Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Regulation 2015 (90 of 2015)

Schedule 2   Amendments of other regulations

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

99   After regulation 7

Insert:

8 Transitional matters - amendments made by the Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Regulation 2015

(1) The amendment of regulation 5 made by the Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Regulation 2015 applies in relation to licences granted under regulation 5 before, on or after 1 July 2015.

(2) A direction given by the CEO under paragraph 5(9)(b) and in force immediately before 1 July 2015 continues in force on and after that day under that paragraph as if it had been given by the Comptroller-General of Customs.

(3) A requirement made by the CEO before 1 July 2015 as mentioned in paragraph 5(9)(e) that had not been complied with before that day is taken on and after that day to have been a requirement made by the Comptroller-General of Customs.

(4) An application under subitem 5.8 of Part 3 of Schedule 6 that is pending immediately before 1 July 2015 is taken on and after that day to be an application to the Comptroller-General of Customs.

(5) A certificate issued by the CEO under subitem 5.10 of Part 3 of Schedule 6 and in force immediately before 1 July 2015 continues in force on and after that day under that subitem as if it had been issued by the Comptroller-General of Customs.

(6) If before 1 July 2015 a person had informed the CEO of a change in the person's circumstances as mentioned in subitem 5.11 of Part 3 of Schedule 6, then on and after that day the person is taken to have informed the Comptroller-General of Customs of the change.