Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

CUSTOMS.

 

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.

 

Statutory Rules 1953, No. 102.(a)

 

1. Regulations 3, 5 and 7 of these Regulations shall come into operation on the thirty-first day of December, 1953.

2. Regulation 14 of the Customs Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(1a.) Where a carriage number-plate has been lost, the owner of the carriage for which the plate was issued shall immediately notify the Collector in writing of the loss of the plate.”.

3. Regulation 50 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (c) the figures “250” and inserting in their stead the figures “275”.

4. Regulation 54 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

5. Regulation 55 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1.) the figures “250” and inserting in their stead the figures “275”.

6. Regulation 56 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

7. Regulation 57 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1.) the figures “250” and inserting in their stead the figures “275”.

8. Regulation 58 of the Customs Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “licence-fee of £7 10s. and Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “licence-fee of Seven pounds ten shillings, and Eight shillings”.

9. Regulation 61 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

10. Regulation 76 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

(a) Made under the Customs Art 1901-1953 on 26th November, 1953; notified in the Gazette on 27th November, 1953.

 

11. Regulation 93 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (7.) the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

12. Regulation 111 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

13. Regulation 126 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (1.) and (2.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“126.—(1.) An application for a refund of duty under section 163 of the Act—

(a) in respect of duty paid on goods which have been damaged, pillaged, lost or destroyed; or

(b)in respect of duty paid through manifest error of fact on goods invoiced as part contents of packages but not received,

shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, be made not later than fourteen days after the delivery from the control of the Customs of the goods or of the packages in which the goods were originally packed or were assumed to have been packed.

“(2.) Where the Collector is satisfied—

(a) that the information necessary to verify an application of a kind referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation bad come into the possession of the Customs before the delivery from the control of the Customs of the goods or of the packages in which the goods were originally packed or were assumed to have been packed; or

(b)that, for some genuine and sufficient reason, an application of a kind referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation was not made within the time prescribed by that sub-regulation and the circumstances are such that it is equitable that that time should be extended,

the application may be made not later than twelve months after the date on which the duty was paid.

“(2a.) An application for a refund of duty under section 163 of the Act—

(a)in respect of duty paid through manifest error of fact in a case to which paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation does not apply;

(b)in respect of duty paid through patent misconception of the law;

(c) made in consequence of the making of a by-law; or

(d) made in consequence of an importer of goods receiving a reduction in or a refund, in whole or in part, of the price paid or to be paid for the goods,

 

shall be made not later than twelve months, or, where the Collector is satisfied that the information necessary to verify the application had to be obtained from a country outside Australia, not later than twenty-four months, after the date on which the duty was paid.”.

14. Regulation 147 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

15. Regulation 192 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight shillings”.

 

Customs (Prohibited Exports). See TRADE AND COMMERCE.

Customs (Prohibited Imports). See TRADE AND COMMERCE.

Dairy Produce. See PRIMARY PRODUCERS’ ASSISTANCE.

Deaths, Certification of. See DEFENCE (GENERAL).

Defence (Certification of Deaths). See DEFENCE (GENERAL).

Defence Force. See