PART XI
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AGENTS AND CUSTOMS BROKERS
History
Pt XI heading substituted by No 142 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 3, item 3, effective 1 July 2000.
Division 3
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Licensing of customs brokers
History
Pt XI Div 3 heading substituted by No 142 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 3, item 17, effective 1 July 2000.
Item 131 of Sch 3 of No 142 of 1999, effective 1 July 2000, contains the following transitional provision:
Agents licences continue as broker's licences
(1) An agents licence that was in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule continues in force as a broker's licence as if it had been granted under the
Customs Act 1901
(as amended by this Schedule) immediately after the commencement of this Schedule.
(2) This item does not prevent:
(a)
the suspension or cancellation of such a licence; or
(b)
the alteration or endorsement of such a licence; or
(c)
the variation of an endorsement on such a licence.
SECTION 183CGA
COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF CUSTOMS MAY IMPOSE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO WHICH A BROKER
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S LICENCE IS SUBJECT
183CGA(1)
The Comptroller-General of Customs may, at any time, impose additional conditions to which the licence is subject if the Comptroller-General of Customs considers the conditions to be necessary or desirable:
(a)
for the protection of the revenue; or
(b)
for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Customs Acts; or
(c)
for any other purpose.
History
S 183CGA(1) amended by No 41 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 607, effective 1 July 2015. For saving and transitional provisions see note under the title of this Act.
183CGA(2)
If the Comptroller-General of Customs imposes conditions under subsection (1):
(a)
the Comptroller-General of Customs must, by written notice to the holder of the broker
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s licence, notify the holder of the conditions; and
(b)
the conditions cannot take effect before:
(i)
the end of 30 days after the giving of the notice; or
(ii)
if the Comptroller-General of Customs considers that it is necessary for the conditions to take effect earlier
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the end of a shorter period specified in the notice.
History
S 183CGA(2) amended by No 41 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 607, effective 1 July 2015. For saving and transitional provisions see note under the title of this Act.
History
S 183CGA inserted by No 52 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 132, applicable to a broker
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s licence whether it is granted or renewed before, on or after 28 November 2013.