Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 58, 17 July 2014, p. 725.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 48—28 August 2014, p. 1341.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum  (EM), p. 2

[4]        EM, p. 2.

[5]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 (Tenth Report of the 44^th Parliament), p. 32.

[6]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2014, p. 17.

[7]        Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 1.

Chapter 2 - The proposed amendments

[1]        Section 34AA provides that, '[w]here an Act confers power to delegate a function, duty or power, then the power of delegation shall not be construed as being limited to delegating the function, duty or power to a specified person but shall be construed as including a power to delegate the function, duty or power to any person from time to time holding, occupying, or performing the duties of, a specified office or position, even if the office or position does not come into existence until after the delegation is given'.

[2]        EM, p. 8.

[3]        EM, p. 8.

[4]        EM, p. 8.

[5]        Customs Act 1901, section 186.

[6]        Customs Act, Part XIII, Division 1, Subdivision D.

[7]        Customs Act, sections 203T, 229.

[8]        Customs Act, section 42.

[9]        Customs Act 1901, subsection 58(1).

[10]      Customs Act 1901, subsection 58(2).

[11]      Submission 1, p. 1.

[12]      EM, p. 9.

[13]      See Customs Act 1901, sections 203B, 219L, 219M, 219ZJB and 219ZJC.

[14]      See Customs Act 1901, sections 197, 198, 203, 203B, 203C, 209 and 218A.

[15]      Submission 1, p. 2.

[16]      EM, p. 9.

[17]      EM, p. 9.

[18]      Submission 1, p. 2.

[19]      EM, p 11.

[20]      Customs Act 1901, s 130C.

[21]      EM, p. 12.

[22]      EM, p. 13.

[23]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[24]      EM, p. 14.

[25]      EM, p. 15.

[26]      EM, pp. 16-17.

Chapter 3 - Key issue

[1]        Customs Act 1901, section 186.

[2]        Customs Act, Part XIII, Division 1, Subdivision D.

[3]        Customs Act, sections 203T, 229.

[4]        Customs Act, section 42.

[5]        See, for example, Customs Act, Part XIII, Division 1, Subdivision G.