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CUSTOMS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE) ACT 2015 - SCHEDULE 6

Amendments of Acts referring to the CEO of Customs

 

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

1   Paragraph 117 - 5(1)(a)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

2   Transitional provision

A determination made by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs, before the commencement of this item, as mentioned in paragraph   117 - 5(1)(a) of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 , has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006

3   Section   5

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

4   Section   5 (definition of customs officer )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

"customs officer" means an officer of C ustoms within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 .

5   Section   5 ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of investigating officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

6   Paragraph 49(1)(e)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

7   Subsection   61(4)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

8   Paragraphs 122(1)(h) and (3)(h)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

9   Subparagraph 212(2)(a)(v)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

10   Saving and transitional provisions

(1)   A thing done by, or in relation to, a customs officer, being the Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been done by, or in relation to, a customs officer, being the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(2)   A notice given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection   49(1) of the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been given under that subsection by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(3)   An authorisation given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection   61(4) of the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been given under that subsection by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(4)   Despite the amendments of section   122 of the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 made by this Schedule, that section, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a person who was at any time before that commencement the Chief Executive Officer of Customs.

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

11   Subsection   4(1)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

12   Subsection   4(1) ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of eligible Commonwealth Board member )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

13   Paragraph 7B(2)(c)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

Australian Jobs Act 2013

14   Paragraph 107(1)(n)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (n)   the Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ;

15   Saving provision

Despite the amendment of section   107 of the Australian Jobs Act 2013 made by this Schedule, subsection   107(4) of that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a person who was at any time before that commencement the Chief Executive Officer of Customs.

Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

16   Paragraph 49(1)(u)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

17   Saving provision

Despite the amendment of section   49 of the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 made by this Schedule, subsection   49(4) of that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a person who was at any time before that commencement the Chief Executive Officer of Customs.

Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

18   Section   1A

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

19   Section   3 (definition of CEO )

Repeal the definition.

20   Section   3

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

21   Subsections   7(3), 10(3), 11(3), 13(3) and 15(1)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

22   Transitional provisions

(1)   A notice given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under paragraph   7(3)(a), 10(3)(a), 11(3)(a) or 13(3)(a) of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been given under that paragraph by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(2)   If an application made under subsection   15(1) of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 before the commencement of this item for review of a decision of the Chief Executive Officer of Customs had not been decided by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal before that commencement, then the application has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made under that subsection for review of a decision of the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Copyright Act 1968

23   Section   134B (definition of CEO )

Repeal the definition.

24   Section   134B

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

25   Subsections   135(2), (6) and (6A)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

26   Subsection   135(6A) (note)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

27   Subsection   135(7)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

28   Paragraph 135(8)(c)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

29   Subsections   135AA(1), (2) and (3)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

30   Section   135AB

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

31   Subsections   135AC(1), (2) and (8)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

32   Subsections   135AD(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

33   Subsection   135AE(1)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

34   Subsection   135AEA(1)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

35   Subsection   135AEB(2)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

36   Subsections   135AEC(1) and (2)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

37   Subsection   135AED(1)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

38   Paragraph 135AED(2)(b)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

39   Subsections   135AF(1), (2), (3) and (4)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

40   Paragraph 135AFA(a)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

41   Subsections   135AG(3), (5) and (6)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

42   Section   135AH

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

43   Paragraph 135AI(1)(b)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

44   Subsections   135AJ(1), (3) and (4)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

45   Paragraph 135AK(a)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

46   Paragraphs 195B(1)(ba), (c), (ca), (cb) and (d)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

47   Subsection   195B(3)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

48   Subsection   195B(8) (definition of CEO )

Repeal the definition.

49   Transitional provision

A thing done by, or in relation to, the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under Division   7 of Part   V, or under subsection   195B(3), of the Copyright Act 1968 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been done by, or in relation to, the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Crimes Act 1914

50   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

51   Section   15GC ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Secretary of that Department ".

52   Paragraph 15HG(5)(b)

Omit " a Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Customs or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position ", substitute " a person who holds or performs the duties of an SES Band 3 position, or an equivalent or higher position, in th at Department ".

53   Section   15J (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

15J   Secretary of Immigration and Border Protection Department to be notified of certain authorities

54   Subsection   15J(2)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

55   Subsection   15JE(1) (table item   3)

Repeal the item, substitute:

3

the integrity of a staff member of the Immigration and Border Protection Department

the Immigration and Border Protection Department

(a) the Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or

(b) an SES employee in the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

56   Subsection   15JS(5) ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Secretary of th at Department ".

57   Section   15K ( subparagraph   ( c)(ii) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Secretary of that Department ".

58   Subsection   15M(1) ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of chief officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Secretary of th at Department ".

59   Subsection   15MX(3) ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of senior officer )

Omit " a Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Customs, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in Customs ", substitute " a person who holds or performs the duties of an SES Band 3 position, or an equivalent or higher position, in th at Department ".

60   Saving and t ransitional provisions

(1)   A thing done by, or in relation to, the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under Part   IAB, IABA, IAC or IACA of the Crimes Act 1914 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commenc ement as if it had been done by , or in relation to, the Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

(2)   An application made by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs as mentioned in section   15KG of the Crimes Act 1914 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made by the Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

(3)   Sections   15KN, 15KO, 15KQ, 15KR and 15KS of the Crimes Act 1914 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continue to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a person who was the Chief Executive Officer of Customs , or an officer of Customs, at any time before that commencement.

(4)   A request made by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under subsection   15KX(2) of the Crimes Act 1914 before the commencement of this item and that had not been complied with before that commencement has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made under that subsection by the Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

Criminal Code Act 1995

61   Section   146.1 of the Criminal Code ( paragraph   ( d) of the definition of Commonwealth law enforcement officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Australian Border Force Commissioner (within the meaning of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 ) ".

62   Saving provision

Part   7.8 of the Criminal Code , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a thing done in relation to the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before that commencement.

Customs Securities (Penalties) Act 1981

63   Section   2A

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

Customs Tariff Act 1995

64   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

65   Subsection   9(2)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

66   Subsection   19(9)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

67   Subsection   19AB(11)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

68   Schedule   4 (table item   20 , column headed "Rate of duty" )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

69   Transitional provision

A determination made before the commencement of this item by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs as mentioned in item   20 of Schedule   4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Customs Undertakings (Penalties) Act 1981

70   Section   2A

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

Excise Act 1901

71   Subsection   61E(1) (definition of officer of Customs )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

"officer of Customs" has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901 .

Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

72   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

73   Subsection   3(1) (definition of customs officer )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

"customs officer" means an officer of C ustoms within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 .

74   Subsection   16(6) ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of investigating officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

75   Subsection   16(6) ( paragraph   ( d) of the definition of relevant authority )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

76   Transitional provision s

(1)   A thing done by, or in relation to, a customs officer, being the Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been done by, or in relation to, a customs officer, being the Comptroller - General of Customs.

(2)   A request made before the commencement of this item by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under subsection   16(4) of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 that had not been complied with before that commencement has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made under that subsection by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Fisheries Management Act 1991

77   Subsection   84C(1)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs ( CEO )", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

78   Subsection   84C(2)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

79   Paragraph 84C(3)(d)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

80   Subsection   84C(5)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

81   Transitional provision

A direction of the Chief Executive Officer of Customs as mentioned in subsection   84C(1) or paragraph   84 C (3)(d) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this item continues in force on and after that commencement as if it had been given by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012

82   Paragraph 11(b)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

83   Transitional provision

A notification given to the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in paragraph   11(b) of the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been given to the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

84   Subsection   5(1)

Insert:

"Australian Border Force Commissioner" has the same meaning as in the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

85   Subsection   5(1) ( paragraph   ( ba) of the definition of head )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (ba)   if the agency is the Immigration and Border Protection Department--the Secretary of th at Department; or

86   Subsection   5(1)

Insert:

"Immigration" and Border Protection Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

87   Subsection   5(1) ( paragraph   ( ba) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (ba)   the Immigration and Border Protection Department ; or

88   Subsection   10(2A)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Immigration and Border Protection Department staff members

  (2A)   The following are staff members of the Immigration and Border Protection Department for the purposes of this Act:

  (a)   the Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department ;

  (b)   the Australian Border Force Commissioner (including in his or her capacity as the Comptroller - General of Customs) ;

  (c)   an APS employee in the Immigration and Border Protection Department ;

  (d)   a person covered by paragraph   ( d) , (e) or (f) of the definition of officer of Customs in subsection   4(1) of the Customs Act 1901 ;

  (e)   a person covered by paragraph   ( f) or (g) of the definition of officer in subsection   5(1) of the Migration Act 1958 .

89   Paragraph 10(5)(ba)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (ba)   a person referred to in paragraph   ( 2A)(d) or (e) is a secondee to the Immigration and Border Protection Department ; and

90   Saving provisions

(1)   The Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to conduct engaged in before that commencement by a staff member of Customs.

(2)   Without limiting subitem   ( 1), if any process had begun, but had not concluded, under that Act before that commencement in relation to such conduct, then the process may be completed under that Act on and after that commencement.

( 3 )   For the purposes of the continued application of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 in relation to such conduct :

  (a)   the law enforcement agency concerned is taken, on and after that commencement, to be the Immigration and Border Protection Department ; and

  (b)   the head of that law enforcement agency is taken, on and after that commencement, to be the Secretary of that Department.

Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014

91   Section   9

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

92   Section   9 (definition of Customs CEO )

Repeal the definition.

93   Subsection   12(3)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

94   Section   15

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

95   Section   21 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

21   Notifying Secretary and Comptroller - General of Customs of changes to registers

96   Section   21

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

97   Section   22

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

98   Subsections   23(1) and (4)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

99   Section   25 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

25   Seizure of goods by Comptroller - General of Customs

100   Subsection   25(1) (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Comptroller - General of Customs must seize goods

101   Subsection   25(1)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

102   Subsection   25(2) (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

When Comptroller - General of Customs is not required to seize goods

103   Subsections   25(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

104   Subsections   26(1), (2) and (4)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

105   Subsections   27(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

106   Paragraph 28(a)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

107   Subsection   29(1)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

108   Subsection   30(2)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

109   Subsections   31(1), (2) and (3)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

110   Subsection   32(1)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

111   Paragraph 32(2)(b)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

112   Subsections   33(1), (2), (3) and (4)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

113   Subsection   33(4) (note)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

114   Subsection   34(4)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

115   Subsection   34(4) (note)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

116   Paragraph 34(5)(b)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

117   Paragraph 35(a)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

118   Paragraph 36(1)(b)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

119   Subsections   36(1) and (2) (notes)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

120   Section   37 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

37   Power of Comptroller - General of Customs to retain control of goods

121   Section   37

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

122   Subsections   38(1) and (3)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

123   Subsection   39(1)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

124   Paragraph 40(a)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

125   Section   41

Omit "The Custo ms CEO or an officer of Customs ", substitute "An officer of Customs".

126   Section   42 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

42   Notice to Comptroller - General of Customs of imports by official users

127   Subsections   42(1) and (2)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

128   Transitional provisions

(1)   A thing done by, or in relation to, the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under the Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been done by, or in relation to, the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(2)   A determination under section   41 of the Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this item continues in force on and after that commencement as if it were a determination made under that section as amended by this Schedule.

Maritime Powers Act 2013

129   Paragraph 114(3)(a)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) ".

130   Transitional provision

A waiver made by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in paragraph   114(3)(a) of the Maritime Powers Act 2013 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

131   Section   3

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs" , substitute "Comptroller - General of Customs" .

132   Subsection   4(1) (definition of CEO )

Repeal the definition.

133   Subsection   4(1)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

134   Section   6

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

135   Subsection   12(1)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

136   Subs ection   14A (1)

Omit "(1)".

137   Paragraph 14A(1)(d)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

138   Subsection   22(3)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

139   Subsection   24(2)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

140   Transitional provisions

(1)   A direction given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under section   12 of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been given under that section by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(2)   Directions given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection   22(3) of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 have effect on and after that commencement as if they had been given under that subsection by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(3)   An appointment made by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in subsection   24(2) of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been made by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

National Health Act 1953

141   Subsection   99ZH(1) (definition of CEO of Customs )

Repeal the definition.

142   Subsection   99ZH(1)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

143   Subsection   99ZN(1)

Omit "CEO of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

144   Paragraph 99ZN(2)(d)

Omit "CEO of Customs " , substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

145   Paragraph 99ZN(3)(b)

Omit "CEO of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

146   Subsections   99ZS(1) and (3)

Omit "CEO of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

147   Transitional provisions

(1)   A place specified by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in subsection   99ZN(1) or paragraph   99ZN(2)(d) or (3)(b) of the National Health Act 1953 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been specified by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(2)   Guidelines issued by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under section   99ZS of the National Health Act 1953 and that were in force immediately before that commencement continue in force on and after that commencement as if they had been issued under that section by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

148   Section   49 (definition of CEO )

Repeal the definition.

149   Section   49

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

150   Section   50

Omit "The CEO or an officer of Customs", substitute "An officer of Customs".

151   Subsections   52(1) and (4)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

152   Section   54 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

54   Comptroller - General of Customs may seize goods

153   Subsections   54(2), (3) and (4)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

154   Subsections   55(1), (2), (4) and (5)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

155   Subsections   56(1) and (2)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

156   Subsections   57(1), (2) and (3)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

157   Subsection   57(3) (note)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

158   Paragraph 58(2)(b)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

159   Subsections   58(5) and (6)

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

160   Section   59

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

161   Section   60 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

60   Power of Comptroller - General of Customs to retain control of goods

162   Section   60

Omit "CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

163   Section   61

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

164   Paragraph 62(a)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

165   Transitional provisions

(1)   A thing done by, or in relation to, the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under Division   2 of Part   3.4 of the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been done by, or in relation to, the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(2)   A determination under section   50 of the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this item continues in force on and after that commencement as if it were a determination made under that section as amended by this Schedule.

Passenger Movement Charge Collection Act 1978

166   Section   3 ( paragraph   ( b) of the definition of authorised officer )

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

167   Section   3

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

168   Subsection   7(2)

Omit "(2)".

169   Subsection   7(2)

Omit "authorized officer" (wherever occurring), substitute "authorised officer".

170   Subsection   8(1)

Omit "subsection   7(2)", substitute "section   7".

171   Subsections   8(3) and (4)

Omit "authorized officer", substitute "authorised officer".

172   Subsection   9(2)

Omit "authorized officer", substitute "authorised officer".

173   Subsections   11(1) and (2)

Omit "authorized officers", substitute "authorised officers".

174   Transitional provision

An authorisation given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in paragraph   ( b) of the definition of authorised officer in section   3 of the Passenger Movement Charge Collection Act 1978 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been given by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

175   Paragraph 213(3)(g)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " * Comptroller - General of Customs ".

176   At the end of section   223

Add:

  (5)   For the purposes of paragraph   ( 4)(a), the head of the * enforcement agency, that is the * Immigration and Border Protection Department, is the * Comptroller - General of Customs.

177   At the end of section   254

Add:

  (3)   For the purposes of this section, the head of the * enforcement agency, that is the * Immigration and Border Protection Department, is the * Comptroller - General of Customs.

178   Section   338 ( paragraph   ( c) of the definition of authorised officer )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (c)   a person who is an APS employee in the * Immigration and Border Protection Department and who is authorised by the * Comptroller - General of Customs; or

179   Section   338

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

180   Section   338

Insert:

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

181   Transitional provision s

(1)   A notice mentioned in paragraph   15Q(2)(b) or subsection   15R(2) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 that was given to Customs before the commencement of this item is taken on and after that commencement to have been given to the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

(2)   If:

  (a)   a freezing order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is made before, on or after the commencement of this item; and

  (b)   the order is made because of an application made by an authorised officer described in paragraph   ( c) of the definition of authorised officer in section   338 of that Act, as in force immediately before that commencement;

then, for the purposes of the application of paragraph   15Q(2)(b) or subsection   15R(2) of that Act in relation to that order on and after that commencement, the enforcement agency is taken to be the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

(3)   An application referred to in subsection   202(3) , 219(4) or 225(3) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 that was made before the commencement of this item by an authorised officer described in paragraph   ( c) of the definition of authorised officer in section   338 of that Act and that was pending immediately before that commencement is taken on and after that commencement to be an application made by an authorised officer described in paragraph   ( c) of that definition (as amended by this Schedule ).

(4)   A notice given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection   213(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is taken on and after that commencement to have been given under that subsection by the Comptroller - General of Customs.

( 5 )   A monitoring order in force immediately before the commencement of this item that, under paragraph   220(1)(d) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 , specifies Customs as the enforcement agency is taken on and after commencement , under that paragraph, to specify the Immigration and Border Protection Department as the enforcement agency.

(6)   If, immediately before the commencement of this item, the head of Customs was the responsible custodian of a thing under section   254 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 , then on and after that commencement the Comptroller - General of Customs is taken to be the responsible custodian of that thing.

Psychotropic Substances Act 1976

182   Section   2A

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

183   Section   3

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

184   Subsection   9(3)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

185   Transitional provision

Directions given by the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection   9(3) of the Psychotropic Substances Act 1976 have effect on and after that commencement as if they had been given under that subsection by the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Taxation Administration Act 1953

186   Subsection   355 - 65(8) in Schedule   1 (table item   2)

Repeal the item, substitute:

2

the Comptroller - General of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )

is for the purpose of administering any Act to the extent to which the Comptroller - General of Customs has the general administration of the Act or any instrument under such an Act .

187   Application and t ransitional provision s

(1)   The amendment of subsection   355 - 65(8) in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 made by this Schedule applies in relation to records and disclosures of information made on or after the commencement of this item (whether the information was acquired before, on or after that commencement).

(2)   A record or disclosure made before the commencement of this item that was covered by item   2 of the table in subsection   355 - 65(8) in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 is taken on and after that commencement to have been a record or disclosure covered by that item as repealed and substituted by this Schedule.

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

188   Paragraph 68(o)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department ".

189   Transitional provision

Information communicated to the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in paragraph   68(o) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 is taken on and after that commencement to have been information communicated to the Secretary of the Immigration and Border Protection Department .

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

190   Subsection   3(1)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

191   Paragraph 14B(b)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

192   Paragraph 19B(7)(b)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

193   Paragraph 19D(5)(b)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

194   Paragraph 41MD(b)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

195   Paragraph 41MJ(b)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

196   Subsections   42F(1) and (2)

Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

197   Transitional provision

A notification given to the Chief Executive Officer of Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in paragraph   14B(b), 19B(7)(b), 19D(5)(b), 41MD(b) or 41MJ(b) or subsection   42F(1) or (2) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been given to the Comptroller - General of Customs .

Trade Marks Act 1995

198   Readers guide (list of terms defined in section   6)

Insert "Comptroller - General of Customs".

199   Readers guide (list of terms defined in section   6)

Omit "Customs CEO".

200   Subsection   6(1)

Insert:

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

201   Subsection   6(1) (definition of Customs CEO )

Repeal the definition.

202   Subparagraph 26(1)(d)(i)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

203   Paragraph 84C(2)(b)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

204   Section   131

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute "Comptroller - General of Customs".

205   Subsections   132(1), (3), (4) and (5)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

206   Section   133 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

133   Comptroller - General of Customs may seize goods infringing trade mark

207   Subsections   133(2), (3), (3A), (3B) and (4)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

208   Section   133A

Omit "The Custo ms CEO or an officer of Customs ", su bstitute "An officer of Customs ".

209   Subsection   134(1)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

210   Subparagraph 134(2)(b)(ii)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

211   Subsection   134(4)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

212   Subsections   134A(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

213   Subsections   135(1), 136(1) and 136A(2)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

214   Subsections   136B(1), (2) and (3)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

215   Subsection   136C(1)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

216   Paragraph 136C(2)(b)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

217   Subsections   136D(1), (2) and (3)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

218   Subsection   136D(4)

Omit "CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

219   Paragraph 136E(a)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

220   Paragraph 137(2)(b)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

221   Subsection   137(6)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

222   Paragraph 139(1)(b)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

223   Subsection   139(2) (note)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

224   Section   140 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

140   Power of Comptroller - General of Customs to retain control of goods

225   Section   140

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

226   Section   141

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

227   Subsections   141A(1) and (3)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

228   Paragraph 142(a)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

229   Subsection   143(1)

Omit "Customs CEO" (wherever occurring), substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

230   Subsection   143(1) (note 2)

Omit "Customs CEO", substitute " Comptroller - General of Customs ".

231   Section   261

Repeal the section.

232   Transitional provisions

(1)   A thing done by, or in relation to, the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under the Trade Marks Act 1995 before the commencement of this item has effect on and after that commencement as if it had been done by, or in relation to, the Comptroller - General of Customs .

(2)   A determination under section   133A of the Trade Marks Act 1995 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this item continues in force on and after that commencement as if it were a determination made under that section as amended by this Schedule.



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