Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 45

             (1)  All Customs securities may after the expiration of 3 years from the date thereof or from the time specified for the performance of the conditions thereof be cancelled by the CEO.

             (2)  A security taken in respect of any interim duty that may become payable on goods under section 8, 9, 10 or 11 of the Customs Tariff (Anti‑Dumping) Act 1975 , being a security taken before the publication by the Minister of a notice declaring that section to apply to those goods, shall be cancelled before the expiration of the prescribed period after the date the security is taken.

             (3)  In subsection (2), prescribed period means:

                     (a)  in relation to a security in respect of any interim duty that may be payable on goods under section 8 or 9 of the Customs Tariff (Anti‑Dumping) Act 1975 --a period of 6 months or such longer period (not being a period exceeding 9 months) as is requested by the exporter of the goods concerned; or

                     (b)  in any other case--a period of 4 months.

             (4)  Where:

                     (a)  a notice is published by the Minister declaring section 8, 9, 10 or 11 of the Customs Tariff (Anti‑Dumping) Act 1975 to apply to goods of a particular kind that may be imported into Australia;

                     (b)  goods of that kind are imported while that notice is in force; and

                     (c)  security is taken after the importation of those goods in relation to the interim duty that may be payable in respect of them;

subsection (2) does not apply in relation to that security.