Customs Regulations 1922 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1926. No. 88

 

REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT

(Thirty-third Amendment.)

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

Dated this twenty-fifth day of June, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. E. PRATTEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of Customs Regulations 1922.

(Statutory Rules 1922, No. 24, as amended to this date.)

1.After regulation 41 of the Customs Regulation 1922 the following regulation is inserted:—

“Goods Entered under Departmental By-laws subject to Security.

41a.—(1) Where any goods are entered for home consumption “under security’ or ‘subject to security’ pursuant to a Departmental By-law made under any item of the Customs Tariff 1921-1924 or of that Tariff as subsequently amended, the person who entered the goods shall—

(a) at all times keep use deal with and dispose of the goods solely for the purpose stated in the entry and in accordance with the By-law; and

(b) keep and whenever so required by an officer produce for inspection accounts and records of the goods properly written up in such form and containing such particulars as the Collector requires; and

(c) whenever so required by an officer produce for inspection the goods and any articles in connexion with the manufacture of which the goods have been used or account for such goods or articles to the satisfaction of the Collector; and

C.8567.—Price 3d.

(d) produce to and to the satisfaction of the Collector within six months from the date of the entry or such further time as the Collector may in writing allow evidence that the goods have been used kept dealt with or disposed of in accordance with the terms of the By-law and the entry; and

(e) give security to the satisfaction of the Collector in Form 15a or 15b in such amount as the Collector requires.

Penalty—Twenty pounds.

(2) The goods shall continue to be subject to the control of the Customs until every obligation provision and condition contained in or imposed by the Act, the Regulations, the By-law, the entry and the security and applicable to the goods have been observed, performed and complied with to the satisfaction of the Collector.

(3) A security under this regulation may be given either in respect of the goods specified in a particular entry or generally in respect of all goods entered within a period to be specified in the Security.

(4) The Collector may release the goods or any portion of the goods and the owner thereof from the obligations imposed by this regulation, the By-law, the entry, and the security upon receipt of the full amount of duty which would have been payable on the importation of the goods or the portion of the goods if the goods or the portion of the goods had not been entered in accordance with the Tariff item pursuant to which the By-law was made.”

2.After Form 14 in the Schedule to the Customs Regulations the following forms are inserted:—

Form 15 a.

Regulation 41a.

Commonwealth of Australia.

SECURITY TO THE CUSTOMS.

By this Security the Subscribers are, pursuant to the Customs Act 1901-1925 bound to the Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of................................................subject only to this condition if every obligation provision and condition contained in or imposed by the said Act or any amendment thereof or any regulation thereunder or any Departmental By-law or the relevant entry and applicable to the goods specified hereunder is at all times duly observed performed and complied with to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs for the State of....................................................then this Security shall be thereby discharged.

Goods.

Entered by......................................................................................

Port.........................................................................

Ex ship....................................................................

Warrant and Date..................................................

Marks and Numbers.......................,.......................

Description of Goods. Weight or Quantity. Invoice Value and Origin.

Dated the..............................day of...........................19 .

 

Names and Descriptions of Subscribers. Signatures of Subscribers. Signatures of Witnesses.

Note.—If liability is not intended to be joint and several and for the full amount, here state what is intended, as for example thus:—“The liability of the subscribers is joint only,” or, “The liability of (mentioning subscriber) is limited to (here state amount of limit of liability or made of ascertaining limit).”

Form 15 B.

Regulation 41 a.

Commonwealth of Australia.

SECURITY TO THE CUSTOMS.

By this Security the Subscribers are, pursuant to the Customs Act 1901-1925 bound to the Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of.........................................subject only to this condition that if every obligation provision and condition contained in or imposed by the said Act or any amendment thereof or any regulation thereunder or any Departmental By-law or the relevant entry and applicable to the goods specified hereunder is at all times duly observed performed and complied with to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs for the State of...................................................................then this Security shall be thereby discharged.

Goods.

All goods entered at the Port of..........................................................................by or on behalf of..............................................................of...............................................................................................

during the period of twelve months from the date hereof “under security” or “subject to security” pursuant to a Departmental By-law made under any item of the Customs Tariff 1921-1924 or of that Tariff as subsequently amended.

Dated the.........................................day of..............................19........

Names and Descriptions of Subscribers. Signatures of Subscribers. Signatures of Witnesses.

Note.—If liability is not intended to be joint and several and for the full amount; here state what is intended, as for example, thus:—“The liability of the subscribers is joint only,” or, “The liability of (mentioning subscriber) is limited to (here state amount of limit of liability or mode of ascertaining limit).”

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