Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002 (82 of 2002)

Schedule 5   Reporting re-mail items

Part 1   Amendments commencing first

Customs Act 1901

1   Section 63A

Insert:

re-mail item , in relation to a ship or aircraft, means an item of cargo carried on the ship or aircraft, in respect of which all of the following apply:

(a) the item is packaged in an addressed envelope, of paper or other material, whose length plus width does not exceed 80 cm;

(b) the item consists only of paper;

(c) the item and packaging weigh no more than one kilogram;

(d) the item either has no commercial value or is a publication in respect of which the following apply:

(i) the publication is sent from overseas to the addressee as a subscriber to the publication;

(ii) the subscription is made by a direct dealing with the consignor by either the addressee or another person arranging a gift subscription for the addressee;

(iii) the value of the publication does not exceed $250 (or such other amount as is prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph 68(1)(f)(iii));

(iv) the total liability for import duty and other taxes related to the importation of the publication does not exceed $50 (or such other amount, not exceeding $75, as is prescribed for the purposes of this definition);

(e) the item is not mail;

(f) the item is not, or does not contain, goods covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of prohibited goods in subsection 4(1);

(g) there is no individual document of carriage for the item;

(h) the item was consigned on the ship or aircraft by the consignor, with other items that are covered by paragraphs (a) to (g) of this definition, to different consignees.