Customs Act 1901

PART XVII - MISCELLANEOUS  

SECTION 273M  

273M   ENTRY AND TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION BY COMPUTER  

If this Act requires or permits information (including information in the form of particular words) to be entered into or transmitted by a computer (however described), the information may be entered into or transmitted by the computer in an encoded form chosen by:

(a)    except in relation to subsection 273L(2) - the Comptroller-General of Customs; or

(b)    in relation to subsection 273L(2) - the Home Affairs Secretary within the meaning of section 273L .