CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1998 NO. 8, 1998 CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1998 NO. 8, 1998 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Schedule(s) SCHEDULE 1--Miscellaneous amendments of customs and excise legislation SCHEDULE 2--Amendment of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 affecting the exercise of Customs' powers CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1998 No. 8, 1998 [Assented to 31 March 1998] - LONG TITLE An Act to amend legislation relating to Customs and Excise and the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1)1998 No. 8, 1998 - SECT 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1998 No. 8, 1998 - SECT 2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. (2) Items 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 1 August 1997, immediately after the commencement of item 11 of Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997. (3) Items 5 and 6 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 1 July 1995. (4) Item 10 of Schedule 1 commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of item 10 of Schedule 2 to the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997. (5) Item 11 of Schedule 1 commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 2 to the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1988 No. 8, 1998 - SECT 3 Schedule(s) Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1998 NO. 8, 1998 - SCHEDULE 1--Miscellaneous amendments of customs and excise legislation Customs Act 1901 1 Section 4 (definition of Australia) Repeal the definition, substitute: Australia does not include the external Territories. 2 Section 6 Repeal the section, substitute: CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1988 No. 8, 1998 - (2) Regulations may be made to extend the whole or a part of this Act (with or without modifications) to the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands. 3 Subsection 164(7) (note to paragraph (b) of the definition of mining operations) Repeal the note, substitute: Note: The meaning of paragraph (b) is affected by subsections (7A), (7B) and (7C). 4 Paragraph 164(9)(b) Omit "(7B), (7C) and (8)", substitute "(7B) and (7C)". 5 Subsection 209(3A) Omit "in lieu of seizing the goods under that section", substitute "instead of seizing the goods under a seizure warrant". 6 Subsection 229A(8) Omit "under section 203" (wherever occurring), substitute "under a seizure warrant". Customs Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997 7 Subsection 2(2) Omit "subsections (3) and (4)", substitute "subsection (3)". 8 Subsection 2(4) Repeal the subsection. 9 Item 12 of Schedule 1 Repeal the item. Excise Act 1901 10 Subsection 78AB(4) Omit "paragraph (5)(a)", substitute "subsection (5)". 11 Subdivision C of Division 1 of Part IX (heading) Repeal the heading. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1998 NO. 8, 1998 - SCHEDULE 2--Amendment of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 affecting the exercise of Customs' powers 1 Before subsection 90S(1) Insert: (1A) In this section: Australia does not include the external Territories. [Minister's second reading speech made in House of Representatives on 3 December 1997 Senate on 12 March 1998]