Customs Act 1901 CEO Instrument of Approval No. 94 of 2005 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

CEO Instrument of Approval No. 94 of 2005

Customs Act 1901

I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and section 71K of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “Visual Examination Application (B637 JUN/05)” form as an approved form for the purposes of making, by document, an application for permission to examine goods in the presence of an officer of Customs.

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

Dated:  28 September 2005

LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD

Chief Executive Officer of Customs

Visual Examination Application
Section 71D and 71DK of the Customs Act 1901

 

 

NOTICE: The Privacy Act 1988 says we must tell you why we are collecting this information, how we will use it, and whether you have to give it to us. We require this information under the Customs Act 1901, so we can ensure that your goods are properly cleared for delivery into home consumption. The information you provide will be given to the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Taxation Office. If you are required to hold a permit to import these goods, the permit details will also be given to the relevant permit issuing agency.

Owner ID (ABN, CAC or CCID)		Broker Reference:
Owner Name:		Contact Phone:
Owner Reference:		Email:
First Arrival Port/Airport Code:		Fax:
*Ship:	Port of Loading:	Place of Examination:
*Aircraft:	Date of Arrival:	Date of Examination:

Number on Manifest Marks and Numbers Number of Packages Description of Packages and Goods

I declare that I am the *owner of the abovementioned goods or *the agent duly authorised by………………………………and that:
(tick appropriate box)

*Owner/Broker:

Signature……………………………………………………….

I do not have the information to complete the import declaration in respect of the goods and

q    I have the invoice for the goods but is does not contain enough information to complete the import declaration; or

q    I do not have the invoice for the goods and cannot get it immediately.

I give the owner set out above permission to examine the goods set out above on the day and at the place specified above in the presence of a Customs officer.

Officer of Customs:

Name:…………………………………………………………

Signature:…………………………………………………….

Declared before me this….. ………………..day of……………………………..20…………………

*Delete whichever is not applicable  

Note: Customs Officers will only grant approval to examine goods. They will not endorse any particulars obtained as a result of the examination. Section 68 of the Customs Act 1901 places the responsibility on the owner to enter imported goods.

B637 JUN/05