Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

 

STATUTORY RULES.

1951. No. 34.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1950.*

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 1901-1950.

Dated this eighteenth day of April, 1951.

W. J. McKELL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) NEIL O’SULLIVAN

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendments of the Customs Regulations. 

1. Regulation 108a of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“(a) stores of an Australian aircraft operating overseas;

 (b) stores of an aircraft of a country granting a reciprocal concession to Australian aircraft, to the extent of that concession; and”.

2.Regulation 190 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“190. The following shall be conditions of sale in the case of sales by the Collector:—

(a) The Collector shall reserve to himself the right to refuse the bid or tender of any person who has not satisfactorily complied with the conditions of previous sales.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1951.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, Nos 17, 95 and 121; 1928, Nos. 47, 57, 74 and 95; 1929, Nos. 25, 56 and 127; 1930, Nos. 91, 138 and 140; 1931, Nos. 16, 42 and 90; 1932, No. 90; 1933, Nos. 21, 105, 106 and 129; 1934, Nos. 109 and 127; 1935, Nos. 1, 41, 69 and 113; 1936, Nos. 49 and 163; 1938, No. 111; 1939, No. 157; 1940, Nos. 203 and 256; 1946, Nos. 127 and 161; 1947, Nos. 29, 83, 94 and 152; 1948, No. 156; 1949, Nos. 34, 78, 95 and 111; and 1950, No. 17.

706.—PRICE 3D. 9/20 2.1951.

 

(b)The highest bidder or tenderer shall be the purchaser but if any dispute arises as to the last or best bidder the lot in dispute shall be put up again and re-sold.

(c)If the purchase money is not paid in cash on the acceptance of the bid or tender the lot may be again offered but the person whose bid or tender was accepted shall be liable to pay to the Collector any loss sustained by reason of his failure so to pay the purchase money.

(d)The goods shall be sold with all faults and if there is any discrepancy between the quantity stated in the sale list and the actual quantity available for delivery the Collector shall not be bound to deliver more than the quantity available for delivery.

(e) The goods shall be removed from the warehouse within seven days after the sale and if they are not so removed the purchaser shall be liable for rent and charges thereon from the date of sale up to the date of removal at the rates prescribed in these Regulations in respect of goods warehoused in the King’s Warehouse.

(f) All goods remaining in the warehouse after the sale shall be at the purchaser’s risk and expense.

(g)If the goods are not removed within fourteen days after purchase, they may be again offered for sale by the Collector, and the original purchaser shall not be entitled to a refund of any moneys paid by him.”.

3. The Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from Form 6 the word “Wharf.”;

(b) by omitting Form 58 and inserting in its stead the following Form:—

Form 58.

Regulations 5 to 11,

13 to 18.

Australian Customs.

CARRIAGE LICENCE.

I,   , Collector of Customs for the State of  , hereby license the carriage (s) described in the Schedule hereto, which are owned [or hired] by  of  , for the carriage within the Commonwealth of goods subject to the control of the Customs, the licence to be subject to the provisions of the Customs Act 1901 as from time to time amended and the Regulations made under that Act, and 1 assign to the carriage (s) the licence number (s) shown in the Schedule.

Dated the day of 19 .

Collector of Customs.

THE SCHEDULE.

Horse-drawn Vehicles.

Motor Vehicles.
Make.	Engine No.	Chassis No.	Registration No.	Carriage Licence No.

(c) by inserting in Form 59 after the word “owner” the words “[or hirer]”; and

(d)by inserting in Form 60 after the word “owner” (first occurring) the words “[or hirer]”.

By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.