Border Protection Legislation Amendment Act 1999 (160 of 1999)

Schedule 2   Customs Act 1901

Part 1   Chasing, boarding etc. ships and aircraft

51   Transitional and saving provisions for this Part

 

(1) For the purposes of the definition of Commonwealth ship in subsection 4(1) of the Customs Act 1901, the ensign prescribed for a class of ships consisting of ships of a kind described in regulations in force for the purposes of section 59 of that Act immediately before the commencement of this Schedule is the ensign prescribed by those regulations for a ship of that kind.

      

(2) Subitem (1) ceases to have effect on the commencement of regulations made under the Customs Act 1901 prescribing ensigns for the purposes of the definition of Commonwealth ship in subsection 4(1) of that Act.

      

(3) For the purposes of the definition of Commonwealth aircraft in subsection 4(1) of the Customs Act 1901, the ensign and insignia prescribed for a class of aircraft consisting of aircraft of a kind described in regulations in force for the purposes of section 59 of that Act immediately before the commencement of this Schedule are the ensign and insignia prescribed by those regulations for an aircraft of that kind.

      

(4) Subitem (3) ceases to have effect on the commencement of regulations made under the Customs Act 1901 prescribing ensigns for the purposes of the definition of Commonwealth aircraft in subsection 4(1) of that Act.

      

(5) Despite the amendment made by this Part to subsection 185(4) of the Customs Act 1901, that subsection continues to apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this Part as if the amendment had not been made.