Customs Regulation 2015

PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION

SECTION 12 DAYS AND HOURS FOR PERFORMING FUNCTIONS

12(1)

For subsection 28(1) of the Act, officers are to be available to perform a function mentioned in an item in the following table, in the State or Territory, on the day, and during the hours, mentioned in the item.

Days and hours for performing functions
Item	Function	State or Territory	Days	Hours
1	Receiving electronic communications required or permitted to be made under Division 3 or 4 of Part IV of the Act.	Every State or Territory	Every day	All hours
2	Boarding or clearing aircraft at an international airport.	Every State or Territory	Every day	All hours
3	Attendance for the examination of:	Every State or Territory	Every day	All hours
	(a)	aircraft passengers ' baggage at an international airport; or
	(b)	ship passengers ' baggage at an appointed port or appointed wharf.
4	Receiving electronic communications sent to the Department or an officer of Customs in relation to:	Every State or Territory	Every day	All hours
	(a)	goods intended for export; or
	(b)	the departure of ships and aircraft.
5	Receiving applications under section 107 given to an officer of Customs manually.	Northern Territory	Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday	8.00 am to 4.30 pm
6	Receiving applications under section 107 given to an officer of Customs manually.	A State or Territory other than the Northern Territory	Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday	8.30 am to 5.00 pm
7	Any other function done at a Customs place for the purposes of the Customs Acts.	Northern Territory	Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday	8.00 am to 4.30 pm
8	Any other function done at a Customs place for the purposes of the Customs Acts.	A State or Territory other than the Northern Territory	Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday	8.30 am to 5.00 pm

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12(2)

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In this section:

Customs place
means:

(a) a place owned or occupied by the Commonwealth for use for the purposes of the Customs Acts; or

(b) a port, airport or wharf that is appointed, and the limits of which are fixed, under section 15 of the Act; or

(c) a boarding station that is appointed under section 15 of the Act; or

(d) a place described in a depot licence that is granted under section 77G of the Act; or

(e) a place described in a licence for warehousing goods that is granted under subsection 79(1) of the Act; or

(f) a place approved in an instrument under subsection 183UA(2) of the Act as a place for the examination of international mail.

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public holiday
, in relation to a function, means a day that is observed as a public holiday at the place where the function is to be performed.

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