Customs (Australian Trusted Trader Programme) Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Rule 2017 (Cth)

Customs (Australian Trusted Trader Programme) Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Rule 2017

I, Michael Outram, Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, make the following rule.

Dated 23 June 2017

Michael Outram

Acting Comptroller–General of Customs

1Name

This is the Customs (Australian Trusted Trader Programme) Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Rule 2017.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	1 July 2017.	1 July 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under section 179 of the Customs Act 1901.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Customs (Australian Trusted Trader Programme) Rule 2015

1

Subsection 6(1)

Omit:

“or varied under section 177 of the Act”

2

Subsection 14(1)

Omit:

“subparagraph 179(1)(b)(i)”

Substitute:

“paragraph 179(1)(b)”

3

Section 15

Repeal the section.

4

Section 16

Repeal the section.

5

Section 17 (Heading)

Omit:

Ongoing trusted trader benefits

Substitute:

Trusted trader benefits

6

Subsection 17(1)

Omit:

“that confers ongoing trusted trader status on the entity”

7

After subsection 17(1)

Insert:

Direct contact officer

(1A) The entity may receive direct contact with an Immigration and Border Protection worker, who may provide:

1. (a)

   liaison assistance with relevant Commonwealth agencies:

   1. (i)

      to resolve an issue the entity has in relation to the entity’s international supply chain; or

   2. (ii)

      to facilitate technical support in relation to an issue with Commonwealth systems the entity uses in relation to the entity’s international supply chain; and

2. (b)

   information in relation to compliance with Customs-related laws in the entity’s international supply chain.

Priority processing

(1B) The entity may receive priority processing for the following:

1. (a)

   a request for an advance ruling in relation to the tariff, valuation, or origin of imported goods, or any request for review by the Department of an advance ruling;

2. (b)

   a claim for a drawback of duty made in accordance with the condition in item 3 or 4 of the table in section 37 of the Customs (International Obligations) Regulation 2015;

3. (c)

   an application for a refund, rebate or remission of duty made in accordance with section 107 of the Customs Regulation 2015 or section 26 of the Customs (International Obligations) Regulation 2015.

8

Subsection 17(4)

Repeal the subsection.

9

Paragraph 18(8)(a)

Omit:

“, or a variation of the agreement”

10

Subsection 19(4)

Omit:

“16 or”

11

Subparagraph 23(b)(i)

Omit the subparagraph.