Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CUSTOMS AMENDMENT ACT 1981 No. 64 of 1981 - SECT 9

9. Sections 39 and 40 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following
sections are substituted: Authority to deal with goods

"39. (1) Subject to this Act, where an entry in respect of goods has been
made, the Customs may give authority in accordance with the regulations for
those goods to be dealt with in accordance with that entry.



"(2) Authority under this section to deal with goods may be expressed to be
subject to the condition that authority for the goods to be dealt with is
given under the Quarantine Act 1908 or another law of the Commonwealth under
which authority to deal with goods may be required, and, for the purposes of
this Act, where authority under this section is expressed to be subject to
such a condition, it shall be deemed not to have been given unless and until
the authority, or each authority, referred to in the condition has been given.



"(3) Authority under this section to deal with goods in accordance with an
entry may be suspended in accordance with the regulations at any time before
the goods are dealt with in accordance with the entry. Goods to be dealt with
according to entry

"40. Where authority for goods to be dealt with in accordance with an entry
has been given under section 39, the owner of the goods shall forthwith deal
with the goods in accordance with the entry.

Penalty: $250.".