Statutory Rules

1979 No. 275

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 19011

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 twentieth day of December 1979.

 ZELMAN COWEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

R. V. GARLAND

Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs

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AMENDMENTS OF THE CUSTOMS REGULATIONS2

1  Regulation 23 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

 “23. Each of the following places shall be a prescribed place for the purposes of paragraph 30 (d) of the Act:

 (a) a wharf or airport appointed in pursuance of section 15 of the Act;

 (b) a place appointed, in pursuance of any regulations made under the Act and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905, to be a place where goods intended for export may be inspected and examined.”.

2  Regulation 31 of the Customs Regulations and the heading immediately preceding that regulation are repealed and the following heading is substituted:

“NOTIFICATION OF ARRIVAL”.

3  Regulation 31A of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting “aerodrome” and substituting “airport”.

4  Regulation 78 of the Customs Regulations and the heading “FOR HOME CONSUMPTION” immediately preceding that regulation are repealed.

5  The Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting Forms 41 and 46 and substituting the following forms respectively:

FORM 41

Section 118

Regulation 103

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS

CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE

Port of....……………………………………...........................................

 (name of the port where ship is cleared for departure)

I hereby certify that.............................................…………………………………......, master
 (full name of the master of the ship)

of the……………………………………………..ship………………………..………………………
 (nationality of the ship) (name of the ship)

bound for………………………………………………………………………..has, in respect of the
 (next port of call for the ship)

proposed voyage, complied with the provisions of the Customs Acts and that accordingly that ship is, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, cleared for departure from the above-mentioned port.

 Dated this day of   19  .

Collector

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FORM 46

Section 162

Regulation 124

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE DELIVERY OF GOODS UPON GIVING A

SECURITY OR AN UNDERTAKING FOR THE PAYMENT OF DUTY

Port of ..........................................…………………………………….....................

 (name of port)

I,……………………………………….………………..of……………………….…………………..

 (full name)   (address)

the person importing the goods described in this application, hereby apply for permission, under section 162 of the Customs Act 1901, to take delivery of those goods and, for that purpose, am prepared to give security (or an undertaking) for the payment of duty on those goods.

 *The goods are the property of........................................……………………...…………........

 (full name)

of……………………………………………………………...…………………, a person or persons

 (address)

included in the following prescribed class of persons, namely......................…………………….......

 (state whether the owner of the goods is a tourist or a temporary resident)

or

* The goods are goods included in a prescribed class of goods, namely…………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(State whether the goods are–

 (i) traveller’s samples;

 (ii) wedding presents;

 (iii) goods imported for use at a public exhibition or entertainment not being cinematograph films of a kind ordinarily used for the purposes of profit, or theatrical costumes, scenery or property;

 (iv) goods imported for assembly or other industrial purposes approved by the Collector).

DESCRIPTION OF GOODS

The following goods from the *ship or *aircraft.......................…………………………....................

  (name or identification numbers of the ship or aircraft)

from…………………………………………………………..………………………………………..

 (name of the place beyond the seas from where the ship or aircraft brought the goods to Australia)

arrived in Australia on.........................................................

 (date)

Signed by me this................    day of.................... 19...........

*Importer of the goods or *Agent of the Importer of the goods.

Address ........................................................................................................................................

 ....................................................................................................................................................

 ....................................................................................................................................................

 * Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 203 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 181 and see also Statutory Rules 1979 No. 181.