Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

3A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 2

4............ Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ........................... 2

4AA...... Meaning of Customs ........................................................................... 2

4A......... Minister may give directions to CEO ................................................. 3

5............ Appointment of CEO ......................................................................... 3

6............ Tenure of office .................................................................................. 3

7............ Employment outside official duties .................................................... 3

8............ Remuneration and allowances ............................................................ 3

9............ Leave of absence ................................................................................. 4

10.......... Resignation ......................................................................................... 4

11.......... Disclosure of financial interests .......................................................... 4

12.......... Suspension and removal from office of CEO ..................................... 4

13.......... Acting CEO ........................................................................................ 5

14.......... Delegation ........................................................................................... 6

15.......... Staff .................................................................................................... 7

16.......... Prohibition of disclosure of certain information ................................. 7

16AA.... Conduct by directors, employees and agents ................................... 16

16A....... Information communicated to the CEO by the Commissioner of Taxation             17

17.......... Annual report ................................................................................... 17

18.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 18

Notes                                                                                                                                             19

 

 

Notes to the Customs Administration Act 1985

Note 1

The Customs Administration Act 1985 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 38, 1985 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 6 April 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent		Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Customs Administration Act 1985	38, 1985	29 May 1985	10 June 1985 (see Gazette 1985, No. S194)
Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1989	78, 1989	21 June 1989	S. 5(1)(c)-(g): 3 Mar 1989 Ss. 6, 8, 16 and 18: 19 July 1989 Remainder: Royal Assent		S. 12(2)
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1989	107, 1989	30 June 1989	Part 6 (ss. 29, 30): 24 Nov 1988 (see s. 2(2)) Remainder: Royal Assent		--
Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989	5, 1990	17 Jan 1990	Ss. 1-3 and 25: Royal Assent Ss. 4(1)(b), 16, 26(1)(b), (c) and 33 (in part): 1 July 1989 S. 15: 1 Aug 1989 Remainder: 1 Jan 1990		Ss. 2(2) and 34
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991	27 June 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988 Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) Remainder: Royal Assent		S. 31(2)
Customs Legislation Amendment Act 1992	209, 1992	22 Dec 1992	Ss. 4(a), 11, 12, 19, 20 and 22: 1 Sept 1992 Ss. 4(b), (c), 6-10, 13(2), 14, 15(d), 16, 17, 24, 25 and 27: 1 June 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN17) Ss. 5 and 23: 19 Jan 1993 S. 21: 18 Aug 1992 Remainder: Royal Assent		--
Imported Food Control Act 1992	221, 1992	24 Dec 1992	15 June 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN22)		--
Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995	85, 1995	1 July 1995	Ss. 7, 17 and 18: Royal Assent (a)		Ss. 17 and 18
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 2 (item 47): (b)		--
Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999	137, 1999	3 Nov 1999	Schedule 2: 23 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S142) (c)		--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 356-358): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (d)		--
Customs Legislation Amendment (Criminal Sanctions and Other Measures) Act 2000	23, 2000	3 Apr 2000	Schedules 1-3: 26 May 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S269) Remainder: Royal Assent		--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	24, 2001	6 Apr 2001	S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 22: (e)		S. 4(1) and (2) [see Table A]
Taxation Laws Amendment (Excise Arrangements) Act 2001	25, 2001	6 Apr 2001	Schedule 7 (items 1-8): 4 May 2001 (f)		--
Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001	95, 2001	20 July 2001	Schedule 3 (items 152-171): Royal Assent (g)		--
as amended by
Statute Law Revision Act 2002	63, 2002	3 July 2002	Schedule 2 (item 8): (ga)		--
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001		Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Border Security Legislation Amendment Act 2002	64, 2002	5 July 2002	Schedule 12: Royal Assent		--
Australian Crime Commission Establishment Act 2002	125, 2002	10 Dec 2002	Schedule 2 (items 39, 40, 226): 1 Jan 2003		Sch. 2 (item 226) [see Table A]
Anti‑Terrorism Act (No. 2) 2005	144, 2005	14 Dec 2005	Schedule 10 (item 30): Royal Assent		--
Customs Legislation Amendment (Name Change) Act 2009	33, 2009	22 May 2009	Schedule 1: 23 May 2009		--

 (a)    The Customs Administration Act 1985 was amended by the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)    The Customs Administration Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 47) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Each item in Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced (as the case requires) at the time specified in the note at the end of the item.

         Item 47 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of item 19 of Schedule 5 of the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995.

         Item 19 of Schedule 5 of the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995 commenced on 1 July 1995.

(c)     The Customs Administration Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 2 only of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   The items of Schedules 1 and 2 commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(d)     The Customs Administration Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 356-358) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(e)     The Customs Administration Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 22 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(a) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the later of the following times:

                              (a)   immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000;

         Item 15 commenced on 24 May 2001.

(f)      The Customs Administration Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 7 (items 1-8) only of the Taxation Laws Amendment (Excise Arrangements) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(b) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the earlier of:

                              (b)   28 days after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(g)     The Customs Administration Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 152-171) only of the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Sections 1 to 3, and items 82, 84, 109, 123 and 152 to 171 in Schedule 3, commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(ga)   The Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 8) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 2002, subsection 2(1) (item 37) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
37.  Schedule 2, item 8	Immediately after the time specified in the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 for the commencement of item 158 of Schedule 3 to that Act	20 July 2001

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted    am. = amended    rep. = repealed   rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title......................................	am. No. 33, 2009
S. 3......................................	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 25, 2001
S. 3A...................................	ad. No. 24, 2001
Heading to s. 4....................	am. No. 33, 2009
S. 4......................................	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 25, 2001; No. 33, 2009
S. 4AA................................	ad. No. 33, 2009
S. 4A...................................	ad. No. 85, 1995
	am. No. 33, 2009
Heading to s. 5....................	am. No. 85, 1995
S. 5......................................	am. No. 85, 1995
S. 6......................................	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 23, 2000; No. 159, 2001
Ss. 7, 8................................	am. No. 85, 1995
S. 9......................................	rs. No. 122, 1991
	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 146, 1999
Ss. 10, 11............................	am. No. 85, 1995
Heading to s. 12..................	am. No. 85, 1995
S. 12....................................	am. No. 122, 1991; No. 85, 1995
Heading to s. 13..................	am. No. 85, 1995
S. 13....................................	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 43, 1996
S. 14....................................	rs. No. 78, 1989
	am. No. 5, 1990; No. 85, 1995; No. 25, 2001
S. 15....................................	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 146, 1999
Heading to s. 16..................	rs. No. 95, 2001
Subheads. to s.16(4)-(6) ..	ad. No. 137, 1999
S. 16....................................	am. Nos. 209 and 221, 1992; No. 85, 1995; No. 137, 1999; Nos. 25 and 95, 2001; Nos. 64 and 125, 2002; No. 144, 2005; No. 33, 2009
S. 16AA..............................	ad. No. 137, 1999
	am. No. 24, 2001
Heading to s. 16A...............	am. No. 85, 1995
S. 16A.................................	ad. No. 107, 1989
	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 25, 2001
S. 17....................................	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 33, 2009

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 24, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001 (No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Australian Crime Commission Establishment Act 2002 (No. 125, 2002)

226  Transitional regulations

(1)        The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) arising out of the amendments made by this Schedule.

(2)        Despite subsection 48(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, regulations made under this item within 1 year after commencement of this item may commence on a day earlier than the day on which they are made, but not earlier than the commencement of this item.