Customs Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2012
Information about the Inquiry
On 29 November 2012 the Senate referred the Customs Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2012 for inquiry and report.
The Bill proposes amendments to the Customs Act 1901, which are intended to improve regulation by:
- making it an offence to bring restricted goods into Australia without a permit;
- clarifying that self-powered ships and aircraft that are imported, or intended to be imported, are subject to the control of Customs and should be entered for home consumption;
- amending a number of valuation definitions to give effect to Australia's obligations under the World Trade Organisation Customs Valuation Agreement;
- enabling Customs officers to designate a customs controlled area for both passengers and crew, and enabling the Chief Executive Officer to designate a seaport as a customs controlled area;
- allowing the Chief Executive Officer to request further information from an applicant prior to granting a warehouse license;
- aligning the treatment of the timing of the reports of cargo reporters;
- repealing the 'accredited client program' provisions; and
- repealing the now expired moratorium period provisions for cargo reporting.
Submissions should be received by 31 January 2013. The reporting date is 13 March 2013.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3560 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5794 or by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia