Customs Amendment (Merchant Fees) Regulation 2016

(F2016L01905)

12 December 2016

Customs Act 1901

1   Name

This is the Customs Amendment (Merchant Fees) Regulation 2016.

2   Commencement

 

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

      

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3   Authority

This instrument is made under the Customs Act 1901.

4   Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1   Amendments

Customs Regulation 2015

1   At the end of Division 5 of Part 17

Add:

150B Credit card surcharge

Liability

(1) A person is liable to pay a fee (the credit card surcharge ) if:

(a) in connection with the Act or a regulation made under the Act, the person makes a payment of all or some duty, tax, charge, fee (except credit card surcharge), security, penalty or amount specified in an infringement notice; and

(b) the payment is made by credit card.

(2) The amount of the credit card surcharge payable in respect of the payment is as follows:

(a) for a payment made by Visa or MasterCard credit card - 0.98% of the amount of the payment;

(b) for a payment made by American Express or Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) credit card - 1.4% of the amount of the payment;

(c) for a payment made by Diners Club International credit card - 1.99% of the amount of the payment.

(3) The credit card surcharge is payable when the payment is made.

Refund

(4) If an amount of the payment is refunded the Minister must refund the credit card surcharge in respect of that amount.

150C PayPal surcharge

Liability

(1) A person is liable to pay a fee (the PayPal surcharge ) if:

(a) in connection with the Act or a regulation made under the Act, the person makes a payment of all or some duty, tax, charge, fee (except PayPal surcharge), security, penalty or amount specified in an infringement notice; and

(b) the payment is made by the PayPal system.

(2) The amount of the PayPal surcharge payable in respect of the payment is 1% of the amount of the payment.

(3) The PayPal surcharge is payable when the payment is made.

Refund

(4) If an amount of the payment is refunded the Minister must refund the PayPal surcharge in respect of that amount.