House of Representatives

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash)

Notes on clauses

Clause 1 - Short title

11. This clause is a formal provision specifying the short title of the Bill, which, when enacted, is to be cited as the Customs Amendment (Australian Trusted Trader Programme) Act 2015.

Clause 2 - Commencement

12. This clause provides for the commencement of the Act, as set out in the commencement information table. Subclause 2(1) provides that each provision of this Act 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.

13. The first item of the table provides that sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not covered elsewhere by the table commence on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

14. The second item of the table provides that Schedule 1, Part 1 of the Act will commence as follows:

(a)

if this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 July 2015 - 1 July 2015;

(b)

if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 July 2015 - the day after the Act receives the Royal Assent.

15. The third item of the table provides that Schedule 1, Part 2 of the Act will commence as follows:

(a)

if this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 July 2015 - immediately after the commencement of section 54 of the Australian Border Force Act 2015; and

(b)

if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 July 2015 - the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

16. Subclause 2(2) provides that any information in column 3 of the table is not part of the Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

Clause 3 - Schedules

17. This clause provides that legislation specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed by items in the Schedule concerned. Any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.