Excise Regulations, 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 180

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REGULATION UNDER THE EXCISE ACT 1901.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulation under the Excise Act 1901 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eighth day of August, 1917.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. JENSEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of the Excise Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 345.)

The schedule accompanying the Excise Regulations 1913 is amended by the addition of the following form:—

Form 32.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Security to the Customs.

By this security the subscribers are, pursuant to the Excise Act 1901, bound to the Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of Five thousand pounds subject only to this condition that if—

(a)whenever and as often as any goods subject to the control of the Customs are received by the subscribers or permitted or suffered by the subscribers to come on to their premises or into their vehicles the subscribers shall keep all such goods in safe custody, and shall either—

(i) account for all such goods to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs for the State of ; or

(ii) pay to the said Collector on demand the duties payable in respect of any of such goods not accounted for to the satisfaction of the said Collector; and

(b) the subscribers shall not permit or suffer any goods subject to the control of the Customs to be removed from their premises until such goods shall have been either—

(i) duly entered for home consumption and all duty due thereon shall have been paid; or

(ii) duly entered for warehousing or for transhipment under and in accordance with the said Act; and

(c) whenever and as often as—

(i) A case or package under the control of the Customs is received by the subscribers or permitted or suffered by the subscribers to come on to their premises or into any of their vehicles; and

(ii) according to any invoice, bill of lading or other commercial document received by the importer thereof goods are contained in such case or package; and

(iii) special notice in writing that such case or package has been pillaged or tampered with is not given by the subscribers to the importer or his agent at the time when the case or package is received by the subscribers or comes on to their premises or into their vehicle; and

(iv) at or before the time when such case or package is delivered by the subscribers or removed from the subscribers’ premises or vehicle less goods are contained therein than according to the said invoice, bill of lading or other document should be contained therein;

the subscribers shall either—

(a) pay to the said Collector the duties which would have been, payable in respect of the deficient goods if such goods had in fact been contained in the case or package; or

(b) prove to the satisfaction of the said Collector that the deficient goods had not in fact been contained in the said case or package at the time when it was received by the subscribers or came on to their premises or into their vehicle;

Then this security shall be thereby discharged.

Dated at  the  day of  191 .

Names and Descriptions of Subscribers. Signatures of Subscribers. Signatures and Addresses of Witnesses.

Note.—If liability is not intended to be joint and several and for the full amount, state what is intended, as, for example, thus:—“The liability of the subscribers is joint only,” or “the liability of (mention subscriber) is limited (here state amount of limit or mode of ascertaining limit)”.— (T. & C. ’17/B.6262).

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