Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1967 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1967.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1967.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of December, 1967.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) KEN ANDERSON

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

Amendments of the Customs Regulations 

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1968.

2. Regulation 32 of the Customs Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “ a list of stores shall be furnished with Form 1 and shall be in accordance with Form 3.”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2.).

3. Regulation 106 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“ (1.) Ships’ stores—

(a) consisting of spirituous liquor or beverages (other than beer or wine) sold to a passenger or member of the crew otherwise than by the glass or nip;

(b) consisting of cigars sold to a passenger or to a member of the crew otherwise than by the individual packet, tin or box containing not more than 25 cigars;

(c) consisting of cigarettes sold to a passenger or to a member of the crew otherwise than by the individual packet containing not more than 25 cigarettes or the individual tin containing not more than 50 cigarettes; or

(d) consisting of other tobacco products sold to a passenger or to a member of the crew otherwise than in a quantity that does not exceed four ounces in weight,

are liable to duties of Customs.

“ (1a.) Ships’ stores consisting of spirituous liquor or beverages, including beer or wine, cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products sold to a person other than a passenger or a member of the crew are liable to duties of Customs.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1967.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Customs Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1967, No. 9, and see also Statutory Rules 1967, No. 9.

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“ (1b.) The master of a ship shall on arrival in Australia complete and sign in the presence of the Collector and deliver to the Collector at the first port of arrival a statement, verified by declaration, showing particulars of all narcotic drugs and restricted drugs forming part of the ship’s stores.

“ (1c.) The master of a ship shall, before the ship leaves its last port of departure in Australia, deliver to the Collector a statement, verified by declaration, made in the presence of the Collector setting out particulars of all narcotic drugs and restricted drugs shipped in Australia and the quantity consumed whilst in Australian waters.

“ (1d) The statements referred to in the last two preceding sub-regulations and the declaration referred to in sub-regulation (1b.) of this regulation may be in accordance with Part I. of Form 42a.

“ (1e.) The prescribed form for the purposes of section 130 of the Act is Part 11. of Form 42a.’.

The Schedule.

4. The Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting Form 3.

The Schedule.

5. The Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by inserting after Form 42 the following form:—

Form 42a

Sec. 130.

Reg. 106 (1e.).

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS

SHIPS STORES CONSUMED IN AUSTRALIA

Ship	From	Master
Principal Agent	Duty payable at
Arrived at the Port of	on the		day of	, 19   .

Part I.—Narcotic Drugs and Restricted Drugs

First Column	Second Column	Third Column	Fourth Column
Description of Drug	Quantity on board on arrival at first Australian port	Quantity shipped in Australia	Quantity consumed in Australian waters

Declaration to be made at port of arrival. I hereby declare that the particulars shown in the first and second columns of this Part are a true and accurate statement of all the narcotic drugs and restricted drugs on board my vessel.

Master

Declared before me this day of , 19  .

Collector

Part II.—List of Dutiable Goods

Description of goods Quantity consumed in Australian Ports

Declaration to be made at final Australian port. I hereby declare that—

(a) the particulars shown in the first and third columns of Part I, of this form are a true and accurate statement of all the narcotic drugs and restricted drugs shipped on board my vessel in Australia;

(b) the particulars shown in the first and fourth columns of Part I, of this form are a true and accurate statement of all the narcotic drugs and restricted drugs consumed on board my vessel in Australian waters; and

(c) the particulars shown in Part II, of this form are a true and accurate statement of all dutiable stores consumed on board my vessel in Australian ports.

Master

Declared at before me this day of , 19  .

Collector

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra