Comptroller-General of Customs Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2015 (Cth)
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Comptroller‑General of Customs Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2015
Customs Act 1901
I, ROMAN QUAEDVLIEG, Comptroller‑General of Customs, under section 4A of the Customs Act 1901, approve the attached “SAC (SHORT FORM)” statement as an approved statement for the purposes of communicating electronically to the Department, a self‑assessed clearance declaration, where it is not communicated together with a cargo report, in accordance with subsection 71AAAF(1) of that Act.
This Instrument commences on 1 October 2015.
Dated: 18 September 2015
ROMAN QUAEDVLIEG
Comptroller‑General of Customs
SAC (SHORT FORM)
Approved Statement ‑ Customs Act 1901 subsection 71AAAF(1)
| Item No. | Short title | Information required |
| 1 | Are the goods prohibited or restricted imports or do you wish to refer these goods to the department for assessment of prohibited or restricted status? | Indicate whether the goods are prohibited or restricted imports or the person giving the declaration wishes to refer the goods to the Department for assessment of prohibited or restricted status. |
| 2 | Are the goods alcohol or tobacco products? | Indicate whether the goods are alcohol or tobacco products. |
| 3 | Do you wish to refer these goods to the department of agriculture? | Indicate whether the person giving the declaration wishes to refer the goods to the Department of Agriculture. |
| 4 | Referral Reason Description | If the person making the declaration has indicated that the goods should be referred to the Department and/or the Department of Agriculture ‑ the reason why he or she believes that the goods require further assessment. |
| 5 | Branch Identifier | The six character alphanumeric identifier allocated by the Department that further identifies a branch within the company or body making the declaration. |
| 6 | Communicator Reference | The reference allocated by the person giving the declaration and used by him or her to identify the declaration. |
| 7 | Owner Reference | The identifier assigned by the owner to identify (and distinguish from others) the declaration and all subsequent amendments to the declaration. |
| 8 | Communicator Contact Phone Number | The telephone number of the person to be contacted in relation to this declaration. |
| 9 | Owner ABN | The Australian Business Number (ABN) of the owner of the goods. |
| 10 | Owner CAC | The Client Activity Centre identifier (if any) issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to the owner. |
| 11 | Owner CCID | If the owner does not have an ABN or does not want to use it ‑ the identifier assigned by the Department to the owner. |
| 12 | Owner Name | The full name of the person who is the owner of the goods. |
| 13 | Owner Address | The address of the owner of the goods. |
| 14 | Delivery Name | The full name of the person, business or other entity to whom the goods are finally destined. |
| 15 | Delivery Address | The address identifying where the goods are finally destined. |
| 16 | Arrival Date | Date of arrival of the ship or aircraft at the Australian port or airport at which the goods subject of the declaration are to be, or were, discharged. |
| 17 | Goods Description | A description of the goods sufficient for the Department to ascertain the correct classification of the goods. |
| 18 | Discharge Port Code | The UN/LOCODE for the place where the first port or airport where goods will be, or were, unloaded is located. |
| 19 | Destination Port Code | The UN/LOCODE of the place in Australia where the goods were, or will be, unloaded. |
| 20 | Mode Of Transport | The code indicating the mode of transport of the goods: · Air · Sea |
| If the goods are to be, or were, imported by AIR – Items 21 to 22 are required. | ||
| 21 | Master Air Waybill Number | The master air waybill number relating to the goods. |
| 22 | House Air Waybill Number | The house air waybill number relating to the goods. |
| If the goods are to be, or were, imported by SEA ‑ Items 23 to 26 are required. | ||
| 23 | Voyage Number | The voyage number of the ship that is, or was, carrying the goods. |
| 24 | Vessel Identifier | The identifier of the ship that is, or was, carry the goods which is either:
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| 25 | Cargo Type | Indicate whether the goods are containerised, non-containerised or bulk: B/B Break Bulk |
| 26 | Container Number | The unique identifier assigned by the marine industry to the container the goods are packed in. |
| If the goods contain alcohol or tobacco Items 27 to 41 are required. | ||
| 27 | EFT Payment Indicator | Indicate whether the liability arising from the declaration is to be paid by electronic funds transfer. |
| 28 | Supplier Name | The full name of the company or individual that supplied the goods for export. |
| 29 | Origin Country Code | The code for the country in which the goods were made, produced, manufactured, or otherwise originated, other than for preferential purposes, being: (a) the ISO Country Code for that country; or (b) where there is no ISO Country code available for that country, another code for that country, as provided by the Department. |
| 30 | Valuation Date | The date of export of the goods from the place of export. |
| 31 | Header Amount ($AUD) Customs Value | The invoice value or the price paid for all goods covered by this declaration, in Australian dollars. |
| 32 | Header Amount ($AUD) Transport & Insurance | The total value of transport and/or insurance, if any, for the goods covered by this declaration, in Australian dollars. |
| 33 | Supplier Identifier | The alphanumeric code, as allocated by the Department that identifies the supplier of the goods. |
| 34 | Tariff Classification Number | The eight digit tariff classification, under which the goods are classified, as specified in Schedule 3 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995. |
| 35 | Statistical Code | A two digit number that identifies the goods against the classification or at a more detailed level. |
| 36 | Customs Value Amount ($AUD) | The invoice value or the price paid for the line of goods, in Australian dollars. |
| 37 | GST Exemption Code | If the goods are exempt from Goods and Services Tax ‑ indicate which exemption applies to the goods. |
| 38 | WET Exemption Code | If the goods are exempt from Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) ‑ the code indicating which exemption applies to the goods. |
| 39 | WET Quote Indicator | If the goods are wines and the owner has been approved for deferral ‑ indicate whether the payment of WET is being deferred. |
| 40 | Quantity | For each line of goods if the Combined Australian Customs Tariff Nomenclature and Statistical Classification requires the quantity of the goods to be provided ‑ the net quantity of the goods. |
| 41 | Quantity Unit | If a quantity is required under item 40 ‑ the unit of quantity. |
| 42 | Consignment Reference | The reference assigned by a cargo reporter that, in combination with the House Air Way Bill (HAWB) number, identifies cargo of a particular consignment. |
In this approved statement:
ISO Country Code, in relation to a country, means the code for that country as set out in ISO 3166‑1: 1997 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions ‑ Part 1: Country codes (as published by the International Organization for Standardization, and as in force when this instrument commences);
UN/LOCODE, in relation to a place, means the code that applies to the place as published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
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