Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1985 - SECT 3

                   In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"appoint" includes re-appoint.

"CEO" means the Chief Executive Officer of Customs.

"law of customs" means:

                     (a)  this Act; or

                     (b)  any other Act of which the CEO has the general administration; or

                     (c)  if the CEO has the general administration of a particular provision or provisions only of an Act--that provision or those provisions; or

                     (d)  if the CEO has the general administration of an Act, or of a particular provision or provisions of an Act, only in so far as that Act, or that provision or those provisions, relates or relate to a particular matter or matters--that Act, or that provision or those provisions, in so far as that Act, or that provision or those provisions, relates or relate to that matter or those matters; or

                     (e)  any instrument (including rules, regulations, by‑laws or determinations) under this Act, under an Act to which paragraph (b) applies, under a provision to which paragraph (c) applies or under an Act or provision referred to in paragraph (d) in so far as it relates to a matter so referred to.