Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CUSTOMS AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 3) 1980 No. 110 of 1980 - SECT 4

4. (1) Sections 15 and 16 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following
section is substituted: Appointment of ports, &c.

"15. (1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette-

   (a)  appoint ports and fix the limits of those ports; and

   (b)  appoint airports and fix the limits of those airports.



"(2) The Comptroller may, by notice published in the Gazette-

   (a)  appoint wharves and fix the limits of those wharves; and

   (b)  appoint boarding stations for the boarding of ships and aircraft by
        officers.



"(3) A notice under sub-section (1) or (2) may provide that a port, airport,
wharf or boarding station appointed by the notice is to be a port, airport,
wharf or boarding station for limited purposes specified in the notice.".

(2) Subject to any notices under sub-section (3) or (4)-

   (a)  all places that, immediately before the commencement of this section,
        were ports, airports, wharves or boarding stations for the purposes of
        the Principal Act shall be deemed to be ports, airports, wharves or
        boarding stations, as the case may be, appointed under section 15 of
        the Principal Act as amended by this Act;

   (b)  the limits of any such port, airport or wharf shall be those existing
        immediately before the commencement of this section; and

   (c)  where any such port has been established, or any such wharf or airport
        has been appointed, for limited purposes-it shall be deemed to be a
        port, airport or wharf for those limited purposes.

(3) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette-

   (a)  declare that a specified port or airport referred to in sub-section
        (2) is to cease to be deemed to be a port or airport appointed under
        section 15 of the Customs Act 1901;

   (b)  vary the limits of a specified port or airport referred to in that
        sub- section; or

   (c)  in the case of a port or airport referred to in that sub-section that
        is deemed to be a port or airport for limited purposes-vary those
        purposes, and that declaration or variation shall have effect
        accordingly.

(4) The Comptroller may, by notice published in the Gazette-

   (a)  declare that a specified wharf or boarding station referred to in sub-
        section (2) is to cease to be deemed to be a wharf or boarding station
        appointed under section 15 of the Customs Act 1901;

   (b)  vary the limits of a wharf referred to in that sub-section; or

   (c)  in the case of a wharf referred to in that sub-section that is a wharf
        for limited purposes-vary those purposes, and that declaration or
        variation shall have effect accordingly.