CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 NO. 52, 1982 

CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 NO. 52, 1982 
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1.  Short title.  
2.  Commencement  
3.   

Customs Tariff Amendment (Off-shore Installations) Act 1982 No. 52 of 1982
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Short title.

                  An Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1966

                                (Assented to 16 June 1982)

Short title, &c.

  1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Amendment (Off-shore
Installations) Act 1982.
  (2) The Customs Tariff Act 1966*1* is in this Act referred to as the
Principal Act.

Customs Tariff Amendment (Off-shore Installations) Act 1982 No. 52 of 1982
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Commencement

  2. This Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into
operation, as the case requires, on the twenty-eighth day after the day on
which the Off-shore Installations (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 receives
the Royal Assent.

Customs Tariff Amendment (Off-shore Installations) Act 1982 No. 52 of 1982
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  3. After section 6 of the Principal Act the following sections are
inserted:
Certain installations to be part of Australia

  ''6AA. (1) For the purposes of the Customs Acts, where an overseas
installation becomes attached to the Australian seabed, the installation
shall, subject to sub-section (4), be deemed to be part of Australia.

  ''(2) For the purposes of the Customs Acts, an installation that, at the
commencement of this sub-section, is attached to the Australian seabed shall,
subject to sub-section (4), be deemed to be part of Australia.

  ''(3) For the purposes of this Act, an installation (other than an
installation that is deemed by sub-section (1) to be part of Australia) that
becomes attached to the Australian seabed shall, subject to sub-section (4),
be deemed to be part of Australia.

  ''(4) An installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of
the operation of this section shall, for the purposes of the Customs Acts,
cease to be part of Australia if-

         (a)  the installation is detached from the Australian seabed, or from
another installation that is attached to the Australian seabed, for the
purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian
waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia
before being taken outside those outer limits); or

         (b)  after having been detached from the Australian seabed otherwise
than for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a), the installation is moved
for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of
Australian waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place
in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits).
Installations and goods deemed to be imported

  ''6AB. (1) Where an overseas installation (not being an installation
referred to in sub-section (2)) becomes attached to the Australian seabed, the
installation and any goods on the installation at the time when it becomes so
attached shall, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, be deemed to have been
imported into Australia at the time when the installation becomes so
attached.

  ''(2) Where an overseas installation-

         (a)  is brought to a place in Australia; and

         (b)  is to be taken from that place into Australian waters for the
purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed,
       the installation and any goods on the installation at the time when it
is brought to that place shall, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, be
deemed to have been imported into Australia at the time when the installation
is brought to that place.
Goods taken to installations

  ''6AC. Where goods are taken from parts beyond the seas on to an Australian
installation, the goods shall, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, be deemed
to have been imported into Australia upon being taken on to the installation.
Export of off-shore installations

  ''6AD. (1) Where an installation ceases to be part of Australia, the
installation and any goods on the installation at the time when it ceases to
be part of Australia shall, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, be deemed to
have been exported from Australia.

  ''(2) Where an installation is taken from a place in Australia into
Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian
seabed, the installation and any goods on the installation shall not be taken,
for the purposes of the Customs Acts, to have been exported from Australia.
Export of goods from off-shore installations

  ''6AE. For the purposes of the Customs Acts, where goods are taken from an
Australian installation for the purpose of being taken to parts beyond the
seas, the goods shall be deemed to have been exported from Australia at the
time when they are so taken from the installation.''.

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NOTE

                                      NOTE
1.  No. 134, 1965, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 27 and 34,
1966; Nos. 7, 17, 68, 69 and 70, 1967; Nos. 39 and 83, 1968; Nos. 8 and 32,
1969; Nos. 36 and 82, 1970; Nos. 38, 107 and 109, 1971; Nos. 4, 18, 63, 135
and 136, 1972; Nos. 147 and 170, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20,
1974); Nos. 117 and 118, 1974; Nos. 40 and 203, 1976; No. 73, 1977; Nos. 2,
47, 101 and 185, 1978; Nos. 80, 84, 174 and 175, 1979; Nos. 105 and 172, 1980;
and No. 68, 1981.