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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 111 of 1990 - SECT 18 Requisites for obtaining Certificate of Clearance

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 111 of 1990 - SECT 18

Requisites for obtaining Certificate of Clearance
18. Section 119 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(a) the master or owner of the ship or the pilot or owner of the aircraft
must communicate to Customs, by document or by computer, an outward manifest
in respect of all goods other than goods prescribed for the purposes of
section 120; and"; and

   (b)  by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:

"(2) A documentary outward manifest must:

   (a)  be communicated to Customs by sending or giving it to an officer doing
        duty in respect of the clearance of ships or aircraft; and

   (b)  be in an approved form; and

   (c)  contain such information as is specified in the form; and

   (d)  be signed in the manner specified in the form.

"(2A) A computer outward manifest must:

   (a)  be transmitted by a registered EXIT user as, or on behalf of, the
        master or owner of the ship or the pilot or owner of the aircraft
        concerned; and

   (b)  be transmitted to Customs using the EXIT computer system; and

   (c)  communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement;
        and

   (d)  be signed by transmitting the registered EXIT user's identifying code.

"(2B) If, within 24 hours after an outward manifest was communicated to
Customs, a Certificate of Clearance has not been given to the master of the
ship or pilot of the aircraft concerned, the master or pilot may, at any time
within 14 days after the end of that period, apply to the Comptroller for a
Certificate of Clearance and the decision of the Comptroller on the
application is final and conclusive.".