Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 183CA

  (1)   An application for a broker's licence shall:

  (a)   be in writing; and

  (b)   specify the place or places at which the applicant proposes to act as a customs broker; and

  (c)   where the application is made by a company or a partnership--specify the person or each person who, if the licence is granted, is to be its nominee; and

  (ca)   where the application is made by a natural person--specify the person or each person (if any) who, if the licence is granted, is to be a nominee of the applicant; and

  (d)   set out the name and address of each person whom the Comptroller - General of Customs is required to consider for the purposes of subparagraph   183CC(1)(a)(i) or paragraph   183CC(1)(b) or (c); and

  (e)   set out such particulars of the persons and matters that the Comptroller - General of Customs is required to consider for the purposes of subparagraph   183CC(1)(a)(ii) and section   183CD as will enable him or her adequately to consider those matters; and

  (f)   contain such other information as is prescribed; and

  (g)   be accompanied by the customs broker licence application charge.

  (2)   Where a person makes an application, he or she shall not propose a person as his or her nominee at a place unless, at the time the application is made, that person is eligible, or intends to take all necessary action to ensure that, if a broker's licence is granted to the applicant, he or she will be eligible, to be a nominee of the applicant at that place.

  (3)   A person shall not be proposed under paragraph   (1)(c) unless he or she has consented, in writing, to the proposal.