Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 4501

 

Customs Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901,hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901.

Dated 17 December 1990.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Small Business

and Customs

 

1. Amendment

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

 

2. New regulations 177 and 178

2.1 After regulation 176, insert:

Places where internal search etc. may be carried out

“177. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 219z (3) (a) of the Act, a place that is:

(a) a hospital; or

(b) the surgery or other practising rooms of a medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of medical practitioners;

is a place where an internal search may be carried out.

“(2) For the purposes of paragraph 219z (5) (a) of the Act, a place that is:

(a) a hospital; or

(b) the surgery or other practising rooms of a medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of medical practitioners;

is a place where the recovery of an internally concealed substance or thing may be carried out.

Detention places

“178. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 219zb (1) (a) of the Act, a place that is a room in a place to which section 234aa of the Act applies is prescribed.

“(2) For the purposes of paragraph 219zb (1) (b) of the Act, the following standards are prescribed:

(a) persons inside the place are concealed from the view of persons outside;

(b) the place is secured against access by persons other than Officers of Customs, police officers and any person who, under subsection 219r (5) of the Act, is entitled to be present in the place;

(c) the place has reasonably comfortable ventilation and illumination.

“(3) For the purposes of paragraph 219zb (2) (a) of the Act, a place that is:

(a) a room in a place to which section 234aa of the Act applies; or

(b) a hospital; or

(c) the surgery or other practising rooms of a medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of medical practitioners;

is prescribed.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1990.

2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 203 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1990 No. 6 and see also