EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1986 No. 175
Customs Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce
Section 71A of the Customs Act 1901 permits a Collector to approve the delivery for home consumption of prescribed goods without the need for a formal entry.
Regulation 42 (1) of the Customs Regulations currently restricts the monetary value of goods that may be imported into Australia without entry to $250.
The Australian Customs Service Collector’s Conference of October 1985 considered the question of raising the monetary value of total goods that may be imported into Australia without the need for a formal entry. It was decided that the monetary limit of goods entered through the Parcel Post System be raised from $250 to $1000, whilst the $250 limit for goods entered by air and sea freight should remain unchanged. The last increase in the value limit occurred in 1975.
The regulations amend Regulation 42 of the Customs Regulations by inserting a paragraph 42(1)(c), which classes goods consigned by post by the same person to one person in Australia with a value of less than $1000, as being goods able to be imported without entry, and amending sub-regulation 42(2) to provide that the ‘value of goods imported by post shall be ascertained by reference to the Customs value of the goods determined in accordance with Division 2 of Part VIII of the Customs Act 1901.