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Customs Act 1916

Authoritative Version
  • - C1916A00010
  • No longer in force
Act No. 10 of 1916 as made
An Act to amend Section Eight of the Customs Act 1901-1914.
Date of Assent 30 May 1916
Date of repeal 24 Jun 2014
Repealed by Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Act 2014

 

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.”