Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1995

No. 321 1

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Customs Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901.

Dated 30 October 1995.

 P. R. SINCLAIR

 Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. SCHACHT

Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction

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1.   Commencement

1.1 Regulations 3 and 5 commence on the day on which item 9 of Schedule 4 to the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995 commences.

1.2   Subregulation 12.3 commences on 3 November 1995.

1.3   Subregulation 12.4 commences on 3 November 1996.

[NOTE: The remainder of these Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Customs Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 19 (Working days and hours of business)

3.1   Subregulation 19 (1):

After item 9 of the table, insert:

“9A	(a) Receipt of applications under subsection 77D (1) and subsection 77E (1) of the Act (other than those to which paragraph 77E (2) (d) of the Act applies)	Every day, other than a national public holiday	(i) Monday to Friday: 8 am to 8 pm (ii) Saturday and Sunday: 8 am to 4 pm; according to the time in force in the Australian Capital Territory
(b) Receipt of applications under subsection 77E (1) of the Act to which paragraph 77E (2) (d) of the Act applies	Monday to Friday, other than a national public holiday	(i) Northern Territory—8.00 am to 4.21 pm (ii) places other than the Northern Territory—8.30 am to 4.51 pm”.

4.   Regulation 23 (Prescribed places for the reception or manufacture of goods for export)

4.1   Regulation 23:

Omit “paragraph 30 (d)”, substitute “paragraph 30 (1) (d)”.

4.2   Regulation 23:

Add at the end:

• “; (c)

  a place appointed under paragraph 17 (b) of the Act to be a place for the examination of goods on landing.”.

5.   New regulation 43A

5.1   After regulation 43, insert:

Declarations of contingency arrangements under subsection 77C (5) of the Act

“43A.

(1) For the purposes of subsection 77C (5) of the Act, the CEO must communicate a declaration to registered COMPILE users in either or both of the following ways:

• (a)

  by notifying the network provider that contingency arrangements have been declared to apply, and requesting the network provider to communicate the declaration to registered COMPILE users;

• (b)

  by communicating the declaration to registered COMPILE users.

“(2)

The CEO and the network provider may use any means of telecommunication to communicate the declaration to registered COMPILE users.

[NOTE:  The means used to communicate the declaration include telephone, facsimile transmission and computer.]

“(3)

In this regulation, ‘network provider’ means a person whom the Customs engages from time to time to provide electronic data interchange services to the Customs.”.

6.   Regulation 126 (Circumstances under which refunds, rebates and remissions are made)

6.1   Subparagraph 126 (1) (t) (i):

Omit “, or a reproduction of a passenger motor vehicle part,”

6.2   Subparagraph 126 (1) (t) (i):

Omit “or reproduction”.

6.3   Subparagraph 126 (1) (t) (ii):

Omit “16 August 1995”, substitute “15 August 1995”.

6.4   Subparagraph 126 (1) (t) (iii):

Omit “applied”, substitute “extended”.

6.5   Subregulation 126 (1):

Add at the end:

• “; (u)

  duty has been paid on goods:

  • (i)

    being a reproduction, manufactured at any time, of a passenger motor vehicle part that was manufactured at least 30 years before the reproduction was entered for home consumption; and

  • (ii)

    that were entered for home consumption in the period commencing on 18 October 1994 and ending at the end of 15 August 1995; and

  • (iii)

    to which a TCO the number of which is set out in Schedule 1A would have extended if the amendment of regulation 185 made by Statutory Rules 1994 No. 351 had not been made.”.

7.   Regulation 128A (Time for application for refund of duty)

7.1   Subregulation 128A (4C):

After “paragraph 126 (1) (t)”, insert “or (u)”.

8.   Regulation 128AB (Circumstances in which a fee is not payable under subsection 163 (1C) of the Act)

8.1   Regulation 128AB:

Omit “or (t)”, substitute “, (t) or (u)”.

9.   Regulation 180 (Determination of costs (subsection 269TAAD (4) of the Act))

9.1   Subregulation 180 (6):

Omit the subregulation.

10.   Regulation 181 (Determination of costs and profits (subsections 269TAAD (4), 269TAC (5B) and 269TAC (6) of the Act))

10.1   Paragraph 181 (1) (b):

Omit “purpose”, substitute “purposes”.

10.2   Subregulation 181 (1):

After paragraph 181 (1) (b), insert:

• “or (c)

  the normal value of goods for the purposes of subsection 269TAC (6) of the Act;”.

10.3   Subregulation 181 (2):

Omit “in the ordinary course of trade”.

10.4   Subregulation 181 (4):

Omit the subregulation.

10.5   Paragraph 181 (5) (a):

Omit “subregulation (4)”, substitute “subsection 269TAC (6) of the Act”.

11.   Regulation 185 (Restrictions on TCOs)

11.1   Omit “For the purposes of”, substitute “Subject to subregulation (2), and for the purposes of”.

11.2   Paragraph 185 (a):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

• “(a)

  in respect of which the general rate of customs duty specified in the Customs Tariff Act 1987 is 15%; or”.

11.3   Regulation 185:

Add at the end:

“(2)

The restriction in paragraph (1) (a) does not apply to the making or operation of a TCO in respect of:

• (a)

  a passenger motor vehicle part that was manufactured at least 30 years before the day on which the TCO comes into force; or

• (b)

  a reproduction, manufactured at any time, of a passenger motor vehicle part that was manufactured at least 30 years before the day on which the TCO comes into force.”.

12.   Schedule 2 (Goods in respect of which TCOs must not be made)

12.1   Item 1:

Omit from column 3 “Capers”.

12.2   Item 6:

Add at the end of column 3 of the item “Capers packed in salt”.

12.3   Item 39:

Omit the item, substitute:

“39 8704 Completely knocked down vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of more than 3.5 tonnes but not more than 7.5 tonnes Vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of more than 7.5 tonnes Rock buggies, dumpers, shuttle dumpers, tailgate dumpers and the like Motorised golf carts”.

12.4   Item 39:

Omit the item, substitute:

“39 8704 Vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of more than 3.5 tonnes Rock buggies, dumpers, shuttle dumpers, tailgate dumpers and the like Motorised golf carts”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 November 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 203 as amended by 1927 Nos. 17, 95 and 121; 1928 Nos. 47, 57, 74 and 95; 1929 Nos. 25, 56 and 127; 1930 Nos. 91, 138 and 140; 1931 Nos. 16, 42 and 90; 1932 No. 90; 1933 Nos. 21, 105, 106 and 129; 1934 Nos. 109 and 127; 1935 Nos. 1, 41, 69 and 113; 1936 Nos. 49 and 163; 1938 No. 111; 1939 No. 157; 1940 Nos. 203 and 256; 1946 Nos. 127 and 161; 1947 Nos. 29, 83, 94 and 152; 1948 No. 156; 1949 Nos. 34, 78, 95 and 111; 1950 No. 17; 1951 Nos. 34, 38, 71, 99, 106, 109 and 159; 1952 No. 96; 1953 No. 102; 1954 No. 21; 1955 Nos. 15, 32 and 66; 1956 Nos. 71, 83, 91 and 127; 1957 Nos. 57 and 76; 1958 No. 86; 1959 No. 106; 1960 Nos. 29 and 70; 1961 Nos. 60 and 144; 1962 Nos. 102 and 103; 1963 No. 149; 1964 No. 141; 1965 Nos. 86, 121 and 194; 1966 Nos. 15 and 173; 1967; Nos. 9 and 179; 1968 No. 68; 1969 Nos. 69, 77, 133, 152 and 186; 1970 Nos. 104, 113 and 170; 1971 Nos. 9, 59 and 170; 1972 No. 96; 1973 Nos. 155, 251, 257 and 268; 1974 Nos. 29 and 112; 1976 Nos. 261 and 262; 1977 Nos. 68, 137 and 188; 1978 Nos. 32, 147, 180 and 195; 1979 Nos. 181, 275 and 277; 1980 Nos. 109, 255, 372 and 377; 1981 Nos. 162, 265 and 382; 1982 Nos. 140, 255, 311, 335 and 404 and Act No. 108, 1982; Statutory Rules 1983 Nos. 92, 93, 327, 328, 329 and 330 and Act No. 101, 1983; Statutory Rules 1984 Nos. 13, 18, 137, 319 and 462; 1985 Nos. 12, 71, 76, 126, 306 and 308; 1986 Nos. 77, 91, 94, 144, 174, 175, 176, 215, 248, 361, 363, 367 and 368; 1987 Nos. 72, 102, 103, 124, 140, 162, 244, 297 and 316; 1988 Nos. 111, 179, 207, 260 and 270; 1989 Nos. 100, 101, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 243, 260 and 409; 1990 Nos. 6, 8, 123, 147, 148, 189, 217, 220, 222, 248, 274 and 450; 1991 Nos. 30, 109, 129, 139, 140, 228, 290, 316 and 384; 1992 Nos. 72, 175, 277 (as amended by 1992 No. 326), 328, 343, 344, 447 and 464; 1993 Nos. 66, 158 and 339; 1994 Nos. 53, 82, 183, 311, 312, 351, 366, 367, 391 and 435; 1995 Nos. 99, 136 and 244.