Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1985 - SECT 4

             (1)  The agency known immediately before the commencement of this subsection as the Australian Customs Service is continued in existence with the new name, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

             (2)  There shall be a Chief Executive Officer of Customs, who shall, under the Minister, control the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

             (3)  The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service consists of the CEO and the staff referred to in section 15.

             (4)  Where a person employed in the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, or a person not so employed who is authorized in writing by the CEO to perform a function or functions of a person employed in the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, performs a function or exercises a power under a law of customs, the person is, in the performance of that function or the exercise of that power, subject to the directions of the CEO.