PART XI
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AGENTS AND CUSTOMS BROKERS
History
Pt XI heading substituted by No 142 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 3, item 3, effective 1 July 2000.
Division 3
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Licensing of customs brokers
History
Pt XI Div 3 heading substituted by No 142 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 3, item 17, effective 1 July 2000.
Item 131 of Sch 3 of No 142 of 1999, effective 1 July 2000, contains the following transitional provision:
Agents licences continue as broker's licences
(1) An agents licence that was in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule continues in force as a broker's licence as if it had been granted under the
Customs Act 1901
(as amended by this Schedule) immediately after the commencement of this Schedule.
(2) This item does not prevent:
(a)
the suspension or cancellation of such a licence; or
(b)
the alteration or endorsement of such a licence; or
(c)
the variation of an endorsement on such a licence.
SECTION 183CA
APPLICATION FOR LICENCE
183CA(1)
An application for a broker
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s licence may be made by document or electronically.
History
S 183CA(1) substituted by No 79 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21, applicable in relation to an application made on or after 5 March 2025.
183CA(1A)
A documentary application must:
(a)
be in writing; and
(b)
be in an approved form; and
(c)
contain such information as the form requires; and
(d)
be accompanied by any documents required by the form; and
(e)
be accompanied by the customs broker licence application charge.
History
S 183CA(1A) inserted by No 79 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21, applicable in relation to an application made on or after 5 March 2025.
183CA(1B)
An electronic application must:
(a)
communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement; and
(b)
be accompanied by any documents required by the approved statement; and
(c)
be accompanied by the customs broker licence application charge.
History
S 183CA(1B) inserted by No 79 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21, applicable in relation to an application made on or after 5 March 2025.
183CA(2)
Where a person makes an application, he or she must not, in the application, propose a person as his or her nominee at a place unless, at the time the application is made, that person is eligible, or intends to take all necessary action to ensure that, if a broker
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s licence is granted to the applicant, he or she will be eligible, to be a nominee of the applicant at that place.
History
S 183CA(2) amended by No 79 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 22, applicable in relation to an application made on or after 5 March 2025.
S 183CA(2) amended by No 8 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 5 items 80 to 82.
S 183CA(2) amended by No 142 of 1999.
183CA(3)
A person must not, in an application, be proposed as a nominee unless he or she has consented, in writing, to the proposal.
History
S 183CA(3) amended by No 79 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 23, applicable in relation to an application made on or after 5 March 2025.
S 183CA(3) amended by No 8 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 5 item 83.