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Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and
Other Measures) Bill 2008
- Schedule 1—Arrival report and report of stores and prohibited goods
- Schedule 2—Infringement notices
- Schedule 3—Cargo reports
- Schedule 4—Missing goods and goods delivered without authority
- Schedule 5—Boarding powers and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Schedule 6—Impending arrival reports for pleasure craft
- Schedule 7—Use of devices to stop or impede a ship
- Schedule 8—Power to request aircraft to land
- Schedule 9—Seizing unaccounted for goods and storing or taking custody of prohibited items
- Schedule 10—Powers of arrest
- Schedule 11—Warrants
- Schedule 12—Commonwealth property in Customs places
- Schedule 13—Power to moor
- Schedule 14—Facilitation of boarding
- Schedule 15—Entering places other than ports or airports
- Schedule 16—Right of access for patrols
- Schedule 17—Search and seizure warrants
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Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and
Other Measures) Bill 2008
2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and Other Measures) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Home Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to customs, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 3
Schedule 1—Arrival report and report of stores and prohibited goods 4
Customs Act 1901 4
Schedule 2—Infringement notices 5
Customs Act 1901 5
Schedule 3—Cargo reports 6
Customs Act 1901 6
Schedule 4—Missing goods and goods delivered without authority 7
Customs Act 1901 7
Schedule 5—Boarding powers and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 11
Customs Act 1901 11
Schedule 6—Impending arrival reports for pleasure craft 22
Part 1—Amendments 22
Customs Act 1901 22
Part 2—Application provision 24
Schedule 7—Use of devices to stop or impede a ship 25
Customs Act 1901 25
Schedule 8—Power to request aircraft to land 26
Customs Act 1901 26
Schedule 9—Seizing unaccounted for goods and storing or taking custody of prohibited items 27
Customs Act 1901 27
Schedule 10—Powers of arrest 30
Part 1—Amendments 30
Customs Act 1901 30
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 34
Part 2—Application provision 35
Schedule 11—Warrants 36
Customs Act 1901 36
Schedule 12—Commonwealth property in Customs places 37
Customs Act 1901 37
Schedule 13—Power to moor 38
Customs Act 1901 38
Schedule 14—Facilitation of boarding 39
Customs Act 1901 39
Schedule 15—Entering places other than ports or airports 40
Customs Act 1901 40
Schedule 16—Right of access for patrols 41
Customs Act 1901 41
Schedule 17—Search and seizure warrants 43
Customs Act 1901 43
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to customs, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and Other Measures) Act 2008 .
(1) 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.
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedules 1 and 2 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 3 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedule 4 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. |
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5. Schedules 5 to 11 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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6. Schedule 12, item 1 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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7. Schedule 12, item 2 |
Immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 5. |
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8. Schedules 13 and 14 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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9. Schedule 15 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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10. Schedules 16 and 17 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.