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2002-2003-2004
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Customs
Legislation Amendment (Airport, Port and Cargo Security) Bill
2004
No. ,
2004
(Justice and
Customs)
A Bill for an Act to amend customs
legislation, and for related purposes
Contents
Customs Act
1901 6
Customs Act
1901 11
Customs Act
1901 13
Customs Act
1901 20
Customs Act
1901 21
Part 1—Pre-ITM
provisions 22
Customs Act
1901 22
Part 2—Post-ITM
provisions 25
Customs Act
1901 25
A Bill for an Act to amend customs legislation, and for
related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Customs Legislation Amendment (Airport,
Port and Cargo Security) Act 2004.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the
table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its
terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 2, item 1 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent. |
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4. Schedule 2, item 2 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence after
the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence
at all. |
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5. Schedule 2, item 3 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before,
or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this
provision does not commence at all. |
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6. Schedule 2, item 4 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence after
the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence
at all. |
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7. Schedule 2, item 5 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before,
or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this
provision does not commence at all. |
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8. Schedule 3, item 1 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6
months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they
commence on the first day after the end of that period. |
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9. Schedule 3, item 2 |
The later of: (a) the time the provision(s) covered by table item 8 commence;
and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 62 of Schedule 3
to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade
Modernisation) Act 2001. |
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10. Schedule 3, item 3 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 8. However, if item 62 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation
Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 commences
before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 8,
this provision does not commence at all. |
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11. Schedule 3, item 4 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 8. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before,
or at the same time, as the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this
provision does not commence at all. |
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12. Schedule 3, item 5 |
The later of: (a) the time the provision(s) covered by table item 8 commence;
and (b) immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table
item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence after
the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence
at all. |
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13. Schedule 3, item 6 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 8. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before,
or at the same time, as the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this
provision does not commence at all. |
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14. Schedule 3, item 7 |
The later of: (a) the time the provision(s) covered by table item 8 commence;
and (b) immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table
item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence after
the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence
at all. |
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15. Schedule 4 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent. |
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16. Schedule 5 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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17. Schedule 6, items 1 to 3 |
At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table
item 18. However, if item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation
Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 commences
before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 18,
these provisions do not commence at all. |
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18. Schedule 6, item 4 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6
months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they
commence on the first day after the end of that period. |
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19. Schedule 6, items 5 to 12 |
The later of: (a) the time the provision(s) covered by table item 18 commence;
and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 118 of Schedule 3
to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade
Modernisation) Act 2001. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part
of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any
published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
(1) The amendments made by Schedule 3 do not apply to a ship or
aircraft in relation to a place from which, at the time those amendments
commence, the ship or aircraft is due to depart in 72 hours or less.
(2) To avoid doubt, the amendment made by Schedule 5 does not affect
the validity of an appointment made before the commencement of that
Schedule.
1 After Division 1B of
Part XII
Insert:
In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
Commonwealth offence has the same meaning as in Part 1C
of the Crimes Act 1914.
frisk search has the same meaning as in Division 1 of
Part XII.
ordinary search has the same meaning as in Division 1 of
Part XII.
serious Commonwealth offence has the same meaning as in
section 15HB of the Crimes Act 1914.
(1) If an officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person who is in a
designated place has committed, or is committing, a serious Commonwealth
offence, the officer may detain the person.
(2) The officer must advise a police officer of the person’s
detention as soon as practicable after detaining the person.
(3) An officer who is detaining a person under this section must ensure
that the person is delivered, as soon as practicable, into the custody of a
police officer to be dealt with according to law.
(4) If an officer who is detaining a person under this section ceases to
have reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has committed, or was
committing, a serious Commonwealth offence, the officer must release the person
from detention immediately.
(1) An officer may detain a person if:
(a) the person is in a designated place; and
(b) the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person intends
to leave the designated place; and
(c) either:
(i) there is a warrant for the arrest of the person in relation to a
Commonwealth offence; or
(ii) the person is on bail subject to a condition that the person not
leave Australia and the bail relates to a Commonwealth offence.
(2) The officer must advise a police officer of the person’s
detention as soon as practicable after detaining the person.
(3) An officer who is detaining a person under this section must ensure
that the person is delivered, as soon as practicable, into the custody of a
police officer to be dealt with according to law.
(1) An officer may, in relation to a person detained under this
Division:
(a) conduct a frisk search or an ordinary search of the person;
and
(b) search the clothing that the person is wearing and any property under
the person’s immediate control, if the officer believes on reasonable
grounds that it is necessary to do so;
for the purposes of:
(c) determining whether there is concealed on the person, or in the
person’s clothing or property, a weapon or other thing capable of being
used to inflict bodily injury or to assist the person to escape from detention;
or
(d) in the case of a person detained under
section 219ZJB—preventing the concealment, loss or destruction of
evidence of, or relating to, the offence concerned.
(2) A search under this section must be conducted:
(a) as soon as practicable after the person is detained; and
(b) by an officer of the same sex as the detained person.
(3) An officer who conducts a search under this section may
seize:
(a) any weapon or thing mentioned in paragraph (1)(c); and
(b) anything the officer has reasonable grounds to believe is a
thing:
(i) with respect to which an offence has been committed; or
(ii) that will afford evidence of the commission of an offence;
or
(iii) that was used, or intended to be used, for the purpose of committing
an offence.
(4) An officer who seizes a weapon or other thing under
subsection (3) must ensure that it is delivered to the police officer into
whose custody the person is delivered under subsection 219ZJB(3) or
219ZJC(3).
(1) Without limiting subsection 4(4) of the Customs Administration Act
1985, the CEO may give directions in writing under that
subsection:
(a) identifying places at which an officer is permitted to detain a person
under this Division (whether by their character under this Act, the amenities
available at the places or any other matters); and
(b) specifying such other matters relating to the detention of persons
under this Division as the CEO considers appropriate.
(2) A direction given for the purposes of subsection (1) is a
disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
(1) An officer who detains a person under this Division must inform the
person, at the time the officer detains the person, of the reason for the
person’s detention.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, by the
person’s own actions, makes it impracticable for the officer to inform the
person of the reason.
(3) An officer exercising powers under this Division in relation to a
person must produce identification that he or she is an officer when requested
by the person to do so.
(1) An officer exercising powers under this Division in relation to a
person must not use more force, or subject the person to greater indignity, than
is reasonable and necessary.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), an officer
must not, in detaining or attempting to detain a person under this Division, or
preventing or attempting to prevent a detained person from escaping from
detention under this Division, do an act likely to cause death or grievous
bodily harm to the person, unless the officer believes on reasonable grounds
that doing the act is necessary to protect life or prevent serious injury to the
officer or any other person.
(1) While a person is being taken to a particular place under this
Division (except under subsection (2)), the person is regarded as being
detained under this Division.
(2) If:
(a) a person detained under this Division is released at any place other
than the place at which he or she was first detained; and
(b) the person so requests;
the person must immediately be returned free of charge to the place of the
first detention.
Section 219ZD applies to an officer detaining a person under this
Division as if the detention under this Division were detention under
Division 1B of this Part.
Note: Section 219ZD requires the officer to take
reasonable steps to ensure that a competent interpreter is available for the
purposes of communication.
1 After section 195
Insert:
If a person is in a section 234AA place, an officer may ask the
person for, and require the person to provide:
(a) the person’s name; and
(b) the person’s reason for being in the section 234AA place;
and
(c) evidence of the person’s identity.
Note: Failing to answer a question or produce a document
when required to do so by an officer may be an offence (see sections 243SA
and 243SB). However, a person does not have to answer if doing so would tend to
incriminate the person (see section 243SC).
2 Subsection 243SA(1)
After “other than”, insert “section 195A
or”.
Note: If item 1 of this Schedule commences after
item 1 of Schedule 3, this item does not commence at all. See
item 4 of the table in subsection 2(1).
3 Subsection 243SA(1)
After “section 106J or”, insert “195A
or”.
Note: If item 1 of this Schedule commences before, or
at the same time as, item 1 of Schedule 3, this item does not commence
at all. See item 5 of the table in subsection 2(1).
4 At the end of
section 243SA
Add:
(3) If:
(a) an officer requires a person to answer a question under
section 195A; and
(b) the officer informs the person of the officer’s authority to ask
the question; and
(c) the officer informs the person that it may be an offence not to answer
the question;
the person must not fail to answer the question.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Note: If item 1 of this Schedule commences after
item 1 of Schedule 3, this item does not commence at all. See
item 6 of the table in subsection 2(1).
5 Paragraph 243SA(3)(a)
After “section 106J”, insert “or
195A”.
Note: If item 1 of this Schedule commences before, or
at the same time as, item 1 of Schedule 3, this item does not commence
at all. See item 7 of the table in subsection 2(1).
1 After Part VA
Insert:
(1) This Subdivision applies to a ship or aircraft of a kind prescribed by
regulations made for the purposes of this section, if the ship or aircraft is
due to depart:
(a) from a place in Australia at the beginning of a journey to a place
outside Australia (whether or not the journey will conclude outside Australia);
or
(b) from a place in Australia in the course of such a journey.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of this section may specify kinds of
ships or aircraft by reference to particular matters, including any or all of
the following matters:
(a) the type, size or capacity of the ship or aircraft;
(b) the kind of operation or service in which the aircraft or ship will be
engaged on journeys from Australia;
(c) other circumstances relating to the ship or aircraft or its use, or
relating to the operator of the ship or aircraft.
(1) At least 48 hours (but no more than 72 hours) before the time the ship
or aircraft is due to depart from the place, the operator of the ship or
aircraft must report to Customs, in accordance with Subdivision C, on the
persons:
(a) who, at the time the report is made, are expected to be on board the
ship or aircraft when it departs from the place; and
(b) who are not identified (or to be identified) in a report made (or to
be made) in relation to the ship’s or aircraft’s earlier departure
from another place in the course of the same journey.
(2) The operator of the ship or aircraft commits an offence if the
operator intentionally contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 120 penalty units.
(3) The operator of the ship or aircraft commits an offence if the
operator contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) Strict liability applies to an offence against
subsection (3).
Note: For strict liability, see
section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(1) At least 4 hours (but no more than 10 hours) before the time the ship
or aircraft is due to depart from the place, the operator of the ship or
aircraft must report to Customs, in accordance with Subdivision C:
(a) on the persons:
(i) who, at the time the report is made, are expected to be on board the
ship or aircraft when it departs from the place; and
(ii) who are not identified in a report made by the operator in relation
to the ship’s or aircraft’s departure from the place under
section 106B; and
(iii) who are not identified (or to be identified) in a report made (or to
be made) in relation to the ship’s or aircraft’s earlier departure
from another place in the course of the same journey; or
(b) if there are no persons covered by paragraph (a)—that there
are no persons to report.
(2) The operator of the ship or aircraft commits an offence if the
operator intentionally contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 120 penalty units.
(3) The operator of the ship or aircraft commits an offence if the
operator contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) Strict liability applies to an offence against
subsection (3).
Note: For strict liability, see
section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(1) Before the ship or aircraft departs from the place, the operator must
report to Customs, in accordance with Subdivision C:
(a) on the persons:
(i) who will be on board the ship or aircraft when it departs from the
place; and
(ii) who are not identified in a report made by the operator in relation
to the ship’s or aircraft’s departure from the place under
section 106B or 106C; and
(iii) who are not identified in a report made in relation to the
ship’s or aircraft’s earlier departure from another place in the
course of the same journey; or
(b) if there are no persons covered by paragraph (a)—that there
are no persons to report.
(2) The operator of the ship or aircraft commits an offence if the
operator intentionally contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 120 penalty units.
(3) The operator of the ship or aircraft commits an offence if the
operator contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) Strict liability applies to an offence against
subsection (3).
Note: For strict liability, see
section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(1) This Subdivision applies to a ship or aircraft of a kind prescribed by
regulations made for the purposes of this section, if the ship or aircraft is
due to depart:
(a) from a place in Australia at the beginning of a journey to a place
outside Australia (whether or not the journey will conclude outside Australia);
or
(b) from a place in Australia in the course of such a journey.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of this section may specify kinds of
ships or aircraft by reference to particular matters, including any or all of
the following matters:
(a) the type, size or capacity of the ship or aircraft;
(b) the kind of operation or service in which the aircraft or ship will be
engaged on journeys from Australia;
(c) other circumstances relating to the ship or aircraft or its use, or
relating to the operator of the ship or aircraft.
The operator of the ship or aircraft must report to Customs, in
accordance with Subdivision C:
(a) not later than the prescribed period or periods before the
ship’s or aircraft’s departure from a place; or
(b) at the time of a prescribed event or events; or
(c) at the prescribed time or times.
(1) A report under this Division must:
(a) be made:
(i) electronically, using a system (if any) approved by the CEO in writing
for the purposes of this subparagraph; or
(ii) using a format or method approved by the CEO in writing for the
purposes of this subparagraph; and
(b) contain the information set out in an approved statement.
(2) An operator who reports electronically under
subparagraph (1)(a)(i) is taken to have reported to Customs when Customs
sends an acknowledgment of the report to the person identified in the report as
having made it.
(3) An operator who reports using a format or method approved under
subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) is taken to have reported to Customs when the
report is given to an officer doing duty in relation to ships and aircraft due
to depart.
(4) The CEO may approve different systems, formats or methods under
subparagraphs (1)(a)(i) and (ii) to be used for different kinds of
operators or in different circumstances.
(5) An approval under subparagraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii) is a
disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
(1) Despite section 106G, if, when an operator is required to report
under this Division:
(a) a system approved under subparagraph 106G(1)(a)(i) is not working;
and
(b) the operator is not able to use a format or method approved under
subparagraph 106G(1)(a)(ii);
the report must:
(c) be made by document in writing; and
(d) be in an approved form; and
(e) contain the information required by the approved form; and
(f) be signed in the manner specified by the approved form; and
(g) be communicated to Customs by sending or giving it to an officer doing
duty in relation to the reporting of ships or aircraft due to depart.
(2) A documentary report is taken to have been made when it is sent or
given to Customs in the prescribed manner.
(1) The CEO may approve, under section 4A, different statements for
the purposes of this Division, for reports:
(a) made by different kinds of operators; or
(b) relating to different kinds of ships or aircraft; or
(c) made in different circumstances; or
(d) made in relation to different classes of persons who are expected to
be, or who will be, on board a ship or aircraft.
(2) The CEO may approve, under section 4A, different forms for the
purposes of this Division, for reports:
(a) made by different kinds of operators; or
(b) relating to different kinds of ships or aircraft; or
(c) made in different circumstances; or
(d) made in relation to different classes of persons who are expected to
be, or who will be, on board a ship or aircraft.
If a ship or aircraft is due to depart or is departing Australia, or has
already departed Australia, an officer may require the operator of the ship or
aircraft:
(a) to answer questions about the persons who are expected to be on board,
or who are or were on board, the ship or aircraft; or
(b) to produce documents relating to those persons.
Note: Failing to answer a question or produce a document
when required to do so by an officer may be an offence (see sections 243SA
and 243SB).
2 Paragraph 118(4)(a)
Omit “crew, passengers,”.
3 Paragraph 119(1)(b)
Omit “crew, passengers,”.
Note: If item 62 of Schedule 3 to the Customs
Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act
2001 commences before, or at the same time as, item 1 of this Schedule,
this item does not commence at all (see item 10 of the table in subsection
2(1)).
4 Subsection 243SA(1)
After “other than”, insert “section 106J
or”.
Note: If item 1 of Schedule 2 commences before, or
at the same time as, item 1 of this Schedule, this item does not commence
at all. See item 11 of the table in subsection 2(1).
5 Subsection 243SA(1)
After “other than section”, insert “106J
or”.
Note: If item 1 of Schedule 2 commences after
item 1 of this Schedule, this item does not commence at all. See
item 12 of the table in subsection 2(1).
6 At the end of
section 243SA
Add:
(3) If:
(a) an officer requires a person to answer a question under
section 106J; and
(b) the officer informs the person of the officer’s authority to ask
the question; and
(c) the officer informs the person that it may be an offence not to answer
the question;
the person must not fail to answer the question.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Note: If item 1 of Schedule 2 commences before, or
at the same time as, item 1 of this Schedule, this item does not commence
at all. See item 13 of the table in subsection 2(1).
7 Paragraph 243SA(3)(a)
After “under section”, insert “106J or”.
Note: If item 1 of Schedule 2 commences after
item 1 of this Schedule, this item does not commence at all. See
item 14 of the table in subsection 2(1).
1 Subsection 197(1)
Omit “about to leave”, substitute “in”.
2 Paragraph 197(1)(b)
Omit “from the Customs place”.
3 Paragraph 197(6)(a)
Omit “about to leave”, substitute
“in”.
1 After subsection 15(1)
Insert:
(1A) In deciding whether to appoint a port under subsection (1), the
CEO may take into account:
(a) whether the port or any part of the port is a security regulated port
(within the meaning of the Maritime Transport Security Act 2003);
and
(b) if so—whether the person designated under section 14 of the
Maritime Transport Security Act 2003 as the port operator has a maritime
security plan (within the meaning of that Act).
1 Paragraphs 64(1)(a) and (b)
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
(a) not later than the start of the prescribed period before its arrival;
or
(b) if the journey is of a kind described in regulations made for the
purposes of this paragraph—not later than the start of the shorter period
before its arrival that is specified in those regulations.
Note: If item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs
Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001
commences before, or at the same time as, item 4 of this Schedule, this
item does not commence at all. See item 17 of the table in subsection
2(1).
2 At the end of section 64
Add:
(6) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may prescribe
matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or
application provisions) arising out of the making of regulations for those
purposes.
Note: If item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs
Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001
commences before, or at the same time as, item 4 of this Schedule, this
item does not commence at all. See item 17 of the table in subsection
2(1).
3 Subsections 64AB(2) and (3)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
(2) Before a Collector’s permit is granted in respect of any goods,
being cargo on board a ship to which this section applies that is due to arrive
at its first port (the first port) in Australia since it last
called at any port outside Australia, the master or owner of the ship must
communicate to Customs a report of the cargo that is intended to be unshipped at
a port in Australia (whether the first port or any subsequent port on the same
voyage):
(a) not later than the start of the prescribed period before the
ship’s arrival at the first port; or
(b) if the voyage is of a kind described in regulations made for the
purposes of this paragraph—not later than the start of the shorter period
specified in those regulations before the ship’s arrival at the first
port.
(2A) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (2) may
prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or
application provisions) arising out of the making of regulations for those
purposes.
(3) Before a Collector’s permit is granted in respect of any goods,
being cargo on board an aircraft to which this section applies that is due to
arrive at its first airport (the first airport) in Australia since
it last departed from any airport outside Australia, the pilot or owner of the
aircraft must communicate to Customs a report of the cargo that is intended to
be unshipped at an airport in Australia (whether the first airport or any
subsequent airport on the same flight):
(a) if the report is made by document—3 hours after the
aircraft’s arrival at the first airport; or
(b) if the report is made by computer—2 hours before the
aircraft’s arrival at the first airport.
Note: If item 118 in Schedule 3 to the Customs
Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act
2001 commences before, or at the same time as, item 4 of this Schedule,
this item does not commence at all. See item 17 of the table in subsection
2(1).
4 Subsection 64ACA(5)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(5) If the report relates to a ship, it must be given not later
than:
(a) the start of the prescribed period before its estimated time of
arrival; or
(b) if the journey is of a kind described in regulations made for the
purposes of this paragraph—the start of the shorter period before its
estimated time of arrival that is specified in those regulations.
(5A) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (5) may
prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or
application provisions) arising out of the making of regulations for those
purposes.
5 Paragraph 64(5)(b)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) not later than:
(i) the start of the prescribed period before its estimated time of
arrival; or
(ii) if the journey is of a kind described in regulations made for the
purposes of this subparagraph—the start of the shorter period specified in
those regulations before its estimated time of arrival.
6 Subsection 64(6)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(6) Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (5)(b) may
prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or
application provisions) arising out of the making of regulations for those
purposes.
7 Subsection 64AB(2)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(2) If the ship or aircraft is due to arrive at its first port or airport
in Australia since it last departed from a port or airport outside Australia,
each cargo reporter must report to Customs, in accordance with this section,
particulars of all goods:
(a) that the cargo reporter has arranged to be carried on the ship or
aircraft on the voyage or flight; and
(b) that are intended to be unloaded from the ship or aircraft at a port
or airport in Australia (whether the first port or airport or any subsequent
port or airport on the same voyage or flight); and
(c) that are not:
(i) accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger or member of
the crew; or
(ii) ship’s stores or aircraft’s stores.
8 Subparagraph 64AB(8)(a)(i)
Repeal the subparagraph, substitute:
(i) the start of the prescribed period; or
9 Subparagraph 64AB(8)(a)(ii)
Omit “such shorter period as is”, substitute “the start
of the shorter period that is”.
10 Paragraph 64AB(8)(a)
Omit “specified in the report under section 64 of the impending
arrival of the ship”, substitute “of the ship at the first port in
Australia since it last departed from a port outside Australia”.
11 Paragraph 64AB(8)(b)
Omit “arrival of the aircraft”, substitute “arrival of
the aircraft at the first airport in Australia since it last departed from an
airport outside Australia”.
12 After subsection 64AB(8)
Insert:
(8A) Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (8)(a) may
prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or
application provisions) arising out of the making of regulations for those
purposes.