EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1983 No. 329
Amendment of the Customs Regulations
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry and Commerce
The Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982, certain sections of which are proposed to be brought into operation concurrently with these amendments to the Customs Regulations, amends the Customs Act 1901 (‘the Act’) to, amongst other things, provide for the requiring of information and documents relating to entries made in respect of imported goods or goods propsed to be exported by the owner of the goods.
The proposed Regulations amend the Customs Regulations to -
(a) bring the regulations into line with the amendments to the Act by sub-section 6(1) and section 53 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982; and,
(b) provide, thereby, for the effective operation of those sections of the Act, as amended.
Details of the Regulations are set out below:
Regulation 1
Provides for 22 December 1983 as the date on which the Regulations came into operation.
Regulation 2
Provides that for the purposes of the Regulations a reference to the “Principal Regulations” means the Customs Regulations.
Regulation 3
Omits, in existing sub-regulations 25(1AA) and (1A), the references to “section 216” and substitutes a reference to “sub-section 38B(4)” as a consequence to amendments to the Act.
Regulation 4
Amends Schedule 1 to the Customs Regulations to -
(a) omit from Form 45AA the references “Section 42 and 216” and “section 216” and substitutes the references “sub-section 38B(4) and section 42” and “sub-section 38B(4)”, respectively; and
(b) omit from Form 45A the heading “Section 216” and substitutes the heading “sub-section 38B(4)”,
as a consequence of amendments to the Act.