Customs Act 1901

PART V - WAREHOUSES  

SECTION 79   WAREHOUSE LICENCES  

79(1)    

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Subject to this Part, the Comptroller-General of Customs may grant a person or partnership a licence in writing, to be known as a warehouse licence, to warehouse goods at a place covered by the licence.

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S 79(1) amended by No 51 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 5, effective 1 July 2024. For application and transitional provisions, see note under the title of this Act.

S 79(1) amended by No 41 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 345, effective 1 July 2015. For saving and transitional provisions see note under the title of this Act.

S 79(1) amended by No 85 of 1995, s 11 and Sch 9.

79(2)    

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A warehouse licence may cover:

(a)    if the licence is an excise-equivalent warehouse licence - one or more places; or

(b)    otherwise - just one place.

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S 79(2) substituted by No 51 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 6, effective 1 July 2024. For application and transitional provisions, see note under the title of this Act.

79(3)    

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A warehouse licence may authorise, at a place covered by the licence, the warehousing of:

(a)    goods generally; or

(b)    goods included in one or more classes.

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S 79(3) substituted by No 51 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 6, effective 1 July 2024. For application and transitional provisions, see note under the title of this Act.

S 79(3) amended by No 76 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 item 11.

S 79(3) amended by No 5 of 1990, s 7.

79(4)    

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A warehouse licence may also authorise, at a place covered by the licence and in relation to all or particular classes of goods warehoused at the place, any of the following activities to be carried on:

(a)    blending;

(b)    packaging;

(c)    processing;

(d)    manufacturing excisable goods;

(e)    trading;

(f)    other activities specified in the licence.

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S 79(4) inserted by No 51 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 6, effective 1 July 2024. For application and transitional provisions, see note under the title of this Act.

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