Statutory Rules

1977 No. 137

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901.

Dated this nineteenth day of August, 1977.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WAL. FIFE

Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs

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AMENDMENTS OF THE CUSTOMS REGULATIONS†

1. Regulation 22 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

“ 22. (1) For the purposes of section 29 of the Act, when working overtime is permitted, the rate at which overtime shall be charged for the services of officers is, in respect of the services of each officer working overtime, $7.53 for each hour or part of an hour during which the officer works overtime.

“ (2) In calculating the overtime to be charged under sub-regulation (1) the time reasonably occupied by an officer in proceeding to the place where he is to work overtime and in returning from that place shall be treated as time during which he works overtime.”.

2. Regulation 192 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

“ 192. Where an importer requests that the services of an officer be made available during normal working hours for the purposes of—

(a) inspecting or examining any goods; or

(b) supervising any operation in relation to any goods,

at a place other than a place at which such services are normally made available without charge, the importer shall pay to the Collector a charge calculated at the rate of $6.00 for each hour or part of an hour during which the officer is engaged, as so requested, in the inspection, examination, or supervision, or is engaged in travelling between those places for the purposes of, or following, that inspection, examination or supervision.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 August 1977.

† Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Customs Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1977, No. 68 and see also Statutory Rules 1977, No. 68.