Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 8

             (1)  In this Act:

                     (a)  a reference to the Collector, or to a Collector, is a reference to:

                              (i)  the CEO; or

                             (ii)  the Regional Director for a State or Territory; or

                            (iii)  any officer doing duty in the matter in relation to which the expression is used; and

                     (b)  a reference to the Regional Director, or to a Regional Director, for a State or Territory is a reference to the principal officer of Customs for that State or Territory.

             (2)  For the purposes of this Act, a State shall be taken to include:

                     (a)  in the case of a State other than the State of Queensland--that part of Australian waters that is within the area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 that refers to that State; and

                     (b)  in the case of the State of Queensland--that part of Australian waters that is within:

                              (i)  the area described in that Schedule to that Act that refers to the State of Queensland; or

                             (ii)  the Coral Sea area.

             (3)  For the purposes of this Act, the Northern Territory shall be taken to include that part of Australian waters that is within:

                     (a)  the area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 that refers to the Northern Territory; or

                     (b)  the area described in that Schedule to that Act that refers to the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands.