Excise Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 196.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE EXCISE ACT 1901*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Excise Act 1901.

Dated this nineteenth day of October 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD.) Wal. Fife

Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs

AMENDMENTS OF THE EXCISE REGULATIONS 

1. Regulation 204 of the Excise Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

“ 204. (1) For the purposes of section 58 of the Act, a person entering goods (including ship’s stores and aircraft’s stores) for export shall furnish to a Collector the prescribed particulars of and in relation to the goods in accordance with a form approved by a Collector.

“ (2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), the prescribed particulars are—

(a) the name of the port, airport or Post Office at which the entry is lodged;

(b) the name and usual place of business of the owner of the goods;

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 October 1978.

  Statutory Rules 1925, No. 181 as amended by Statutory Rules 1926, No. 70; 1928, No. 131; 1929, Nos. 74, 92 and 97; 1930, No. 71; 1931, Nos. 25 and 43; 1932, Nos. 13, 51, 105 and 129; 1933, Nos. 37 and 103; 1934, Nos. 9, 65 and 76; 1936, Nos. 26, 56 and 99; 1939, Nos. 5, 39, 60, 121 and 169; 1940, Nos. 17 and 48; 1941, No. 313; 1942, Nos. 291, 335 and 387; 1943. Nos. 22 and 140; 1944, No. 173; 1945, No. 103; 1946, No. 89; 1947, Nos. 28 and 85; 1948, Nos. 36 and 95; 1949, No. 96; 1950, No. 16; 1951, Nos. 81 and 123; 1952, No. 97; 1953, No. 36; 1954, Nos. 22 and 109; 1955, Nos. 54 and 65; 1956, No. 128; 1958, Nos. 18 and 87; 1959, No. 76; 1960, Nos. 27 and 77; 1961 No. 61; 1962, Nos. 4, 46 and 108; 46 1963, No. 147; 1965, No. 195; 1966, Nos. 164 and 174; 1967, No. 172; 1969, Nos. 153, 187 and 205; 1970, Nos. 114 and 142; 1971, Nos. 60, 142 and 171; 1972, Nos. 92 and 209; 1973, No. 258; 1974, Nos. 199 and 207; and 1975, No. 162.

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(c) the name and usual place of business of the consignee;

(d) the name and branch of the bank in Australia at which payment for the goods under the contract of sale in pursuance of which the goods are to be exported has been or will be made;

(e) the manner in which, and terms under which, payment for the goods has been or will be made;

(f) the currency in which payment for the goods has been or will be made;

(g) the date on which payment has been or will be made;

(h) the manner of conveyance of the goods;

(j) where the goods are to be conveyed otherwise than through the Post Office—

(i) the name of the ship on which, or airline company by which, the goods are to be conveyed;

(ii) the name of the port and wharf, or airport, at which the goods are to be loaded onto the ship or aircraft;

(iii) the name of the port or airport at which the goods are expected to be discharged from the ship or aircraft; and

(iv) the identification number of the bill of lading or air waybill, as the case requires, relating to the goods;

(k) the date on which the goods are expected to leave Australia;

(l) the code specified in the Australian Export Commodity Classification relating to—

(i) the country of final destination of the goods; and

(ii) the name of the State or Territory in which the goods originated;

(m) the item specified in the Australian Export Commodity Classification that applies to the goods;

(n) any identifying marks, brands and numbers shown on the package (if any) in which the goods are to be exported and, in the case of goods that arc to be exported in a container, the identifying number of the container;

(o) the number and type of packages in which the goods are to be exported;

(p) a full description of the goods;

(q) the quantity of the goods;

(r) the gross mass of the goods in kilograms;

(s) the F.O.B. value of the goods, expressed in terms of Australian currency;

 

(t) in the case of goods sold to overseas buyers before export—the sale price according to the contract of sale, expressed in terms of Australian currency;

(u) in the case of goods other than goods referred to in paragraph (1)—the estimated value of the goods in the principal markets of the country to which the goods are being consigned, expressed in terms of Australian currency; and

(v) the name of the person making the entry and whether the person is the owner or his agent.

“ (3) A reference in sub-regulation (2) to the Australian Export Commodity Classification is a reference to the document known as the Australian Export Commodity Classification published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as in force on 1 July 1978.

“ (4) The prescribed particulars shall—

(a) be in writing and signed by the person furnishing them; and

(b) be accompanied by a declaration signed by that person that they are true in every material particular.”.

2. The Schedule to the Excise Regulations is amended by omitting Form 34.

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