Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Act 2024 (79 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 2   Notice of decisions etc.

Customs Act 1901

46   At the end of section 82

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Kind of application

(7) An application under subsection (5) may be made by document or electronically.

(8) A documentary application must:

(a) be in writing; and

(b) be in an approved form; and

(c) contain such information as the form requires; and

(d) be accompanied by any documents required by the form; and

(e) be signed in the manner indicated in the form.

(9) An electronic application must:

(a) communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement; and

(b) be accompanied by any documents required by the approved statement.

Notification of decisions

(10) If the Comptroller-General of Customs, under subsection (5), varies the conditions to which the licence is subject, the Comptroller-General must give the holder of the licence a copy of the variation. The variation takes effect at the time the copy is given.

(11) If the Comptroller-General of Customs, under subsection (5), refuses to vary the conditions to which the licence is subject, the Comptroller-General must give the holder of the licence written notice of the refusal and of the reasons for the refusal.

Note: See section 102AA for the ways in which the notice may be given to the holder of the licence.