Customs Act 1901

PART VII - SHIPS' STORES AND AIRCRAFT'S STORES  

SECTION 129   SHIPS ' AND AIRCRAFT ' S STORES NOT TO BE TAKEN ON BOARD WITHOUT APPROVAL  

129(1)    
The master or owner of a ship or the pilot or owner of an aircraft may make application to a Collector for the approval of the Collector to take ship ' s stores or aircraft ' s stores on board the ship or aircraft and the Collector may grant to the master, pilot or owner of the ship or aircraft approval to take on board such ship ' s stores or such aircraft ' s stores as the Collector, having regard to the voyage or flight to be undertaken by the ship or aircraft and to the number of passengers and crew to be carried, determines.

Note:

See subsection (5) for application requirements.

129(2)    

Approval under the last preceding subsection may be granted subject to the condition that the person to whom the approval is granted complies with such requirements as are specified in the approval, being requirements that, in the opinion of the Collector, are necessary for the protection of the revenue or for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Customs Acts.

129(3)    

If, in relation to any goods, a person to whom an approval has been granted under subsection (1) fails to comply with a requirement specified in the approval -

(a) he or she commits an offence against this Act punishable, upon conviction, by a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units; and

(b) if he or she failed to comply with a requirement before the goods were placed on board the ship or aircraft - the removal of the goods for the purpose of placing the goods on board the ship or aircraft shall, for the purposes of paragraph 229(1)(g) , be deemed not to have been authorized by this Act.

129(3A)    

Subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

129(4)    
Ship ' s stores or aircraft ' s stores taken on board a ship or aircraft otherwise than in accordance with an approval granted under subsection (1) shall, notwithstanding that the goods are taken on board by authority of an entry under this Act, be deemed, for the purposes, to be prohibited exports.

129(5)    

An application under subsection (1) must:

(a) be in writing; and

(b) be in an approved form; and

(c) contain such information as the form requires; and

(d) be signed in the manner indicated in the form.

129(6)    

The Comptroller-General of Customs may approve different forms for applications to be made under subsection (1) in different circumstances, by different kinds of masters or owners of ships or pilots or owners of aircraft or in respect of different kinds of ships or aircraft.