Customs Act 1901

PART XI - AGENTS AND CUSTOMS BROKERS  

Division 3 - Licensing of customs brokers  

SECTION 183CA   APPLICATION FOR LICENCE  

183CA(1)    

An application for a broker ' s licence shall -

(a) be in writing; and

(b) specify the place or places at which the applicant proposes to act as a customs broker; and

(c) where the application is made by a company or a partnership - specify the person or each person who, if the licence is granted, is to be its nominee; and

(ca) where the application is made by a natural person - specify the person or each person (if any) who, if the licence is granted, is to be a nominee of the applicant; and

(d) set out the name and address of each person whom the Comptroller-General of Customs is required to consider for the purposes of subparagraph 183CC(1)(a)(i) or paragraph 183CC(1)(b) or (c); and

(e) set out such particulars of the persons and matters that the Comptroller-General of Customs is required to consider for the purposes of subparagraph 183CC(1)(a)(ii) and section 183CD as will enable him or her adequately to consider those matters; and

(f) contains such other information as is prescribed; and

(g) be accompanied by the customs broker licence application charge.

183CA(2)    

Where a person makes an application, he or she shall not propose a person as his or her nominee at a place unless, at the time the application is made, that person is eligible, or intends to take all necessary action to ensure that, if a broker ' s licence is granted to the applicant, he or she will be eligible, to be a nominee of the applicant at that place.

183CA(3)    

A person shall not be proposed under paragraph (1)(c) unless he or she has consented, in writing, to the proposal.