This Bill should be read
in conjunction with the Customs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 </
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Note: Item 10 of Schedule 1 of
the Customs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 inserts a new section 64ABB
in the
Customs Act 1901 (the Customs Act). Under proposed
section 64ABB a person will be liable to pay cargo report
processing charge where they communicate to the Australian Customs
Service (ACS) a documentary report that is, or is part of, a cargo
report which provides particulars of a consignment and identifies a
person having a beneficial interest in the goods in the
consignment.
Item 18 of Schedule 1 of the Customs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996
inserts a new section 71AA in the Customs Act. Under proposed
section 71AA a person will be liable to pay entry processing charge
where an import entry is, or is taken to have been, communicated to
the ACS under section 71A of the Customs Act.
Item 10 of Schedule 1 of the Customs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996
inserts a new section 64ABC in the Customs Act. Under proposed
section 64ABC a person will be liable to pay a screening charge
where they communicate to the ACS a report that:
- is, or is part of, a cargo report of goods intended to be, or
that have been, unloaded from an aircraft at a particular
airport;
- relates, in whole or part, to a consignment of goods that does
not require entry;
- provides particulars of the consignment; and
- identifies a person who has a beneficial interest in the goods
in the consignment.
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Rate of Cargo Report Processing Charge
Clause 5 sets the rate of cargo report
processing charge. The rate for a documentary report that is, or is
part of, a cargo report for:
- a ship is $2.60 for each line of the report or a prescribed
amount not exceeding $3.90 for each line; and
- an aircraft is $3.00 for each line of the report or a
prescribed amount not exceeding $4.50.
Rate of Entry Processing Charge
Clause 6 sets the rate of entry processing
charge. The rate in respect of a particular type of import entry is
based on a formula. This is the FR (the flat rate) plus the LR (the
line rate) multiplied by the number of relevant lines. Both the
flat and line rates for specified types of import entry set
operative and prescribed maximums.
Rate of Screening Charge
Clause 7 sets the rate of rate of screening
charge. The rate for a documentary or electronic report that is, or
is part of, a cargo report is:
- $2.40 for each line of the documentary or electronic report
that relates to a consignment of goods referred to in paragraph
68(1)(f) (ie. goods, other than prescribed goods included in a
consignment other than by post by one person to another,
transported to Australia in the same ship or aircraft, and having a
value not exceeding $250 or prescribed amount) or a prescribed
amount not exceeding $3.60.
Ian Ireland Ph. 06 277 2438
9 December 1996
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