CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 111 of 1990 - SECT 4 Interpretation

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 111 of 1990 - SECT 4

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting paragraph (a) of the definition of "Commercial quantity" in
subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
  "(a)   in relation to a narcotic substance that is named or described in
column 1 of Schedule VI - the quantity, if any, that is specified in column 3
of that Schedule opposite to the name or description of the substance; and";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (b) of that definition "prescribed" (first
        occurring);

   (c)  by omitting from the definition of "Narcotic substance" in subsection
        (1) "the name of which is specified" and substituting "that is named
        or described";

   (d)  by omitting paragraph (a) of the definition of "Trafficable quantity"
        in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
  "(a)   where the substance is named or described in column 1 of Schedule VI
- the quantity that is specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the
name or description of that substance; and";

   (e)  by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "Commercial
        document" and substituting the following definition: " `commercial
        document', in relation to goods, means a document prepared in the
        ordinary course of business for the purposes of a commercial
        transaction involving the goods or the carriage of the goods but does
        not include a record of any transmission to or from Customs, under the
        EXIT computer system, in respect of an export entry, submanifest (if
        any) or outward manifest in respect of the goods;";

   (f)  by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "Parts beyond the
        seas";

   (g)  by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "Prescribed narcotic
        substance";

   (h)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions: "
        `Applicable EXIT agreement', in relation to a registered EXIT user,
        means the EXIT agreement in force in respect of that user; `Authority
        to deal', in relation to goods the subject of an export entry, means
        an export entry advice, in a form specified under subsection 114C (1),
        authorising the goods to be dealt with in accordance with the entry;
        `EXIT agreement' means an agreement entered into between Customs and a
        registered EXIT user under subsection 122A (7); `EXIT computer system'
        means the computer facilities specified in each EXIT agreement for all
        computer communications relating to the exportation of goods; `Export
        entry' means a computer export entry or a documentary export entry
        within the meaning of section 114; `Export entry advice' means a
        communication, in respect of an export entry, that is made in the
        manner, and has the form, specified in regulations made for the
        purpose of subsection 114C (1); `Identifying code', in relation to a
        registered EXIT user, means the code allocated to the user under
        subsection 122A (8); `Registered EXIT user' means a person registered
        as such a user under section 122A;";

   (j)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition: " `Place
        outside Australia' does not include:

   (a)  a ship, or an area of waters, outside Australia; or

   (b)  an installation outside Australia; or

   (c)  a reef or an uninhabited island outside Australia;".