Customs Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 70.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1914.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1914 to come into operation forthwith.

Statutory Rules 1914, No. 101, made on the 16th day of July, 1914, being Provisional Regulation under the said Act, is hereby cancelled.

Dated this third day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

FRANK G. TUDOR,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.

Regulation 3 of the Customs Regulations (Statutory Rules 1913, No. 346) is hereby repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“Wharfs.—Security.

3. (1) The owner of any wharf, or any person having the control of a wharf, in respect of which security has not been furnished at the commencement of this Regulation must furnish security, for the protection of the revenue, in accordance with Form 1a.

(2) The security to be given in respect of a wharf shall be for such amount as the Collector of Customs for the State in which the wharf is situate deems necessary.

(3) In respect of wharfs in actual use at the commencement of this Regulation, such security must be furnished to the Customs within sixty days from the commencement of this Regulation.

(4) Any wharf-owner, or person having the control of a wharf, who fails to comply with the provisions of this Regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50, and such failure shall be good ground for the cancellation of the appointment of the wharf as a wharf within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901-1914.”

 

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