Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment (Off-shore Installations) Act 1982 No. 53 of 1982 - SECT 4

4. After section 4 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Certain off-shore installations to be part of Australia

''4AA. (1) For the purposes of this Act, 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 this Act, 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 this Act, 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

''4AB. (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 this Act, be deemed to have been exported
to Australia and 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 this Act, be deemed to have been
        exported to Australia and to have been imported into Australia at the
        time when the installation is brought to that place. Goods taken to
        installations

''4AC. Where goods are taken from parts beyond the seas on to an Australian
installation, the goods shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have
been exported to Australia and to have been imported into Australia upon being
taken on to the installation.''.