Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1928. No. 95.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1925.

(SeventhAmendment.)

I, THE DEPUTY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1925, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this sixth day of September 1928.

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of Customs Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203, as amended to this date.)

Regulation 9 of the Customs Regulations is amended by cancelling paragraphs (b) and (c) thereof and substituting the following:—

“(b) Where the number of carriages to be licensed exceeds ten, for each of ten such carriages in the sum of £50, and for each additional carriage in the sum of £25.

Provided that the maximum security in respect of any one licensee shall be £2,000.

(c) Where the number of lighters to be licensed does not exceed ten, for each lighter in the sum of £100; or

(d) Where the number of lighters to be licensed exceeds ten, for each of ten such lighters in the sum of £100, and for each additional lighter in the sum of £50.

Provided that the maximum security in respect of any one licensee shall be £2,000.”

1825.—Price 3d.

Regulation 165 is cancelled and the following substituted:—

“165. Before a licence is granted to any person, security shall be furnished in respect of that person to the satisfaction of the Collector, in accordance with Form 84 or 85 as the case requires. The amount of the security shall be as follows:—

(a) For each Customs Agent other than a Sub-Agent.........	£2,000
		(b)For each Sub-Agent if the security furnished is in respect also of the Head Agent of the Sub-Agent an additional amount of.........................................................................	£1,000
(c) As an alternative to (b) security may be furnished separately in respect of the Head Agent of the Sub-Agent and in respect of each Sub-Agent in an amount for each of......	£2,000”

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By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.