Statutory Rules
1979 No. 277
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 19011
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 Customs Act 1901.
Dated this twentieth day of December 1979.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. V. GARLAND
Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs
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AMENDMENTS OF THE CUSTOMS REGULATIONS2
1 After regulation 166 of the Customs Regulations the following heading and regulations are inserted:
“SEARCH OF SUSPECTED PERSONS
“167. An order of a Magistrate under section 196 of the Act shall be in accordance with Form 58.
“168. A certificate of a medical practitioner for the purposes of sub-section 196B (4) of the Act shall be in accordance with Form 59.”.
2 The Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by inserting after Form 57B the following forms:
Sec. 196 FORM 58
Reg. 167
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS
ORDER THAT SUSPECTED PERSON BE SEARCHED
WHEREAS I [insert name of magistrate], a Magistrate, am satisfied, by information on oath given to me by [insert name of informant] that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that [insert name of suspected person] of [address] is unlawfully carrying, or has secreted about him, any goods subject to the control of the Customs, any prohibited imports or any prohibited exports:
NOW THEREFORE I, [insert name of magistrate], in pursuance of section 196 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby order that the said [insert name of suspected person] be searched.
Dated the day of 19
at o’clock in the noon.
[Signature of magistrate]
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Sec. 196B FORM 59
Reg. 168
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS
CERTIFICATE REALTING TO SEARCH OF SUSPECTED PERSON
I, [insert name of medical practitioner] of [address], medical practitioner, hereby certify, for the purpose of sub-section 196B(4) of the Customs Act 1901, that–
1. I did, on the day of 19 at o’clock in the noon, at [place], examine the body cavities of [insert name of suspected person] in the presence of [insert name, and designation or rank, of officer of customs or police present at the examination].
2. The results of the examination were [insert details of articles, if any, found in body cavities].
Dated the day of 19 .
[Signature of medical practitioner]
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1979.
2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 203 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 181 and see also Statutory Rules 1979 Nos. 181 and 275.