Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CUSTOMS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 209 of 1992 - SECT 7

7. Section 64AB of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (2) ", by document or by computer";
(b) by omitting from subsection (3) all the words after "must communicate" and
substituting:

"to Customs a report of the cargo that is intended to be unshipped at the
airport not later than:

   (a)  if that report is made by document - 3 hours after the arrival of the
        aircraft at the airport; or

   (b)  if that report is made by computer - 2 hours before the arrival of the
        aircraft at the airport.";

   (c)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

"(3A) A report under subsection (2) or (3) may be made by document or, in the
case of a report by an owner of a ship or aircraft who is a registered user,
by computer.";

   (d)  by omitting from paragraph (5)(a) "the prescribed computer system" and
        substituting "a cargo automation system";

   (e)  by omitting paragraph (5)(c) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(c) be signed by transmitting the identifying code of the person making the
report.";

   (f)  by omitting subsections (6) and (7) and substituting the following
        subsection:

"(6) Nothing in this section prevents the Comptroller-General from approving
different approved forms and different approved statements for the cargo
reports of different kinds of owner of a ship or aircraft.".