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A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX) ACT 1999 - SECT 114.5

Importations without entry for home consumption

  (1)   You make a taxable importation if:

  (a)   the circumstances referred to in the third column of the following table occur; and

  (b)   you are referred to in the fourth column of the table as the importer in relation to those circumstances.

However, there is not a taxable importation to the extent that the importation to which the circumstances relate is a * non - taxable importation.

 

Importations without entry for home consumption

Item

Topic

Circumstance

Importer

1

Personal or household effects of passengers or crew

Goods of a kind referred to in paragraph   68(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1901 are delivered into home consumption in accordance with an authorisation under section   71 of that Act.

The person to whom the authorisation was granted.

2

Low value consignments by post

Goods of a kind referred to in paragraph   68(1)(e) of the Customs Act 1901 are delivered into home consumption in accordance with an authorisation under section   71 of that Act.

The person to whom the authorisation was granted.

3

Other low value consignments

Goods of a kind referred to in paragraph   68(1)(f) of the Customs Act 1901 are delivered into home consumption in accordance with an authorisation under section   71 of that Act.

The person to whom the authorisation was granted.

4

Other goods exempt from entry

Goods of a kind referred to in paragraph   68(1)(i) of the Customs Act 1901 are delivered into home consumption in accordance with an authorisation under section   71 of that Act.

The person to whom the authorisation was granted.

5

Like customable goods

Goods are delivered into home consumption in accordance with a permission granted under section   69 of the Customs Act 1901 .

The person to whom the permission was granted.

6

Special clearance goods

Goods are delivered into home consumption in accordance with a permission granted under section   70 of the Customs Act 1901 .

The person to whom the permission was granted.

10

Return of seized goods

Goods that have been seized under a warrant issued under section   203 of the Customs Act 1901 , or under section   203B or 203C of that Act, are delivered to a person on the basis that they are not forfeited goods.

The person to whom the goods are delivered.

13

Inwards duty free shops

Goods that are * airport shop goods purchased from an * inwards duty free shop by a * relevant traveller are removed from a * customs clearance area.

The relevant traveller.

15

Installations and goods on installations

Goods are deemed by section   49B of the Customs Act 1901 to be imported into the indirect tax zone.

The person who is the owner (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) of the goods when they are deemed to be so imported.

16

Goods not entered for home consumption when required

Goods not covered by any other item of this table are imported into the indirect tax zone, and:

(a) if they are required to be entered under section   68 of the Customs Act 1901 --they are not entered in accordance with that requirement; or

(b) in any other case--a requirement under that Act relating to their importation has not been complied with

The person who fails to comply with that requirement.

  (2)   This section has effect despite section   13 - 5.


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