Customs Act 1901

PART VI - THE EXPORTATION OF GOODS  

Division 2 - Entry and clearance of goods for export  

Subdivision D - General  

SECTION 116   WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOODS ENTERED FOR EXPORT BY AN EXPORT DECLARATION ARE NOT DEALT WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXPORT ENTRY  

116(1)    
If:

(a) goods are entered for export by the making of an export declaration in respect of the goods; and

(b) none of the goods or some only of the goods have been exported in accordance with the entry at the end of a period of 30 days after the intended day of exportation notified in the entry;

the authority to deal with the goods in accordance with the entry, so far as it relates to goods not exported before the end of the period, is, at the end of the period, taken to have been revoked.

116(2)    

If an authority to deal with goods entered for export is taken, under subsection (1), to have been totally or partially revoked, the owner of the goods must, within 7 days after the end of the period referred to in that subsection:

(a) if the authority to deal was taken to be totally revoked - withdraw the entry relating to the goods; and

(b) if the authority to deal was taken to be partially revoked - amend the entry so that it relates only to the goods exported before the end of the period.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

116(3)    
An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.

116(4)    
If the owner of goods entered for export amends the original entry in accordance with paragraph (2)(b), the owner is, in accordance with subsection 119C(1) , taken to have withdrawn the original entry but this Act has effect as if:

(a) the amended entry had been communicated to the Department; and

(b) an authority to deal with the goods to which the amended entry relates in accordance with the amended entry had been granted under section 114C ;

on the day, or the respective days, on which the original entry was communicated and the original authority to deal was granted.