CUSTOMS.

No. 10 of 1916.

An Act to amend Section Eight of the Customs Act 1901-1914.

[Assented to 30th May, 1916.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Customs Act 1916.

(2.) The Customs Act 1901-1914, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Act 1901-1916.

Amendment of s. 8.

2. Section eight of the Customs Act 1901-1914 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:—

“Provided that if the Governor-General notifies by proclamation that for the purposes of the administration of the Customs any portion of a State or Territory is attached to any adjoining State, the Collector of Customs for that adjoining State shall, subject to the Comptroller-General, be the Chief Officer of the Customs in the portion so attached, and be deemed to be the Collector of Customs in that portion.”