated in the approved form.
(2) The CEO may approve different forms for documentary communications to be made in different circumstances or by different classes of persons.
71L Manner and effect of communicating with Customs electronically
(1) An import entry, a withdrawal of an import entry, a visual examination application, a movement application, or a return for the purposes of subsection 69(5) or 70(7) that is communicated to Customs electronically must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(2) The CEO may approve different statements for electronic communications to be made in different circumstances or by different classes of persons.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, an import entry, a withdrawal of an import entry, or a return for the purposes of subsection 69(5) or 70(7), is taken to have been communicated to Customs electronically when an import entry advice, or an acknowledgment of the withdrawal or of the return, is communicated by Customs electronically to the person identified in the import entry, withdrawal or return as the person sending it.
(4) A movement application that is communicated to Customs electronically must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(5) For the purposes of this Act, a movement application is taken to have been communicated to Customs electronically when an acknowledgment of the application is communicated by Customs electronically to the person identified in the application as the person sending it.
40 Paragraph 72(4)(b)
Omit "under section 71B".
41 Paragraph s 1 28(b) and (c)
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
or (b) for warehousing.
41A Subsection 132(4)
Omit "whose owner is required by section 71 to provide information about them", substitute "about which the owner, or a person acting on behalf of the owner, is required by section 71 to provide information".
41B Paragraph 132(5)(b)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) about which neither the owner, nor any person acting on behalf of the owner, is required to provide information;
41C Subsection 132AA(1) (table item 3)
Omit "whose owner must provide information about them under section 71", substitute "about which the owner, or a person acting on behalf of the owner, is required by section 71 to provide information".
42 Subsection s 1 32B(4) and (8)
Omit "71B", substitute "71C or 71DE".
43 Subsection s 1 63(1B), (1C) and (1D)
Repeal the subsections.
44 Subsection 167(3A)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(3A) If an electronic import entry has been made in respect of goods, a protest under this section is taken to have been made if, and only if, the person making the entry sends to Customs at the time of making payment in respect of the goods following an import declaration advice or a periodic declaration:
(a) the number given by Customs to identify the relevant import declaration or periodic declaration; and
(b) the words Paid under protest ; and
(c) a description of the goods to which the protest relates (where the protest does not relate to all the goods covered by the import declaration or periodic declaration) and a statement of the grounds on which the protest is made.
46 Subsection 196C(1)
Omit "subsection 71(1)", substitute "section 71".
47 Paragraph 273GA(1)(aag)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(aafa) a decision by an officer under section 71 to suspend an authority to deliver goods into home consumption;
(aag) a decision by an officer under section 71C, 71DE or 71DJ to cancel or suspend an authority to deal with goods;
Part 3 -- Exportation of goods
Insert:
"ACEAN" means an accredited client export approval number allocated by the CEO to a person under an export information contract.
48A Subsection 4(1) ( paragraph ( a) of the definition of authority to deal )
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(a) in relation to goods the subject of an export declaration--an authority of the kind mentioned in paragraph 114C(1)(a); or
(aa) in relation to goods the subject of an ACEAN--the ACEAN; or
Insert:
"excisable goods" has the same meaning as in the Excise Act 1901 .
Insert:
"export declaration" means an export declaration communicated to Customs by document or electronically as mentioned in section 114.
51 Subsection 4(1) (definition of export entry )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"export entry" means an entry of goods for export made as mentioned in section 113AA.
Insert:
"export entry advice" means an export entry advice given under subsection 114C(1).
Insert:
"export information contract" means a contract made under subsection 114BB(1).
54 After the heading to Division 2 of Part VI
Insert:
55 Subsection 113(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) The owner of goods intended for export:
(a) must ensure that the goods are entered for export; and
(b) must not allow the goods:
(i) if the goods are a ship or aircraft that is to be exported otherwise than in a ship or aircraft--to leave the place of exportation; or
(ii) if the goods are other goods--to be loaded on the ship or aircraft in which they are to be exported;
unless:
(iii) an authority to deal with them is in force; or
(iv) the goods are, or are included in a class of goods that are, excluded by the regulations from the application of this paragraph.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(1A) An offence against subsection ( 1) is an offence of strict liability.
56 Paragraphs 113(2)(b) and (c)
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
(b) goods (other than prescribed goods) constituting, or included in, a consignment that:
(i) is consigned by post, by ship or by aircraft from one person to another; and
(ii) has an FOB value not exceeding $2,000 or such other amount as is prescribed.
57 Sections 114 and 114A
Repeal the sections, substitute:
113AA How an entry of goods for export is made
An entry of goods for export is made by:
(a) making in respect of the goods an export declaration other than a declaration that Customs refuses under subsection 114(8) to accept; or
(b) using an ACEAN in respect of the goods.
Subdivision B -- Export declarations
114 Making an export declaration
(1) An export declaration is a communication to Customs in accordance with this section of information about goods that are intended for export.
(2) An export declaration can be communicated by document or electronically.
(3) A documentary export declaration:
(a) can be made only by the owner of the goods concerned; and
(b) must be communicated to Customs by giving or sending it to an officer doing duty in relation to export declarations; and
(c) must be in an approved form; and
(d) must contain such information as is required by the form; and
(e) must be signed by the person making it.
(4) An electronic export declaration:
(a) can be communicated only by the owner of the goods concerned; and
(b) must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(5) If the information communicated to Customs in an export declaration relating to goods adequately identifies any permission (however it is described) that has been given for the exportation of those goods, the identification of the permission in that information is taken, for the purposes of any law of the Commonwealth (including this Act), to be the production of the permission to an officer.
(6) However, subsection ( 5) does not affect any power of an officer, under this Act, to require the production of a permission referred to in that subsection.
(7) When, in accordance with section 119D, an export declaration is taken to have been communicated to Customs, the goods to which the declaration relates are taken to have been entered for export.
(8) Customs may refuse to accept or deal with an export declaration in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.
(9) Customs must communicate a refusal to accept or deal with an export declaration by notice given by document or electronically to the person who made the declaration.
114A An officer may seek additional information
(1) Without limiting the information that may be required to be included in an export declaration, if an export declaration has been made in respect of goods, authority to deal with the goods in accordance with the declaration may be refused until an officer doing duty in relation to export declarations has verified particulars of the goods shown in the declaration:
(a) by reference to information contained in commercial documents relating to the goods that have been given to Customs by the owner of the goods on, or at any time after, the communication of the declaration to Customs; or
(b) by reference to information, in writing, in respect of the goods that has been so given to Customs.
(2) If an officer doing duty in relation to export declarations believes, on reasonable grounds, that the owner of goods to which an export declaration relates has custody or control of commercial documents, or has, or can obtain, information, relating to the goods that will assist the officer to determine whether this Act has been or is being complied with in respect of the goods, the officer may require the owner:
(a) to deliver to the officer the commercial documents in respect of the goods that are in the owner's possession or under the owner's control (including any such documents that had previously been delivered to an officer and had been returned to the owner); or
(b) to deliver to the officer such information, in writing, relating to the goods (being information of a kind specified in the notice) as is within the knowledge of the owner or as the owner is reasonably able to obtain.
(3) A documentary requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of an export declaration must:
(a) be communicated to the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the declaration was communicated; and
(b) be in an approved form and contain such particulars as the form requires.
(4) An electronic requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of an export declaration must:
(a) be sent electronically to the person who made the declaration; and
(b) communicate such particulars as are set out in an approved statement.
(5) An officer doing duty in relation to export declarations may ask:
(a) the owner of goods in respect of which an export declaration has been made; and
(b) if another person made the declaration on behalf of the owner--the other person;
any questions relating to the goods.
(6) An officer doing duty in relation to export declarations may require the owner of goods in respect of an export declaration that has been made to verify the particulars shown in the export declaration by making a declaration or producing documents.
(7) If:
(a) the owner of goods has been required to deliver documents or information in relation to the goods under subsection ( 2); or
(b) the owner of, or person who made an export declaration in respect of, goods has been asked a question in respect of the goods under subsection ( 5); or
(c) the owner of goods has been required under subsection ( 6) to verify a matter in respect of the goods;
authority to deal with the relevant goods in accordance with the declaration must not be granted unless:
(d) the requirement referred to in paragraph ( a) has been complied with or withdrawn; or
(e) the question referred to in paragraph ( b) has been answered or withdrawn; or
(f) the requirement referred to in paragraph ( c) has been complied with or withdrawn;
as the case requires.
(8) Subject to section 215, if a person delivers a commercial document to an officer doing duty in relation to export declarations under this section, the officer must deal with the document and then return it to that person.
58 Subsection 114B(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) A person who:
(a) proposes to make an export declaration relating to particular goods or is likely to make, from time to time, export declarations in relation to goods of a particular kind; and
(b) will be unable to include in the export declaration or export declarations particular information in relation to the goods because the information cannot be ascertained until after the exportation of the goods;
may apply to the CEO for confirming exporter status in respect of the information and the goods.
59 Paragraph 114B(5)(a)
Omit "export entry", substitute "export declaration".
60 Subsection 114B(7) (penalty)
Repeal the penalty, substitute:
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
62 Sections 114C to 119D
Repeal the sections, substitute:
114BA Using ACEANS in respect of goods
(1) The use of an ACEAN by a person in respect of goods is the communication in accordance with this section to the CEO of the ACEAN in respect of goods that are intended for export.
(3) An ACEAN must be communicated electronically.
(4) An ACEAN can be communicated only while the export information contract entered into in respect of goods to which the ACEAN relates is in force.
(5) A communication made by the use of an ACEAN must relate only to one consignment of goods.
(6) If a person makes, by the use of an ACEAN, a communication that relates to more than one consignment of goods:
(a) the use of the ACEAN is invalid and does not constitute an entry of any of the goods for export; and
(b) the person is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(7) An offence against paragraph ( 6)(b) is an offence of strict liability.
114BB Making of export information contracts
(1) Subject to subsection ( 2), the CEO may enter into a contract (an export information contract ) with a person for the purpose of enabling the use of accredited client export approved numbers ( ACEANS ) in connection with the export of the person's goods.
(2) The CEO must not enter into an export information contract with a person (other than a company specified in subsection ( 3)) unless the CEO is satisfied, as a result of an audit carried out by a person chosen in accordance with the business rules, that the person can provide Customs with accurate information that is necessary to enable Customs to perform duties in relation to goods exported from Australia.
(3) The following companies are specified for the purposes of subsection ( 2):
(a) Colorado Group Limited (ABN 8500 432 7566);
(b) Du Pont ( Australia ) Pty Limited (ABN 5900 071 6469);
(c) Ericsson Australia Pty Limited (ABN 5600 407 185);
(d) Grocery Holdings Pty Limited (ABN 27007 427 581);
(e) K mart Australia Limited (ABN 73004 700 485);
(f) Kodak ( Australasia ) Pty Limited (ABN 4900 405 7621);
(g) Liquorland ( Australia ) Pty Limited (ABN 82007 512 414);
(h) My Car Automotive Pty Limited (ABN 94061 462 593);
(i) Myer Stores Limited (ABN 83004 143 239);
(j) Nortel Networks Australia Pty Limited (ABN 400 031 64145);
(k) NS Komatsu Pty Limited (ABN 630 535 14739);
(l) Officeworks Superstores Pty Limited (ABN 36004 763 526);
(m Panasonic Australia Pty Limited (ABN 8300 159 2187);
(n) Target Australia Pty Limited (ABN 75004 250 944);
(o) Tyremaster (Wholesale) Pty Limited (ABN 18000 781 037).
(4) The provisions in an export information contract are to include provisions relating to:
(a) the goods covered by the contract; and
(b) how the person's compliance with the business rules is to be reported, monitored and audited; and
(c) the power of the CEO to terminate the contract if the person fails to comply with any of the business rules or with any of the requirements of this Act; and
(d) the way ACEANS are to be allocated to the person.
(5) The existence of an export information contract does not affect the exercise by the CEO of any powers conferred on him or her by or under this Act.
114BC Declarations by persons who use ACEANS
If a person, during a particular month, enters goods for export by using one or more ACEANS, the person:
(a) may, from time to time during the month, send electronically to Customs declarations containing such information in relation to the goods as is set out in an approved statement; but
(b) must send electronically to Customs at least one such declaration not later than the first day of the following month.
114C Authority to deal with goods entered for export
(1) If goods have been entered for export by the making of an export declaration in respect of the goods, Customs must give an export entry advice, in a manner and form specified in the regulations, that constitutes either:
(a) an authority to deal with the goods to which the entry relates in accordance with the entry; or
(b) a refusal to provide such an authority.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection ( 1), regulations specifying the form of an export entry advice must include in the information set out in that advice a number (the export entry advice number ) by which the advice can be identified.
(3) An authority under subsection ( 1) to deal with goods may be expressed to be subject to a condition that a specified permission for the goods to be dealt with (however it is described) be obtained under another law of the Commonwealth.
(3A) An authority under subsection ( 1) to deal with goods may be expressed to be subject to a condition that any security required under section 16 of the Excise Act 1901 be given.
(4) If an authority under subsection ( 1) to deal with goods is expressed to be subject to a condition that a specified permission be obtained, the authority is taken not to have been given until the permission has been obtained.
(4A) If an authority under subsection ( 1) to deal with goods is expressed to be subject to a condition that any security required under section 16 of the Excise Act 1901 be given, the authority is taken not to have been given until the security has been given.
(4B) If goods have been entered for export by the use of an ACEAN, the ACEAN constitutes an authority to deal with the goods.
(5) An officer may, at any time before goods authorised to be dealt with in accordance with an export entry are so dealt with, cancel the authority:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the authority is cancelled and setting out the reasons for the cancellation; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person who made the declaration or, if that person does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration or an ACEAN--by sending electronically, to the person who made the declaration or used the ACEAN, a message stating that the authority is cancelled and setting out the reasons for the cancellation.
(6) If, at any time before goods authorised to be dealt with in accordance with an export entry are so dealt with, an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods have been dealt with in contravention of a Customs - related law, the officer may suspend the authority for a specified period:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person who made the declaration or, if that person does not have possession of the goods, on the person who has possession of the goods; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration or an ACEAN--by sending electronically, to the person who made the declaration or used the ACEAN, a message stating that the authority is so suspended and setting out the reasons for the suspension.
(7) If, during the suspension under subsection ( 6) of an authority, an officer becomes satisfied that there are no longer reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods have been dealt with in contravention of this Act, the officer must revoke the suspension:
(a) if the authority was given in respect of a documentary declaration, by:
(i) signing a notice stating that the suspension is revoked; and
(ii) serving a copy of the notice on the person to whom the notice of the suspension was given; or
(b) if the authority was given in respect of an electronic declaration or an ACEAN--by sending electronically, to the person to whom the message notifying the suspension was sent, a message stating that the suspension is revoked.
(8) A cancellation or suspension of an authority, or a revocation of a suspension of an authority, has effect from the time when the relevant notice is served or the relevant message is sent, as the case may be.
114D Goods to be dealt with in accordance with export entry
(1) The owner of goods in respect of which an export entry has been communicated to Customs:
(a) must, as soon as practicable after an authority to deal with the goods is granted, deal with the goods in accordance with the entry; and
(b) must not remove any of the goods from the possession of the person to whom they are delivered or of any person to whom they are subsequently passed in accordance with the entry unless the entry has been withdrawn, or withdrawn in so far as it applies to those goods.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) If excisable goods on which excise duty has not been paid have been delivered to a place prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 30(1)(d) and the export entry that applies to those goods is withdrawn, or withdrawn in so far as it applies to those goods, then:
(a) despite any implication to the contrary in subsection ( 1), the goods become, on the communication to Customs of the withdrawal, goods under the Commissioner's control under section 61 of the Excise Act 1901 ; and
(b) the withdrawal constitutes a permission, under section 61A of that Act, to move the goods back to the place from which they were first moved in accordance with the entry.
(4) If goods are goods on which Customs duty is payable but has not been paid and the export entry that applies to those goods is withdrawn, or withdrawn in so far as it applies to those goods, then:
(a) despite any implication to the contrary in subsection ( 1), the goods remain under Customs control; and
(b) the withdrawal constitutes a permission, under section 71E, to move the goods back to the place from which they were first moved in accordance with the entry.
114E Sending goods to a wharf or airport for export
(1) A person (the deliverer ) commits an offence if the deliverer delivers goods to a person (the deliveree ) at a wharf or airport for export and:
(a) if the goods have been entered for export--neither of the following applies:
(i) an authority to deal with the goods is in force and the owner of the goods has, at or before the time of the delivery, given particulars of the authority to the deliveree in the prescribed manner;
(ii) the goods are, or are included in a class of goods that are, excluded by the regulations from the application of this section and the deliverer has, at or before the time of the delivery, given particulars of the goods to the deliveree in the prescribed manner; or
(b) if the goods are not required to be entered for export--the deliverer has not, at or before the time of the delivery, given particulars of the goods to the deliveree in the prescribed manner; or
(c) if the goods have not been entered for export--the deliveree fails to enter the goods for export within the prescribed period after the time of the delivery.
(2) If the deliverer is a person referred to in subsection 117A(1), the prescribed manner of giving, for the purposes of subsection ( 1), particulars of goods to the deliveree is to give to the deliveree the submanifest number given to the deliverer by Customs under subsection 117A(3).
(3) The penalty for an offence against subsection ( 1) is a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection ( 1) is an offence of strict liability.
114F Notices to Customs by person who receives goods at a wharf or airport for export
(1) This section applies to a person who takes delivery of goods for export at a wharf or airport other than a wharf or airport that is, or is included in a class of wharves or airports that is, excluded by the regulations from the application of this section.
(1A) The person must give notice to Customs electronically, within the period prescribed by the regulations, stating that the person has received the goods and giving such particulars of the receipt of the goods as are required by an approved statement.
(1B) If the goods are removed from the wharf or airport otherwise than for the purpose of being loaded onto a ship or aircraft for export, the person must give notice to Customs electronically, within the period prescribed by the regulations, stating that the goods have been removed and giving such particulars of the removal of the goods as are required by an approved statement.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection ( 1A) or (1B) commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection ( 2) is an offence of strict liability.
115 Goods not to be taken on board without authority to deal
(1) The owner of a ship or aircraft must not permit goods required to be entered for export to be taken on board the ship or aircraft for the purpose of export unless:
(a) an authority to deal with the goods is in force under section 114C; or
(b) the goods are, or are included in a class of goods that are, excluded by the regulations from the application of this section.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subsection ( 1) is an offence of strict liability.
(1) If:
(a) goods are entered for export by the making of an export declaration in respect of the goods; and
(b) none of the goods or some only of the goods have been exported in accordance with the entry at the end of a period of 30 days after the intended day of exportation notified in the entry;
the authority to deal with the goods in accordance with the entry, so far as it relates to goods not exported before the end of the period, is, at the end of the period, taken to have been revoked.
(2) If an authority to deal with goods entered for export is taken, under subsection ( 1), to have been totally or partially revoked, the owner of the goods must, within 7 days after the end of the period referred to in that subsection:
(a) if the authority to deal was taken to be totally revoked--withdraw the entry relating to the goods; and
(b) if the authority to deal was taken to be partially revoked--amend the entry so that it relates only to the goods exported before the end of the period.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection ( 2) is an offence of strict liability.
(4) If the owner of goods entered for export amends the original entry in accordance with paragraph ( 2)(b), the owner is, in accordance with subsection 119C(1), taken to have withdrawn the original entry but this Act has effect as if:
(a) the amended entry had been communicated to Customs; and
(b) an authority to deal with the goods to which the amended entry relates in accordance with the amended entry had been granted under section 114C;
on the day, or the respective days, on which the original entry was communicated and the original authority to deal was granted.
If:
(a) goods are entered for export by the use of an ACEAN; and
(b) the goods have not been exported within 30 days after the day on which the ACEAN was communicated to Customs;
the entry is taken to have been withdrawn and the ACEAN concerned cannot again be used to enter those goods or any other goods for export.
The Collector may require the owner of any goods entered for export and subject to the control of the Customs to give security that the goods will be landed at the place for which they are entered or will be otherwise accounted for to the satisfaction of the Collector.
117AA Consolidation of certain goods for export can only occur at a prescribed place
(1) A person must not consolidate, or take part in the consolidation of, prescribed goods for export unless the consolidation is to be carried out at a place prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) If prescribed goods are received at a place referred to in subsection ( 1) for the purpose of being consolidated for export, the person in charge of the place must give notice electronically to Customs, within the prescribed period after the goods were received at the place, stating that the goods were received and setting out such particulars of the goods as are required by an approved statement.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) The person in charge of a place referred to in subsection ( 1) must not permit prescribed goods to be released from the place unless the person has ascertained, from information made available by Customs, that:
(a) the goods have been entered for export; and
(b) an authority to deal with the goods is in force.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) If prescribed goods have been released from a place referred to in subsection ( 1), the person in charge of the place must give notice electronically to Customs, within the prescribed period after the goods were released, stating that the goods were released and giving particulars of the entry and authority referred to in subsection ( 3) that relates to the goods.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(5) An offence for a contravention of this section is an offence of strict liability.
117A Submanifests to be communicated to Customs
(1) The person in charge of the place at which the consolidation of goods for exportation by a ship or aircraft is to be carried out must, so as to enable the exportation, prepare and communicate electronically to Customs a submanifest in respect of the goods.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(1A) An offence against subsection ( 1) is an offence of strict liability.
(2) A submanifest must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(3) When a submanifest is sent to Customs, Customs must send to the compiler of the submanifest a notice acknowledging its receipt and giving the compiler a submanifest number for inclusion in any outward manifest purportedly relating to the goods concerned.
(1) The master of a ship or the pilot of an aircraft must not depart with the ship or aircraft from any port, airport or other place in Australia without receiving from the Collector a Certificate of Clearance in respect of the ship or aircraft.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(1A) An offence against subsection ( 1) is an offence of strict liability.
(2) The master of a ship or the pilot of an aircraft may apply to the Collector for a Certificate of Clearance in respect of the ship or aircraft.
(3) An application under subsection ( 2) must be in writing and must contain such information as is prescribed by the regulations.
(4) The master and the owner of a ship, or the pilot and the owner of an aircraft, that is at a port, airport or other place in Australia must:
(a) severally answer questions asked by an officer relating to the ship or aircraft and its cargo, crew, passengers, stores and voyage; and
(b) severally produce documents requested by an officer that relate to the ship or aircraft and its cargo; and
(c) comply with such requirements (if any) as are prescribed by the regulations.
(5) If a Certificate of Clearance has not been given to the master of a ship or the pilot of an aircraft within 24 hours after an application is made by the master or pilot under subsection ( 2), the master or pilot may apply to the CEO for a Certificate of Clearance. The decision of the CEO on the application is final.
(6) If, after an application to the CEO for a Certificate of Clearance is made under subsection ( 5), the CEO does not grant, or delays granting, the Certificate of Clearance, the owner of the ship or aircraft is entitled, in a court of competent jurisdiction, to recover damages against the Commonwealth in respect of the failure to grant, or the delay in granting, the Certificate, if the court is satisfied that the failure or delay was without reasonable and probable cause.
(7) Except as provided in subsection ( 6), an action or other proceeding cannot be brought against the Commonwealth, or an officer of the Commonwealth, because of the failure to grant, or because of a delay in granting, a Certificate of Clearance.
119 Communication of outward manifest to Customs
(1) The master or the owner of a ship, or the pilot or the owner of an aircraft that departs from a port, airport or other place in Australia , must communicate electronically to Customs, not later than 3 days after the day of departure, an outward manifest:
(a) specifying all of the goods, other than goods prescribed for the purposes of section 120, that were loaded on board the ship or aircraft at the port, airport or other place; or
(b) if there were no goods of the kind to which paragraph ( a) applies that were loaded on board the ship or aircraft at the port, airport or other place--making a statement to that effect.
(2) An outward manifest must contain such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(3) If subsection ( 1) is contravened in respect of a ship or aircraft, the master and the owner of the ship, or the pilot and the owner of the aircraft, each commit an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection ( 3) is an offence of strict liability.
119A Withdrawal of entries, submanifests and manifests
(1) At any time after an export entry, a submanifest or an outward manifest is communicated to Customs and before the goods to which it relates are exported, a withdrawal of the entry, submanifest or manifest may be communicated to Customs:
(a) in the case of a withdrawal of an entry that was communicated to Customs by document--by document; or
(b) in any other case--electronically.
(2) A documentary withdrawal of an entry must:
(a) be communicated by the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the entry was communicated; and
(b) be communicated to Customs by giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to export entries; and
(c) be in an approved form; and
(d) contain such information as is required by the form; and
(e) be signed in a manner specified in the form.
(3) An electronic withdrawal of an entry, submanifest or manifest must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(4) A withdrawal of an entry, submanifest or manifest has effect when, in accordance with section 119D, it is communicated to Customs.
(1) When a withdrawal of an export entry takes effect, any authority to deal with the goods to which the entry relates is revoked.
(2) Despite the withdrawal of an entry, submanifest or manifest:
(a) a person may be prosecuted in respect of the entry, submanifest or manifest; and
(b) a penalty may be imposed on a person who is convicted of an offence in respect of the entry, submanifest or manifest;
as if it had not been withdrawn.
(3) The withdrawal of a documentary entry the original of which was sent or given to an officer does not entitle the person who communicated it to have it returned.
119C Change of electronic entries and change of submanifests and manifests treated as withdrawals
(1) If a person who has communicated an electronic export entry changes information included in that entry, the person is taken, at the time when an export entry advice is communicated in respect of the altered entry, to have withdrawn the entry as it previously stood.
(2) If a person who has communicated a submanifest or an outward manifest changes information included in the submanifest or manifest, the person is taken, at the time when an acknowledgment of the altered submanifest or altered manifest, as the case requires, is communicated, to have withdrawn the submanifest or manifest as it previously stood.
119D Notification of export entries, submanifests, manifests and withdrawals
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a documentary export entry, or a documentary withdrawal of such an entry, may be sent to an officer referred to in subsection 114(3) or 119A(2) in any manner prescribed and, when so sent, is taken to have been communicated to Customs at such time, and in such circumstances, as are prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, an electronic export entry, or an electronic withdrawal of such an entry, or a submanifest, an outward manifest, or a withdrawal of such a submanifest or manifest, that is sent to Customs is taken to have been communicated to Customs when an export entry advice or an acknowledgment of receipt of the submanifest, manifest or withdrawal is sent to the person who sent the entry, submanifest, manifest or withdrawal.
Note: Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 explains the application of the amendments made by this item and other items that commence at the same time.
63 Section 120 (penalty)
Repeal the penalty, substitute:
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
64 Section 122
Omit "and outward".
65 After subsection 181(4)
Insert:
(4A) Subsection ( 2) does not apply to the making of an export entry.
66 Paragraph 273GA(1)(bc)
After "cancel", insert "or suspend".
Part 4 -- Abolition of existing computer systems
67 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Air Cargo Automation System )
Repeal the definition.
68 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Applicable EXIT agreement )
Repeal the definition.
69 Subsection 4(1) (definition of cargo automation system )
Repeal the definition.
70 Subsection 4(1) (definition of COMPILE computer system )
Repeal the definition.
71 Subsection 4(1) (definition of COMPILE user agreement )
Repeal the definition.
72 Subsection 4(1) (definition of EXIT agreement )
Repeal the definition.
73 Subsection 4(1) (definition of EXIT computer system )
Repeal the definition.
74 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Identifying code )
Repeal the definition.
75 Subsection 4(1) (definition of PIN number )
Repeal the definition.
76 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Registered COMPILE user )
Repeal the definition.
77 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Registered EXIT user )
Repeal the definition.
78 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Sea Cargo Automation System )
Repeal the definition.
79 Section 63A (definition of registered user )
Repeal the definition.
80 Subdivision B of Division 3 of Part IV
Repeal the Subdivision.
81 Division 4A of Part IV
Repeal the Division.
83 Division 3 of Part VI
Repeal the Division.
85 Subsection 234(2B)
Omit ", 70(7) or 77D(5)", substitute "or 70(7)".
86 Paragraph 234(8)(b)
Omit "Act; or", substitute "Act.".
87 Paragraph 234(8)(c)
Repeal the paragraph.
88 Section 234AC
Repeal the section.
89 Paragraphs 273GA(1)(aaaa) and (aaab)
Repeal the paragraphs.
90 Paragraphs 273GA(1)(aai), (aaj), (aak), (aal), (aam), (aan), (aao) and (aap)
Repeal the paragraphs.
91 Paragraphs 273GA(1)(ca) and (cb)
Repeal the paragraphs.
Part 5 -- Matters relating to importation and exportation of goods
Insert:
"business rules" means business rules made under section 273EB.
94 Subsection 4(1) (definition of commercial document )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"commercial document" , in relation to goods, means a document or other record prepared in the ordinary course of business for the purposes of a commercial transaction involving the goods or the carriage of the goods, but does not include a record of any electronic transmission to or from Customs:
(a) in respect of an import declaration, RCR, or warehouse declaration, relating to the goods or the withdrawal of such an import declaration, RCR or warehouse declaration; or
(b) in respect of an export entry, submanifest, or outward manifest, relating to the goods or in respect of the withdrawal of such an entry, submanifest or manifest.
Insert:
"month" means one of the 12 months of the calendar year.
97 Subsections 99(2) and (3)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
(2) Subject to sections 69 and 70, the holder of a warehouse licence must not permit warehoused goods to be delivered for home consumption unless:
(a) they have been entered for home consumption; and
(b) an authority to deal with them is in force.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) Subject to section 96A, the holder of a warehouse licence must not permit goods to be taken from the warehouse for export unless:
(a) they have been entered for export; and
(b) an authority to deal with them is in force; and
(c) if the goods are, or are included in a class of goods that are, prescribed by the regulations--the holder of the relevant warehouse licence has ascertained, from information made available by Customs, the matters mentioned in paragraphs ( a) and (b).
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) An offence for a contravention of subsection ( 3) is an offence of strict liability.
97A At the end of Part V
Add:
102A Notices to Customs by holder of warehouse licence
(1) This section applies only to goods that are, or are included in a class of goods that are, prescribed by the regulations.
(2) If goods are released from a warehouse for export, the holder of the warehouse licence must give notice to Customs electronically, within the period prescribed by the regulations, stating that the goods have been released and giving such particulars of the release of the goods as are required by an approved statement.
(3) If goods that have previously been released from a warehouse for export are returned to the warehouse, the holder of the warehouse licence must give notice to Customs electronically, within the period prescribed by the regulations, stating that the goods have been returned and giving such particulars of the return of the goods as are required by an approved statement.
(4) A person who contravenes subsection ( 2) or (3) commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(5) An offence against subsection ( 4) is an offence of strict liability.
98 Section 241
Repeal the section.
99 Saving
Section 241 of the Customs Act 1901 continues to apply in respect of transmissions referred to in that section that have been or are made before the repeals of Division 4A of Part IV and Division 3 of Part VI of that Act by items 81 and 83, respectively, of this Schedule take effect.
100 Part XVI (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Part XVI -- Regulations, by - laws and business rules
101 After section 273EA
Insert:
(1) The CEO may, in writing, make business rules that are to be complied with by persons who wish to enter into, or are parties to, import information contracts or export information contracts.
(2) The matters that may be dealt with by business rules include, but are not limited to:
(a) the qualifications to be held, and the conditions and standards to be complied with, by persons who wish to enter into, or are parties to, import information contracts or export information contracts; and
(b) the persons who are eligible to be chosen to carry out audits in respect of persons who wish to enter into such contracts.
(3) An instrument making, varying or revoking any business rules is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
Part 6 -- Reports and other compliance measures
103 Subsection 4(1)
Insert:
"cargo report" means a report under section 64AB that is made in respect of the cargo to be unloaded from a ship at a port or from an aircraft at an airport.
104 Subsection 4(1) (definition of cargo report processing charge )
Repeal the definition.
105 Subsection 4(1)
Insert:
"cargo reporter" , in relation to a ship or aircraft and in relation to a particular voyage or flight, means:
(a) the operator or charterer of the ship or aircraft; or
(b) a slot charterer in respect of the ship; or
(c) a freight forwarder in respect of the ship or aircraft;
for the voyage or flight.
106 Subsection 4(1)
Insert:
"depot operator" means a person who holds a depot licence as defined by subsection 77F(1).
108 Subsection 4(1)
Insert:
"outturn report" means a report under section 64ABAA.
109 Subsection 4(1) (definition of port authority )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"port authority" means a body administering the business carried on at a port or ports in a State or Territory.
110 Subparagraph 30(1)(a)(i)
Repeal the subparagraph.
111 Subparagraph 30(1)(ab)(i)
Omit "until there has been compliance with a Collector's permit for their unshipment and".
112 Subparagraph 30(1)(ac)(i)
Omit "until there has been compliance with a Collector's permit for their unshipment", substitute "until they are delivered into home consumption".
113 Section 62
Omit "unlading", substitute "to the proper wharf appointed under subsection 15(2)".
114 Section 63
Omit "unlading", substitute "at the proper wharf appointed under subsection 15(2)".
115 Section 63A (definition of abbreviated cargo report )
Omit "a computer", substitute "an electronic".
116 Section 63A (definition of low value cargo )
Omit "cargo of one of the following kinds".
116A Section 63A ( paragraph ( a) of the definition of low value cargo )
Omit "(other than reportable documents)".
116B Section 63A (at the end of paragraph ( a) of the definition of low value cargo )
Add "or".
116C Section 63A ( paragraph ( b) of the definition of low value cargo )
Repeal the paragraph.
117 Section 63A (definition of reportable document )
Repeal the definition.
118 Sections 64 to 64ABB
Repeal the sections, substitute:
(1) This section applies to a ship or aircraft in respect of a voyage or flight to Australia from a place outside Australia .
(2) If the ship or aircraft is due to arrive at a port or airport in Australia (whether the first port or airport or any subsequent port or airport on the same voyage or flight), the operator must report to Customs, in accordance with this section, the impending arrival of the ship or aircraft.
(3) Subject to subsection ( 4), the report of the impending arrival of the ship or aircraft may be made by document or electronically.
(4) If the operator is required to report to Customs under section 64AAB, or to make a cargo report, in respect of the voyage or flight, the report of the impending arrival of the ship or aircraft must be made electronically.
(5) A report of the impending arrival of a ship must be made:
(a) not earlier than 10 days before the time stated in the report to be the estimated time of arrival of the ship; and
(b) not later than the prescribed period before that time.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph ( 5)(b), the prescribed period before the estimated time of arrival of a ship is:
(a) if the journey from the last port is likely to take not less than 48 hours--48 hours or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations; or
(b) if the journey from the last port is likely to take less than 48 hours:
(i) 24 hours or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations; or
(ii) if the journey is of a kind described in regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph--such shorter period as is specified in those regulations.
(7) A report of the impending arrival of an aircraft must be made:
(a) not earlier than 10 days before the time stated in the report to be the estimated time of arrival of the aircraft; and
(b) not later than the prescribed period before that time.
(8) For the purposes of paragraph ( 7)(b), the prescribed period before the estimated time of arrival of an aircraft is:
(a) if the flight from the last airport is likely to take not less than 3 hours--3 hours or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations; or
(b) if the flight from the last airport is likely to take less than 3 hours:
(i) one hour or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations; or
(ii) if the flight is of a kind described in regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph--such shorter period as is specified in those regulations.
(9) A documentary report must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in an approved form; and
(c) be communicated to Customs by sending or giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to the reporting of ships or aircraft at the port or airport at which the ship or aircraft is expected to arrive; and
(d) contain such information as is required by the form; and
(e) be signed in a manner specified in the form.
(10) An electronic report must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(11) The CEO may approve different forms for documentary reports, and different statements for electronic reports, to be made under subsections ( 9) and (10) in different circumstances, by different kinds of operators of ships or aircraft or in respect of different kinds of ships or aircraft.
(12) An operator of a ship or aircraft who intentionally contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 120 penalty units.
(13) An operator of a ship or aircraft who contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(14) An offence against subsection ( 13) is an offence of strict liability.
(1) This section applies to a ship or aircraft in respect of a voyage or flight to Australia from a place outside Australia .
(2) When the ship or aircraft has arrived at a port or airport in Australia (whether the first port or airport or any subsequent port or airport on the same voyage or flight), the operator must report to Customs, in accordance with this section, particulars of the arrival of the ship or aircraft and the time of arrival.
(3) The report must be made:
(a) in the case of a ship--before:
(i) the end of 24 hours (disregarding any period that occurs on a Sunday or holiday) after the ship's arrival; or
(ii) the issue of a Certificate of Clearance in respect of the ship and the port;
whichever first happens; or
(b) in the case of an aircraft--before:
(i) the end of 3 hours after the aircraft's arrival; or
(ii) the issue of a Certificate of Clearance in respect of the aircraft and the airport;
whichever first happens.
(4) Subject to subsection ( 5), the report of the arrival of the ship or aircraft may be made by document or electronically.
(5) If the operator is required to report to Customs under section 64AAB, or to make a cargo report, in respect of the voyage or flight, the report of the arrival of the ship or aircraft must be made electronically.
(6) A documentary report must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in an approved form; and
(c) be communicated to Customs by sending or giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to the reporting of ships or aircraft at the port or airport of arrival; and
(d) contain such information as is required by the form; and
(e) be signed in a manner specified in the form.
(7) An electronic report must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(8) The CEO may approve different forms for documentary reports, and different statements for electronic reports, to be made under subsections ( 6) and (7) in different circumstances, by different kinds of operators of ships or aircraft or in respect of different kinds of ships or aircraft.
(9) An operator of a ship or aircraft who intentionally contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 120 penalty units.
(10) An operator of a ship or aircraft who contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(11) An offence against subsection ( 10) is an offence of strict liability.
64AAA Report of stores and prohibited goods
(1) This section applies to a ship or aircraft in respect of a voyage or flight to Australia from a place outside Australia .
(2) When the ship or aircraft has arrived at a port or airport in Australia (whether the first port or airport or any subsequent port or airport on the same voyage or flight), the operator must report to Customs, in accordance with this section, particulars of the ship's stores or aircraft's stores and of any prohibited goods on board at the time of arrival.
(3) The report must be made:
(a) in the case of a ship--before:
(i) the end of 24 hours (disregarding any period that occurs on a Sunday or holiday) after the ship's arrival; or
(ii) the issue of a Certificate of Clearance in respect of the ship and the port;
whichever first happens; or
(b) in the case of an aircraft--before:
(i) the end of 3 hours after the aircraft's arrival; or
(ii) the issue of a Certificate of Clearance in respect of the aircraft and the airport;
whichever first happens.
(4) The report may be made by document or electronically.
(5) A documentary report must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be in an approved form; and
(c) be communicated to Customs by sending or giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to the reporting of ships or aircraft at the port or airport of arrival; and
(d) contain such information as is required by the form; and
(e) be signed in a manner specified in the form.
(6) An electronic report must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(7) The CEO may approve different forms for documentary reports, and different statements for electronic reports, to be made under subsections ( 5) and (6) in different circumstances, by different kinds of operators of ships or aircraft or in respect of different kinds of ships or aircraft.
(8) An operator of a ship or aircraft who intentionally contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 120 penalty units.
(11) In this section:
"aircraft's stores" and ship's stores have the meanings given by section 130C.
64AAB Notifying Customs of particulars of cargo reporters
(1) This section applies to a ship or aircraft in respect of a voyage or flight to Australia from a place outside Australia .
(2) A cargo reporter who has entered into an agreement or arrangement with another cargo reporter under which cargo for whose carriage the other cargo reporter is responsible is to be carried on the ship or aircraft during the voyage or flight must report to Customs, in accordance with this section, particulars of the other cargo reporter.
(3) A report must be made electronically and must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(4) A report must be made before the latest time by which a cargo report may be made.
(5) The CEO may approve different statements for reports to be made under this section in different circumstances or by different kinds of cargo reporters.
(6) A cargo reporter who intentionally contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 120 penalty units.
(7) A cargo reporter who contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(8) An offence against subsection ( 7) is an offence of strict liability.
64AAC Report to Customs of persons engaged to unload cargo
(1) This section applies to a ship or aircraft in respect of a voyage or flight to Australia from a place outside Australia .
(2) The operator must report to Customs, in accordance with this section, particulars of:
(a) in the case of a ship--the stevedore with whom the operator has entered into a contract for the unloading of the cargo from the ship at a place in Australia ; or
(b) in the case of an aircraft--the depot operator who will first receive the cargo after it has been unloaded from the aircraft at a place in Australia .
(3) A report must be made electronically and must communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement.
(4) A report must be made during the period within which a report under section 64 of the impending arrival of the ship is required to be made.
(5) The CEO may approve different statements for electronic reports to be made under this section in different circumstances, by different kinds of operators of ships or aircraft or in respect of different kinds of ships or aircraft.
(6) An operator of a ship or aircraft who contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(7) An offence against subsection ( 6) is an offence of strict liability.
(1) This section applies to a ship or aircraft in respect of a voyage or flight to Australia from a place outside Australia .
(2) If the ship or aircraft is due to arrive at a port or airport in Australia (whether the first port or airport or any subsequent port or airport on the same voyage or flight), each cargo reporter must report to Customs, in accordance with this section, particulars of all goods that the cargo reporter has arranged to be carried on the ship or aircraft on the voyage or flight and that are intended to be unloaded from the ship or aircraft at the port or airport other than:
(a) goods that are accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger or member of the crew; or
(b) ship's stores or aircraft's stores.
(3) A cargo report that is made by a person during the general moratorium period, or is made by a person during a further moratorium period that has been granted to the person, may be a documentary report or an electronic report.
(4) A cargo report to which subsection ( 3) does not apply must be an electronic report.
(5) If the information required by an approved form to be contained in a documentary cargo report, or required by an approved statement to be communicated electronically, refers to particulars of the consignor or consignee of goods:
(a) the reference in the form or statement to the consignor of goods is a reference to a supplier of goods who is located outside Australia and:
(i) initiates the sending of goods to a person in Australia ; or
(ii) complies with a request from a person in Australia to send goods to the person; and
(b) the reference in the form or statement to the consignee of goods is a reference to the person who is the ultimate recipient of goods that have been sent from outside Australia , whether or not the person ordered or paid for the goods.
(6) The CEO may approve different forms or statements for the cargo reports to be made in different circumstances or by different kinds of cargo reporters.
(7) The form or statement approved for a report by a special reporter in relation to low value cargo of a particular kind must not require the special reporter to include information relating to cargo of that kind at a level of specificity below the level of a submaster air waybill or an ocean bill of lading, as the case requires.
(8) A cargo report is to be made not later than:
(a) if the cargo is carried on a ship:
(i) 24 hours or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations; or
(ii) if the journey from the last port is of a kind described in regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph--such shorter period as is specified in those regulations;
before the estimated time of arrival specified in the report under section 64 of the impending arrival of the ship; or
(b) if the cargo is carried on an aircraft:
(i) 2 hours or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations; or
(ii) if the flight from the last airport is of a kind described in regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph--such shorter period as is specified in those regulations;
before the estimated time of arrival specified in the report under section 64 of the impending arrival of the aircraft.
(9) A cargo reporter who intentionally contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 120 penalty units.
(10) A cargo reporter who contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(11) An offence against subsection ( 10) is an offence of strict liability.
(12) If:
(a) a cargo reporter who is required to make a cargo report in respect of particular goods commits an offence against this section because the report is not made before the time by which it was required by subsection ( 8) to be made; and
(b) that time occurs before the end of the general moratorium period or, if a further moratorium period is granted to the cargo reporter, before the end of the further moratorium period;
the cargo reporter is not liable to be prosecuted for the offence and an infringement notice cannot be served on the cargo reporter under Division 5 of Part XIII for the offence.
(13) The general moratorium period is the period of 6 months beginning on the date of commencement of this section.
(14) If:
(a) a cargo reporter applies to the CEO for the grant to the cargo reporter of a further moratorium period to have effect at the end of the general moratorium period; and
(b) the CEO is satisfied that the cargo reporter has, within the general moratorium period, made reasonable progress in:
(i) installing the facilities required for the making of electronic cargo reports; or
(ii) in putting in place business practices or entering into business arrangements to enable the making of electronic cargo reports;
the CEO may grant to the cargo reporter a further moratorium period of not more than 18 months beginning at the end of the general moratorium period.
(15) Nothing in this section affects the operation of Subdivision C.
(16) In this section:
"aircraft's stores" and ship's stores have the meanings given by section 130C.
(1) When cargo is unloaded from an aircraft at an airport, the depot operator whose particulars have been communicated to Customs by the operator of the aircraft under section 64AAC must communicate electronically to Customs an outturn report in respect of the cargo.
(2) When a container is unloaded from a ship at a port, the stevedore whose particulars have been communicated to Customs by the operator of the ship under section 64AAC must communicate electronically to Customs an outturn report in respect of the container.
(3) When cargo that is not in a container is unloaded from a ship, the stevedore whose particulars have been communicated to Customs by the operator of the ship under section 64AAC must communicate electronically to Customs an outturn report in respect of the cargo.
(4) When cargo unloaded from an aircraft or ship has been moved, under a permission given to the operator of the aircraft or ship, or to a cargo reporter, under section 71E, to a Customs place other than a warehouse, the person in charge of the Customs place must communicate electronically to Customs an outturn report in respect of the cargo.
(5) An outturn report must:
(a) if it is made under subsection ( 1), (3) or (4):
(i) specify any goods included in the cargo report that have not been unloaded or, if there are no such goods, contain a statement to that effect; and
(ii) specify any goods not included in the cargo report that have been unloaded or, if there are no such goods, contain a statement to that effect; and
(b) if it is made under subsection ( 2)--set out a list of the containers that have been unloaded; and
(c) in any case:
(i) be in accordance with an approved statement; and
(ii) state any times required by section 64ABAB; and
(iii) be made within the period or at the time required by that section.
(6) The CEO may approve different statements for the outturn reports to be made by stevedores, depot operators, or persons in charge of Customs places.
(7) The CEO or an officer may disclose a cargo report to a stevedore, a depot operator or a person in charge of a Customs place (other than a warehouse) for the purpose of enabling the stevedore, operator or person to communicate to Customs an outturn report in respect of the cargo.
(8) A person who intentionally contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 120 penalty units.
(9) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(10) An offence against subsection ( 9) is an offence of strict liability.
(11) In this section:
"Customs place" has the meaning given by subsection 183UA(1).
64ABAB When outturn report is to be communicated to Customs
(1) In the case of cargo unloaded from an aircraft at an airport and received into a depot, the depot operator must communicate the outturn report to Customs within 24 hours, or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations, after the time of arrival of the aircraft as stated in the report under section 64AA.
(2) In the case of containers unloaded from a ship at a wharf, the stevedore must communicate outturn reports to Customs as follows:
(a) an outturn report, at the end of 3 hours, or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations, from the time when the first container is unloaded from the ship; and
(b) one or more further outturn reports at the end of each subsequent 3 hours, or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations, until the unloading of the containers has been completed.
The first outturn report must state the time when the first container was unloaded and the last outturn report must state the time when the unloading of the containers was completed.
(3) In the case of cargo (not in containers) unloaded from a ship at a wharf, the stevedore must communicate the outturn report to Customs within 5 days, or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations, after the day on which the unloading of the cargo from the ship was completed. The outturn report must state the time when the unloading of the cargo was completed.
(4) In the case of cargo unloaded from a ship or aircraft and moved by the operator of the ship or aircraft, or by a cargo reporter, under section 71E to a Customs place (as defined in subsection 183UA(1)) other than a warehouse, the person in charge of the Customs place must communicate the outturn report to Customs:
(a) if the cargo is in a container:
(i) if the container is not unpacked at that place--within 24 hours (or such longer period as is prescribed by the regulations) after the person in charge of that place recorded the receipt of the container at that place; or
(ii) if the container is unpacked at that place--within 24 hours, or such other period as is prescribed by the regulations, after it was unpacked; or
(b) if the cargo is not in a container--not later than:
(i) the day after the day on which the person in charge of that place recorded a receipt of the cargo at that place; or
(ii) if a later time is prescribed by the regulations--that later time.
If the cargo is in a container that is unpacked at the Customs place, the outturn report must state the time when the unpacking of the cargo was completed.
64ABAC Explanation of shortlanded or surplus cargo
(1) If an outturn report specifies:
(a) any goods included in the cargo report that have not been unloaded; or
(b) any goods not included in the cargo report that have been unloaded;
the officer may require the cargo reporter who made the cargo report in relation to the goods to explain why the goods were not unloaded or were not included in the cargo report, as the case may be.
(2) If a cargo reporter in respect of whom a requirement is made under subsection ( 1) fails to comply with the requirement, the cargo reporter commits a offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
119 Section 64ABC
Repeal the section, substitute:
64ABC Liability for screening charge
A special reporter who communicates an abbreviated cargo report to Customs is liable to pay screening charge in respect of the report.
120 Section 64ABD
Repeal the section.
121 Saving
Section 64ABD of the Customs Act 1901 , and any arrangements in force under that section immediately before its repeal by item 120 of this Schedule, continue to apply in respect of any charge that was imposed by the repealed Import Processing Charges Act 1997 before its repeal by item 1 of Schedule 4 and for which a person became liable before the repeal.
122 Subsection 64ACE(1)
After "64AA,", insert "64AAA,".
122A Subsection 64ACE(2)
Omit "to Customs under section 64, 64AA, 64AB,", substitute "to Customs under section 64, 64AA, 64AAA, 64AAB, 64AAC, 64AB, 64ABAA,".
123 Before section 64AE
Insert:
64ADA Disclosure of cargo reports to port authorities
(1) The CEO or an officer may disclose a cargo report to a port authority for the purpose of enabling the authority to collect statistics or compute liability for wharfage charges.
(2) A person to whom information is disclosed under subsection ( 1) must not:
(a) use the information for any purpose other than the purpose for which the information was disclosed; or
(b) disclose the information to any person except to the extent necessary for that purpose.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) A reference in this section to disclosure of information includes a reference to disclosure by way of the provision of electronic access to the information.
124 Subsection 64AE(1)
After "64AA,", insert "64AAA,".
125 Subsection 64AE(2)
After "64AA,", insert "64AAA,".
126 Section 67EA
Omit ", and of section 7 of the Import Processing Charges Act 1997 ".
127 Paragraphs 67EB(1)(a) and (b)
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
(b) the applicant does not satisfy Customs as mentioned in subsection ( 2) in relation to low value cargo of that kind; or
128 Subsection 67EB(2)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(2) An applicant for registration as a special reporter in relation to low value cargo of a particular kind is taken to comply with this subsection if, and only if, the applicant satisfies Customs that:
(a) in a case of low value cargo consigned from a particular mail - order house to consignees in Australia--the applicant is likely to make cargo reports covering at least 1,000 such consignments per month from the mail - order house during the period of registration; or
(b) in a case of low value cargo of another prescribed kind consigned from a place outside Australia to a consignee in Australia --the applicant is likely to make cargo reports covering a number of consignments per month of that kind that is not less than the number specified in the regulations.
129 Paragraph 67EC(6)(b)
Repeal the paragraph.
130 Section 67EG
Omit "registered user" (wherever occurring), substitute "person".
131 Paragraph 67EK(3)(a)
Omit "15,000", substitute " 3,0 00".
132 Paragraph 67EK(3)(b)
Repeal the paragraph.
133 Section 67EL
Omit "on the Sea Cargo Automation System or the Air Cargo Automation System".
134 Paragraph 67EM(1)(a)
Repeal the paragraph.
135 Subsection 67EM(9)
Repeal the subsection.
136 Subdivision D of Division 3 of Part IV
Repeal the Subdivision.
137 Subsection 71E(1)
Omit "by computer", substitute "electronically".
138 Subsections 71E(2A) and (3)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
(2A) If the goods have not been entered for home consumption or warehousing, a movement application may be made only by the operator of the ship or aircraft that carried the goods, by a cargo reporter in relation to the goods, or by a stevedore or depot operator who has possession of the goods.
(2B) A movement application under subsection ( 2A) must be made electronically.
(3) If a movement application is duly communicated to Customs, subsections ( 3AA) and (3AB) apply.
(3AA) An officer may direct the applicant to ensure that the goods are held in the place where they are currently located until the decision is made on the application.
(3AB) If a direction is not given under subsection ( 3AA), or a reasonable period has elapsed since the giving of such a direction to enable the making of an informed decision on the application, an officer must:
(a) if the application is a document movement application--by notice in writing to the applicant; or
(b) if the application is an electronic movement application--by sending a message electronically to the applicant;
do either of the following:
(c) give the applicant permission to move the goods to which the application relates in accordance with the application either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as are specified in the notice or message;
(d) refuse the application and set out in the notice or message the reasons for the refusal.
139 Subsection 71E(3A)
Omit "(3)", substitute "(3AB)".
140 After subsection 71E(3B)
Insert:
(3C) If a cargo report states that goods specified in the report are proposed to be moved from a Customs place to another Customs place, then, despite section 71L, the statement is taken to be a movement application in respect of the goods duly made under this section.
(3D) In subsection ( 3C):
"Customs place" has the meaning given by subsection 183UA(1).
141 Sections 74 and 74A
Repeal the sections, substitute:
74 Officer may give directions as to storage or movement of certain goods
(1) If an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a report of the cargo made in respect of a ship or aircraft:
(a) has not included particular goods that are intended to be unloaded from the ship or aircraft at a port or airport in Australia ; or
(b) has incorrectly described particular goods;
the officer may give written directions to the cargo reporter as to how and where the goods are to be stored, and as to the extent (if any) to which the goods may be moved.
(2) An officer who has given a written direction under subsection ( 1) may, by writing, cancel the direction if the officer is satisfied that a report of the cargo made in respect of the ship or aircraft has included, or correctly described, as the case may be, the goods.
(3) If an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that particular goods in the cargo that is to be, or has been, unloaded from a ship or aircraft are prohibited goods, the officer may give written directions to:
(a) the cargo reporter; or
(b) the stevedore or depot operator whose particulars have been communicated to Customs by the operator of the ship or aircraft under section 64AAC;
as to how and where the goods are to be stored, and as to the extent (if any) to which the goods may be moved.
(4) An officer who has given a written direction under subsection ( 3) may, by writing, cancel the direction if the officer is satisfied that the cargo does not contain prohibited goods.
(5) A person who intentionally contravenes a direction given to the person under subsection ( 1) or (3) commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 120 penalty units.
(6) A person who contravenes a direction given to the person under subsection ( 1) or (3) commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
(7) An offence against subsection ( 6) is an offence of strict liability.
142 Section 76
Omit "and landed under a Collector's permit".
Note: The heading to section 76 is altered by omitting " on permit ".
143 At the end of Division 4 of Part IV
Add:
77AA Disclosure of information to cargo reporter or owner of goods
(1) If a cargo reporter in relation to goods that are on a ship or aircraft on a voyage or flight to a place in Australia requests Customs to inform the cargo reporter:
(a) whether a report of the impending arrival of the ship or aircraft has been made and, if so, the estimated time of arrival specified in the report; or
(b) whether a report of the arrival of the ship or aircraft has been made and, if so, the time of arrival;
Customs may comply with the request.
(2) If goods have been entered for home consumption or warehousing, Customs may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by Customs in deciding whether or not to give an authority to deal with the goods.
(3) If a movement application has been made in respect of goods, Customs may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by Customs in its consideration of the application.
(4) If goods have been entered for export by the making of an export declaration, Customs may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by Customs in deciding whether or not to give an authority to deal with the goods.
(5) If a submanifest in respect of goods has been sent to Customs under section 117A, Customs may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by Customs in preparing to give a submanifest number in respect of the submanifest.
144 Subsection 77F(1)
Insert:
"depot licence variation charge" means the depot licence variation charge imposed by the Customs Depot Licensing Charges Act 1997 and payable as set out in section 77LA of this Act.
145 Subsection 77K(5)
Omit all the words and paragraphs after "CEO", substitute "must not grant the licence unless the applicant has, at the proposed depot, facilities that would enable the applicant to communicate with Customs electronically".
146 After section 77L
Insert:
77LA Variation of places covered by depot licence
(1) The CEO may, on application by the holder of a depot licence, vary the licence by:
(a) omitting the description of the place that is currently described in the licence and substituting a description of another place; or
(b) altering the description of the place that is currently described in the licence.
(2) The 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 signed in the manner indicated in the form; and
(e) be accompanied by payment of the depot licence variation charge.
(3) The CEO may, by written notice given to an applicant for the variation of a depot licence, require the applicant to supply further information in relation to the application within the period that is specified in the notice or within such further period as the CEO allows.
(4) The CEO must not grant an application for the substitution of the description of a place not currently described in the licence, or for the alteration to the description of a place currently described in the licence, if, in the CEO's opinion:
(a) the physical security of the place whose description is to be substituted, or of the place that would have the altered description, as the case may be, would not be adequate having regard to:
(i) the nature of the place; or
(ii) the procedures and methods that would be adopted by the applicant to ensure the security of goods in the place if the variation were made; or
(b) the records that would be kept in relation to the place would not be suitable to enable Customs adequately to audit those records.
(5) The CEO must not grant an application for the substitution of the description of a place not currently described in the licence if, in the CEO's opinion, the place would be too remote from the nearest place where officers who regularly perform their functions for Customs would be able conveniently to check whether the Customs Acts are being complied with at the place.
(6) The CEO must decide whether or not to grant the application within 60 days after:
(a) if paragraph ( b) does not apply--the receipt of the application; or
(b) if the CEO requires further information relating to the application to be supplied by the applicant under subsection ( 3) and the applicant supplied the information in accordance with that subsection--the receipt of the information.
(7) If the CEO has not made the decision whether or not to grant the application within the period applicable under subsection ( 6), the CEO is taken to have refused the application.
147 Paragraph 77N(2)(d)
Omit "administration;", substitute "administration.".
148 Paragraphs 77N(2)(e) and (f)
Repeal the paragraphs.
149 After subsection 77N(2)
Insert:
(2A) The holder of a licence must not cause or permit a substantial change to be made in:
(a) a matter affecting the physical security of the depot; or
(b) the keeping of records in relation to the depot;
unless the holder has given to the CEO 30 days' notice of the proposed change.
150 After paragraph 273GA(1)(aaa)
Insert:
(aaaaa) a decision by the CEO under subsection 64AB(14) refusing to grant a further moratorium period;
151 After paragraph 273GA(1)(aar)
Insert:
(aara) a decision by the CEO under subsection 77LA(1) not to vary a depot licence;
(aarb) a decision by the CEO under subsection 77LA(3) not to allow a further period;
Customs Administration Act 1985
152 Subsection 16(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
Overview
(1) This section:
(a) prohibits the unauthorised recording and disclosure of certain information held by the Australian Customs Service; and
(b) provides for exceptions in relation to the prohibition; and
(c) makes particular provision in relation to the authorised disclosure of personal information.
Persons to whom section applies
(1AA) This section applies to:
(a) the CEO; and
(b) a person performing duties in the Australian Customs Service as a person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth, a Commonwealth agency, a State or a State agency; and
(c) any of the following persons:
(i) a person engaged to provide goods or services to the Commonwealth through the Australian Customs Service (whether or not under an agreement to which the Commonwealth is a party);
(ii) if the person mentioned in subparagraph ( i) is a body corporate--a director, an employee or an agent of the body corporate;
(iii) if the person mentioned in subparagraph ( i) is an individual--an employee or agent of the individual; and
(d) a person to whom the CEO has delegated a power or function of the CEO under a law of customs or any other law of the Commonwealth; and
(e) a person authorised by the CEO to exercise a power or function under a law of customs or any other law of the Commonwealth.
Note: The heading to section 16 is omitted and replaced by the heading " Prohibition of disclosure of certain information ".
153 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of AQIS )
Repeal the definition.
154 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of authorised officer of AQIS )
Repeal the definition.
155 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of authorised person )
Repeal the definition.
156 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of duties )
Omit "an authorised person" (first occurring), substitute "a person".
157 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of duties )
Omit "an authorised person" (second occurring), substitute "a person to whom this section applies".
158 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of duties , example)
Omit "an authorised person", substitute "a person".
159 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of food )
Repeal the definition.
160 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of protected information )
Omit "an authorised person while the authorised person", substitute "a person while he or she".
161 Subsection 16(1A) (definition of State )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
State includes the Australian Capital Territory , the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island "."
162 Subsection 16(2)
Omit "an authorised person", substitute "a person to whom this section applies".
163 Paragraph 16(3)(b)
Omit "or (4)", substitute ", (3G) or (3H)".
164 Paragraph 16(3A)(c)
Omit "an authorised person", substitute "a person".
165 Paragraph 16(3B)(c)
Omit "an authorised person", substitute "a person".
166 Paragraph 16(3C)(c)
Omit "an authorised person", substitute "a person".
167 Paragraph 16(3D)(c)
Omit "an authorised person", substitute "a person".
168 Subsection s 1 6(4), (5), (6), (7) and (8)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
Body corporate may consent to disclosure
(3G) If the CEO is satisfied that the principal officer of, or a person authorised to act on behalf of, a body corporate has consented to the disclosure to a person of information or a class of information (not including personal information) about the body, the CEO may authorise, in writing, the disclosure of the information to the person.
Government agencies, foreign countries or international organisations may consent to disclosure
(3H) If the CEO is satisfied that a Commonwealth agency, State agency, a foreign country, an instrumentality or agency of a foreign country or an international organisation has consented to the disclosure to a person of information or a class of information (not including personal information) about the agency, country, instrumentality or organisation, the CEO may authorise, in writing, the disclosure of the information to the person.
Disclosure of personal information
(7) If:
(a) apart from this subsection, a person is authorised by this section to carry out an act referred to in paragraph ( 2)(b) because of the operation of subsection ( 3A), (3B), (3C) or (3D); and
(b) the act involves the disclosure by the person to someone else of information (including a class of information) that contains personal information;
then, despite the above provisions of this section, the person is not to be taken to be authorised by this section to carry out the act unless:
(c) the person to whom the information relates has consented to the disclosure; or
(d) the following apply:
(i) in the case of any disclosure of information--the disclosure complies with subsection ( 8);
(ii) in the case of a disclosure of a class of information--the disclosure also complies with subsection ( 10).
Requirements applicable to disclosure of personal information
(8) This subsection is complied with in relation to the disclosure of information as referred to in subparagraph ( 7)(d)(i) if:
(a) the CEO is satisfied that the disclosure is necessary for a permissible purpose referred to in a paragraph of subsection ( 9); and
(b) the purpose is specified as a purpose for which the disclosure is authorised to be made in an authorisation under subsection ( 3A), (3B), (3C) or (3D) that applies to the disclosure; and
(c) the disclosure is made for that purpose.
169 After paragraph 16(9)(e)
Insert:
(ea) the collection and verification of statistics for the purposes of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 and the performance of the functions of the Australian Bureau of Statistics as set out in section 6 of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 ;
170 Paragraph s 1 6(9)(f) and (g)
Omit "collection", substitute "protection".
171 Paragraph 16(9)(i)
Omit "or another country", substitute "and another country".