Australian Postal Corporation Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1) (Cth)

Australian Postal Corporation Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 76

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under theAustralian Postal Corporation Act 1989.

Dated 25 May 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

PETER McGAURAN

Minister for the Arts and the Centenary of Federation

Australian Postal Corporation Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 762

made under the

Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

   

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Australian Postal Corporation Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation Amendment (Criminal Sanctions and Other Measures) Act 2000.

3Amendment of Australian Postal Corporation Regulations 1996

Schedule 1 amends the Australian Postal Corporation Regulations 1996.

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Part 2Dealing with articles and their contents

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Division 1Articles that may contain drugs etc

3ARecord of articles — particulars of articles

 Particulars of an article mentioned in paragraph 90T (8) (a) of the Act that are to be set out in the record must include the following:

• (a)

  the name of the addressee on the article;

• (b)

  if the name of the sender appears on the article — the name of the sender;

• (c)

  the class of the article;

• (d)

  its country of origin.

3BRecord of articles — particulars of examination

 Particulars of the nature of the examination of an article and its contents mentioned in paragraph 90T (8) (b) of the Act that are to be set out in the record must include the following:

• (a)

  if any technology or tools are used to examine the article and its contents — details of the technology or tools used;

• (b)

  if the article or contents are referred to an agency other than the Australian Customs Service established under the Customs Administration Act 1985 — details of the referral;

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  if pilferage of, or damage to, the article or its contents is discovered on examination — details of the pilferage or damage.

3CRecord of articles — indication of how article is dealt with

 In accordance with paragraph 90T (8) (c) of the Act, the record must set out, for an article opened for examination by a Customs officer, whether the article and its contents were, following the examination, dealt with according to law or returned to the normal course of carriage.

3DRecord of articles — places where kept

 For subsection 90T (8) and paragraph 90T (9) (a) of the Act, the places at which the record is to be established and maintained are:

• (a)

  each International Mail Centre within the meaning given by section 77F of the Customs Act 1901; and

• (b)

  Qantas Mail Handling Unit, Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport.

3ERecord of articles — how kept

 For subsection 90T (8) and paragraph 90T (9) (b) of the Act, the record is to be kept:

• (a)

  electronically on a computer system; or

• (b)

  manually.

3FRecord of articles — use of information

 For subsection 90T (8) and paragraph 90T (9) (c) of the Act, information contained in the record can be used for:

• (a)

  the administration or enforcement of:

  • (i)

    a law of customs or excise within the meaning given by section 3 of the Customs Administration Act 1985; or

  • (ii)

    another law of the Commonwealth relating to the import or export of goods or anything else into or out of Australia; or

• (b)

  the collection of statistical data.

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Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1996 No. 72, as amended by 1998 No. 368 (as amended by 1999 No. 41).

2. Made by the Governor-General on 25 May 2000, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 May 2000.