Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1986 No. 3611

Customs Regulations2 (Amendment)

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

Dated 11 December 1986.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

John N. Button

Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce

 

Application to sort, bottle, pack or re-pack goods in a warehouse

1. Regulation 63 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “87” and substituting “92”.

Schedule 1

2. Schedule 1 to the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting Form 86 and substituting the following form:

FORM 86 Regulation 170

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS

SECURITY IN RESPECT OF SEIZED GOODS DELIVERED UNDER SECTION 208 OF THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901

By this security given pursuant to section 208 of the Customs Act 1901 the subscribers are bound to the Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of $ subject only to the condition that if, in respect of the goods described below—

(a) no prosecution is instituted in respect of an offence under the Customs Act 1901 that results in the conviction of any person for an offence that would have had the effect, if the goods had been retained, as a condemnation of the goods or any of them;

 

(S.R. 239/86)—Cat. No.  12/14.8.1986

 

(b) the subscribers, if required by a notice under paragraph 208a (3) (b) of the Customs Act 1901 to bring an action seeking a declaration that the goods are not forfeited, bring that action within 4 months of being served with the notice and obtain that declaration; and

(c) all duty payable in respect of the importation (or exportation) of the goods is paid,

this security shall be discharged.*

DESCRIPTION OF GOODS IN RESPECT OF WHICH SECURITY IS GIVEN

Dated 19 .

Names and descriptions of Signatures and addresses of subscribers   Signatures of subscribers  witnesses

The market value of the goods the subject of this security at the time of their delivery under sub-section 208 (1) or (2) of the Customs Act 1901 is, in my opinion, $

Person authorising delivery of the goods

*NOTE—If the liability of the subscribers is not to be joint and several, or if the liability of any subscriber is to be less than the full amount of the security, here state what the liability of the subscribers is to be —for example “The liability of the subscribers is joint only” or “The liability of (here specify subscriber) is limited to (here state amount of limit of liability or mode of ascertaining limit)”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1986.

2.Statutory Rules 1926 No. 203 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 77 and see also Statutory Rules 1986 Nos. 77, 91, 94, 144, 174, 175, 176, 215, and 248.

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