Customs Securities (Anti-Dumping) Amendment
Act 1982
No. 137 of 1982
An Act to amend the Customs Act 1901 and the Administrative
Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 in relation to certain Customs
securities, and for related purposes
[Assented to 23
December 1982]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and
the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Customs
Securities (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Act 1982.
Commencement
2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 24 November
1982.
PART II—AMENDMENT OF THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901
Principal Act
3. The Customs Act 19011
is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Right to require security
4. (1) Section 42 of the
Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (1a) the following sub-section:
“(1b)
The right of the Customs under sub-section (1) to require and take a security
includes the right to require and take securities in respect of any duty that
may be payable on goods under the Customs
Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975.”.
(2) The amendment of the Principal Act made by sub-section (1) shall not
be taken to imply that, before the commencement of this Act, the right of the
Customs under sub-section 42 (1) of the Principal Act to require and take a
security did not include the right to require and take securities in respect of
any duty that may be payable on goods under the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping)
Act 1975.
PART III—AMENDMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
(JUDICIAL REVIEW) ACT 1977
Principal Act
5. The Administrative Decisions
(Judicial Review) Act 19772 is in this Part referred to as the
Principal Act.
Schedule 1
6. (1) Schedule 1 to the
Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
“(p) decisions under section 42 of the Customs Act 1901 to require and take
securities in respect of duty that may be payable under the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975.”.
(2) The amendment made by sub-section (1) applies only in relation to
decisions made after the commencement of this Act.
NOTES
1. No. 6, 1901, as amended. For previous
amendments, see No. 21, 1906; Nos. 9 and 36, 1910; No. 19, 1914; No. 10, 1916;
No. 41, 1920; No. 19, 1922; No. 12, 1923; No. 22, 1925; No. 6, 1930; Nos. 7 and
45, 1934; No. 7, 1935; No. 85, 1936; No. 54, 1947; No. 45, 1949; Nos. 56 and
80, 1950; No. 56, 1951; No. 108, 1952; No. 47, 1953; No. 66, 1954; No. 37,
1957; No. 54, 1959; Nos. 42 and 111, 1960; No. 48, 1963; Nos. 29, 82 and 133,
1965; No. 28, 1966; No. 54, 1967; Nos. 14 and 104, 1968; Nos. 12 and 134, 1971;
No. 162, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); Nos. 28 and 120,
1974; Nos. 56, 77 and 107, 1975; Nos. 41, 91 and 174, 1976; No. 154, 1977; Nos.
36 and 183, 1978; Nos. 92, 116, 177 and 180, 1979; Nos. 13, 15 and 110, 1980;
Nos. 45, 64 (as amended by No. 51, 1982) and 67, 1981; and Nos. 48, 51 and 81,
1982.
2. No. 59, 1977, as amended. For previous
amendments, see No. 66, 1978; No. 111, 1980; and No. 140, 1982.