Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1905. No. 61.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901.

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 to come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1905.

Dated this 22nd day of September, One thousand nine hundred and five.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM JOHN LYNE.

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COASTING TRADE.

Vessels Trading from One State to Another State.

Regulation 148 of the Regulations under the Customs Act 1901 (Statutory Rules, 1904, No. 25), and Form 49 thereunder, are hereby repealed and the following Regulations, 148 and 148a, and Forms 49 and 49a substituted in lieu thereof:—

148. This Regulation and Regulation 148a shall, subject to Regulation 100, apply  only in relation to ships carrying goods from one State to another State:—

(a) The Master shall, if required by the Collector, give security in such sum as the Collector requires, to account to the satisfaction of the Collector for all goods under bond carried by his ship.

(b) Before his ship departs from any part, the Master shall make out, in duplicate, a Transire in accordance with Form 49, containing full particulars of all goods under bond shipped on his ship. If goods under bond are carried for more than one port, separate Transires must be made out in duplicate in respect of each port.

(c) The Transire, in duplicate, shall be presented to the Collector who, if satisfied that it is correct, shall sign one of the duplicates and return it to the Master, and shall retain the other.

(d) The Master’s duplicate of the Transire shall be carried on the ship in which the goods specified therein are carried.

(e) Despatch Notes required by Regulations 37 and 84 shall be placed in a cover addressed to the Collector at the port of destination of the goods specified in the Despatch Notes, and delivered to the Master to be carried on the ship in which the goods are shipped.

(f) Forthwith, after arrival at any port, the Master shall report his ship by delivering to the Collector the following documents relating to the goods to be landed at that port, viz.:—

1. The Transire in Form 49 of goods under bond;

2. The Despatch Notes;

3. A copy of the Ship’s Freight List;

4. A Transire in Form 49a, containing particulars of all goods not under bond.

If required by the Collector the Transires and the copy of the freight list shall be delivered to him in duplicate.

(g) Iffor any port there are no goods of the class required to be shown either on Form 49 or Form 49a, the Transires shall nevertheless be delivered in accordance with this regulation, and marked with the word “Nil.”

(h) In this Regulation goods under bond means goods ex warehouse, excisable, shipped under transit permit, or in course of transfer from one Commonwealth port to another for exportation under drawback.

148A. The Master shall discharge cargo at a port only, and, except by permission of the Collector, on the working days and during the hours prescribed under section 28 of the Customs Act 1901, and shall permit an officer to examine the cargo of his ship or any part of it.

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Form 49.

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS.

Transire Inwards/Outwards Goods Under Bond.

Port of   State of    Ship with a Crew of men, Master being a man, of tons net register.

For

From Agents

Marks.	Nos.	No. of Packages.	Description of Goods.	Country or State of Origin.	To be inserted by Customs.
					Ex-warehouse under transit permit, under drawback or excisable.	No. of Warrant.

Master.

Declared this day of  190

Customs House,  Collector.

FORM 49a.

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS.

Transire Inwards/Outwards Duty Paid or Free Goods.

Port of  State of  Ship with a Crew of men, Master being a man, of tons net register.

For

From Agents

Marks. Nos. No. of Packages. Description of Goods. Country or State of Origin.

Master.

Declared before me this day of 190 . Customs House,  Collector.

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REPEAL.

Statutory Rules, 1905, numbered 32, made as Provisional Regulations under the said Act, are hereby repealed.

 

By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.