Customs Act 1901
PART V
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WAREHOUSES
SECTION 96
ARREARS OF WAREHOUSE CHARGES
96(1)
[Period of arrears]
(a) except where paragraph (b) applies - 6 months; or
(b) where the goods are the unclaimed baggage of a passenger or member of the crew of a ship or aircraft - 30 days,
(a) in relation to a ship - the master, a mate or an engineer of the ship; and
(b) in relation to an aircraft - the pilot of the aircraft.
Where any rent or charges in respect of warehoused goods has or have been in arrears for -
(a) except where paragraph (b) applies - 6 months; or
(b) where the goods are the unclaimed baggage of a passenger or member of the crew of a ship or aircraft - 30 days,
a Collector may sell the goods.
96(2) [Goods may be sold]In this section, ``member of the crew'' includes -
(a) in relation to a ship - the master, a mate or an engineer of the ship; and
(b) in relation to an aircraft - the pilot of the aircraft.
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