Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 96

             (1)  Where any rent or charges in respect of warehoused goods has or have been in arrears for:

                     (a)  except where paragraph (b) applies--6 months; or

                     (b)  where the goods are the unclaimed baggage of a passenger or member of the crew of a ship or aircraft--30 days;

a Collector may sell the goods.

             (2)  In this section, member of the crew includes:

                     (a)  in relation to a ship--the master, a mate or an engineer of the ship; and

                     (b)  in relation to an aircraft--the pilot of the aircraft.