EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1986 No. 144
Customs Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce
Section 114 of the Customs Act 1901 provides that goods that are intended for export are required to be entered for export unless, amongst other things, the goods are exempted from the requirements of this Section in the Regulations.
Paragraph 100(1)(c) of the Customs Regulations currently exempts from the requirements of Section 114 of the Act goods that are consigned through the Post Office by one person to another person, being a consignment the total value of which does not exceed $250.
So that meaningful statistical data for the purposes of national planning con be collected, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has requested that the pecuniary limit contained in paragraph 100(1)(c) of the Customs Regulations be raised to $500. The ABS has noted that the present limit has been in operation since 1977, and inflation since then has made the cut-off value too low.
The regulations amend Regulation 100 of the Customs Regulations, as follows:
Regulation 1 sets the date of commencement of these Regulations as 1 July 1986.
Regulation 2 raises the pecuniary limit in paragraph 100(1)(c) of the Customs Regulations from $250 to $500.