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CUSTOMS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE) ACT 2015 (NO. 41, 2015) - SCHEDULE 5

Amendments of Acts referring to the Customs

   

Air Services Act 1995

1  Subsection 3(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of authority of the Commonwealth )

Repeal the paragraph.

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

2  Section 7-20

Omit "the control of * Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

3  Section 9-75

Omit "the control of * Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

4  Section 33-1 (definition of Customs )

Repeal the definition.

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

5  Section 5 (paragraph (e) of the definition of designated agency )

Repeal the paragraph.

6  Saving provision

Despite the amendment of the definition of designated agency in section 5 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 made by this Schedule, section 127 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 an official of a designated agency that was Customs.

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

7  Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

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

8  Subparagraph 7A(ca)(iii)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987

9  Subsection 3(1)

Insert:

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

10  Subsection 3(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or

Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

11  Section 90E (paragraph (a) of the definition of compliance agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (a)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department;

12  Section 90E

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 .

13  Section 90E (definition of customs officer )

Omit "an Officer of Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

14  Section 90E

Insert:

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

15  Subsections 90T(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (7)

Omit "Customs officer" (wherever occurring), substitute "customs officer".

16  Subsection 90T(8)

Omit "Customs must", substitute "The Comptroller-General of Customs must".

17  Subsection 90T(8)

Omit "Customs officer", substitute "customs officer".

18  Subsections 90V(2) and (2A)

Omit "Customs officer" (wherever occurring), substitute "customs officer".

19  Subsection 90V(2A)

Omit "opened by Customs", substitute "opened by a customs officer".

20  Paragraph 90ZC(2)(a)

Omit "Customs officer", substitute "customs officer".

21  Transitional provision

A record established by Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection 90T(8) of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 is taken on and after that commencement to be a record established by the Comptroller-General of Customs.

Civil Aviation Act 1988

22  Section 3 (paragraph (b) of the definition of authority of the Commonwealth )

Repeal the paragraph.

23  Transitional provision

Subparagraph 32AO(1)(c)(ii) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 applies on and after the commencement of this item as if a reference to a Commonwealth entity included a reference to Customs (within the meaning of section 4AA of the Customs Administration Act 1985 as in force immediately before the commencement of this item).

Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

24  Section 3 (definition of Trade description )

Omit "a Customs entry", substitute "an import entry".

25  Subsection 6(1)

Omit "the Customs", substitute "an officer".

26  Transitional provisions

(1)       For the purposes of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 , a Customs entry relating to goods made before the commencement of this item is taken on and after that commencement to have been an import entry relating to the goods.

(2)       A notice given to the Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in subsection 6(1) of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 is taken on and after that commencement to have been a notice given to an officer.

Copyright Act 1968

27  Paragraph 135(7)(d)

Omit "the control of the Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Crimes Act 1914

28  Subsection 3(1)

Insert:

"officer of Customs " has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the Customs Act 1901 .

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

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

30  Section 15GC (paragraph (c) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department;

31  Section 15GC (note at the end of the definition of staff member )

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

32  Section 15GC (paragraph (c) of the definition of target agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

33  Subsection 15GI(2) (note 2)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

34  Subparagraphs 15GK(1)(k)(iii) and (v)

Omit "Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

35  Subsection 15GQ(2) (note 2)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

36  Subsection 15GV(2) (note 2)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

37  Paragraph 15HG(5)(b)

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

38  Paragraph 15J(1)(b)

Omit "Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

39  Subparagraphs 15J(2)(c)(i) and (ii)

Omit "the control of Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

40  Section 15JA

Omit "Australian Customs and Border Protection Service", substitute "Immigration and Border Protection Department".

41  Section 15JC (paragraph (d) of the definition of integrity testing agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (d)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

42  Section 15JC (paragraph (c) of the definition of target agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

43  Subsection 15JD(2) (note 1)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

44  Subsection 15JE(1) (note 1)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

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

Omit "for Customs", substitute "for the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

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

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

47  Section 15K (paragraph (b) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (b)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department;

48  Section 15K (paragraph (b) of the definition of law enforcement officer )

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

49  Paragraph 15KB(4)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (b)  in the case of the Immigration and Border Protection Department--an APS employee who holds or performs the duties of an Executive Level 1 position, or an equivalent or higher position, in that Department; or

50  Subsection 15LH(3) (paragraph (b) of the definition of senior officer )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (b)  in relation to the Immigration and Border Protection Department--any SES employee in that Department; and

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

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

52  Subsection 15M(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (b)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department;

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

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

54  Section 85ZL (paragraph (ba) of the definition of law enforcement agency )

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

55  Transitional provisions

(1)       An instrument in force immediately before the commencement of this item under Part IAB or IABA of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to a person, being a staff member of Customs, continues in force on and after that commencement as if it were an instrument in force in relation to the person, being a staff member of the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

(2)       An instrument in force immediately before the commencement of this item under Part IAC of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to a law enforcement officer, being an officer of Customs, continues in force on and after that commencement.

(3)       An instrument in force immediately before the commencement of this item under Part IACA of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to an operative, being an officer of Customs, continues in force on and after that commencement.

(4)       Paragraphs 15HK(2)(e), 15HL(2)(e) and 15LC(4)(d) 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 disclosure before that commencement in connection with the performance of functions or duties, or the exercise of powers, of Customs.

(5)       If a formal authority in force under section 15GI of the Crimes Act 1914 immediately before the commencement of this item identified the details referred to in subparagraph 15GK(1)(k)(iii) or (v) of that Act in relation to Customs, then on and after that commencement the authority continues in force as if it identified the details referred to in that subparagraph as amended by this Schedule.

(6)       The amendments made by this Schedule do not affect the validity of a statutory declaration from an operative given under section 15MF of the Crimes Act 1914 before the commencement of this item.

Crimes (Currency) Act 1981

56  Subsection 29(3)

Omit "An Officer of Customs", substitute "An officer of Customs".

57  Subsection 29(8) (definition of Officer of Customs )

Repeal the definition.

58  Subsection 29(8)

Insert:

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

Criminal Code Act 1995

59  Section 146.1 of the Criminal Code (paragraph (e) of the definition of Commonwealth law enforcement officer )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (e)  a person who is an APS employee in the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 and who is in the Australian Border Force (within the meaning of that Act).

60  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 a person employed in Customs before that commencement.

Customs Depot Licensing Charges Act 1997

61  Section 3 (definition of electronic )

Repeal the definition.

62  Section 3 (definition of line of cargo )

Omit "an electronic or documentary cargo report", substitute "a cargo report".

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

63  Paragraph 303GW(3)(c)

Omit "the control of the Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Evidence Act 1995

64  Part 1 of the Dictionary (subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition of Commonwealth document )

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 ".

65  Transitional provision

A report communicated to Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition of Commonwealth document in Part 1 of the Dictionary in the Evidence Act 1995 is taken on and after that commencement to have been a report communicated to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

Excise Act 1901

66  Subsection 24(2)

Omit "control of Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

67  Paragraph 24(3)(b)

Omit "the control of Customs", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

68  Subsection 59AA(1)

Omit "clearance through Customs", substitute "clearance under the Customs Act 1901 ".

69  Paragraph 61E(2)(b)

Omit "clearance through Customs", substitute "clearance under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Fisheries Management Act 1991

70  Subsection 84C(1)

Omit "a Customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

71  Subsection 84C(5)

Insert:

"Australian Border Force vessel " means a Commonwealth ship (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) that is under the command of an officer of Customs (including an officer of Customs exercising powers as an officer within the meaning of this Act) and flying the flag mentioned in section 14 of the Customs Act 1901 .

72  Subsection 84C(5) (definition of Customs vessel )

Repeal the definition.

73  Section 167B (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

167B   AFMA may give information about boats to officers of Customs

74  Subsection 167B(2)

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to an officer of Customs".

75  Subsection 167B(2)

Omit "from Customs", substitute "from an officer of Customs".

76  Subsection 167B(2)

Omit "giving Customs", substitute "giving an officer of Customs".

77  Subsection 167B(2)

Omit "help Customs", substitute "help an officer of Customs".

78  Subsection 167B(2)

Omit "of Customs".

79  Subsection 167B(4)

Insert:

"officer of Customs " has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the Customs Act 1901 .

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989

80  Subsection 42(3) (note)

Omit "of Customs and".

Imported Food Control Act 1992

81  Subsection 3(1) (definition of Customs control )

Repeal the definition.

82  Subsection 3(1)

Insert:

"customs control " , in relation to food, means customs control under the Customs Act.

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

83  Subsection 11(2)

After "section 71A", insert "or 71DH".

84  Subsections 11(2) and (3)

Omit "to Customs", substitute "to the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

85  Paragraphs 13(4)(b) and (c)

Omit "Customs control", substitute "customs control".

86  Subsection 13(5) (note)

Repeal the note.

87  Paragraph 14(1)(b)

Omit "Customs control", substitute "customs control".

88  Subsections 14(5) and (7)

Omit "Customs control", substitute "customs control".

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

89  Section 4 (paragraph (c) of the definition of head )

Repeal the paragraph.

90  Section 4

Insert:

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

91  Section 4 (paragraph (c) of the definition of law enforcement or security agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department;

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

92  Subparagraph 21(6)(b)(ii)

Omit "the control of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014

93  Section 4

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

94  Subsection 25(1)

Omit "the control of the Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

95  Paragraphs 9(2)(b) and (3)(b)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

                     (b)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or

96  Section 10 (definition of customs officer )

Omit "an Officer", substitute "an officer of Customs".

97  Section 10

Insert:

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

98  Section 10 (note at the end of the definition of maritime industry participant )

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

99  Section 10 (note at the end of the definition of offshore industry participant )

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

Migration Act 1958

100  Subsection 260(3)

Omit "the law relating to the Customs", substitute "a law of the Commonwealth".

101  Subsection 260(5)

Omit "the law relating to the Customs", substitute "the Customs Act 1901 ".

National Health Act 1953

102  Subsection 99ZH(1) (definition of Customs documentation purposes )

Omit "enabling Customs", substitute "enabling the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

103  Subsection 99ZH(1)

Insert:

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

104  Section 99ZM (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

99ZM   Detention of some drug like substances and not others

105  Section 99ZN (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

99ZN   Treatment of detained substances and retained documents

106  Subsection 99ZN(6)

Omit "Customs must", substitute "the Comptroller-General of Customs must".

Navigation Act 2012

107  Section 11 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

11   Application of Act to certain Australian Border Force vessels

108  Section 11

Omit "A customs vessel", substitute "An Australian Border Force vessel".

109  Section 11

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

110  Paragraph 11(a)

Omit " customs vessel management plan ", substitute " Australian Border Force vessel management plan ".

111  Subparagraphs 11(a)(ii) and (iii)

Omit "customs vessel", substitute "Australian Border Force vessel".

112  Paragraph 11(b)

Omit "the customs vessel or the person complies with the requirements of the customs vessel management plan", substitute "the Australian Border Force vessel or the person complies with the requirements of the Australian Border Force vessel management plan".

113  Subsection 14(1)

Insert:

"Australian Border Force vessel " : see section 17.

114  Subsection 14(1) (definition of customs vessel )

Repeal the definition.

115  Subsection 14(1) (definition of officer of Customs )

Omit "an Officer of Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

116  Subsection 15(2)

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

117  Section 17 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

17   Definition of Australian Border Force vessel

118  Subsection 17(1)

Omit "is a customs vessel ", substitute "is an Australian Border Force vessel ".

119  Paragraph 17(1)(a)

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

120  Paragraph 17(1)(b)

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

121  Subsection 17(1) (note)

Repeal the note.

122  Subsection 17(2)

Omit "a customs vessel", substitute "an Australian Border Force vessel".

123  Section 237 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

237   Powers of officers of Customs

124  Section 237

Omit "powers of Customs, the CEO of Customs or an officer of Customs", substitute "powers of an officer of Customs".

125  Subsection 240(4)

Omit "powers of Customs, the CEO of Customs or an officer of Customs", substitute "powers of an officer of Customs".

126  Subsection 244(3)

Omit "Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

127  Paragraph 249(1)(a)

Omit "Customs", substitute "an officer of Customs".

128  Section 252 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

252   Power for officer of Customs to detain or refuse clearance

129  Subsection 252(3) (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Officer of Customs may detain if certificates not produced

130  Subsection 252(3)

Omit "detained by Customs", substitute "detained by an officer of Customs".

131  Subsection 252(4)

Omit "If Customs", substitute "If an officer of Customs".

132  Subsection 252(6)

Omit "Customs", substitute "An officer of Customs".

133  Paragraph 253(a)

Omit "section 247", substitute "section 248".

134  Paragraph 313(2)(a)

Omit "section 249 to released", substitute "section 250 to release".

135  Paragraph 313(2)(b)

Omit "section 251", substitute "subsection 252(3)".

136  Transitional provisions

(1)       A customs vessel management plan in effect under section 11 of the Navigation Act 2012 immediately before the commencement of this item that relates to a vessel or person continues in effect under that section on and after that commencement as if it were an Australian Border Force vessel management plan that relates to the vessel or person.

(2)       A declaration in force under subsection 17(2) of the Navigation Act 2012 immediately before the commencement of this item that a vessel, or a vessel included in a class of vessels, is a customs vessel continues in force on and after that commencement as if it were a declaration that the vessel, or a vessel included in the class of vessels, is an Australian Border Force vessel.

(3)       If, immediately before the commencement of this item, Customs was detaining a vessel under subsection 252(3) of the Navigation Act 2012 , then on and after that commencement an officer of Customs may continue to detain the vessel under that subsection as amended by this Schedule.

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

137  Paragraph 615(1)(d)

Omit "officer of customs", substitute "officer of Customs".

138  Paragraph 695X(2)(e)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (e)  the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 ;

139  Transitional provision

Offshore information or a thing made available to Customs before the commencement of this item under subsection 695X(1) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 is taken on and after that commencement to have been made available to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

140  Paragraph 54(1)(b)

Omit "the control of the Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".

Privacy Act 1988

141  Subsection 6(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of enforcement body )

Repeal the paragraph.

142  Transitional provision

A disclosure of information to Customs before the commencement of this item as mentioned in paragraph 20E(3)(d) or 21G(3)(d) of the Privacy Act 1988 is taken on and after that commencement to have been a disclosure to the Immigration Department.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

143  Subsection 15B(1) (note 1)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

144  Section 15C (note)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

145  Subsection 15D(1) (note)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

146  Subsection 15P(1) (note)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986

147  Subsection 3(1)

Insert:

"officer of Customs " has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the Customs Act 1901 .

148  Subsection 27(2)

Omit "a Customs officer", substitute "an officer of Customs".

Surveillance Devices Act 2004

149  Subsection 6(1)

Insert:

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

150  Subsection 6(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of target agency )

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department.

151  Transitional provisions

(1)       The Surveillance Devices Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to:

                     (a)  a surveillance device warrant in force under that Act immediately before that commencement, being a warrant issued as a result of an application under subsection 14(3B) of that Act in relation to a staff member of Customs; or

                     (b)  an application for a warrant under subsection 14(3B) of that Act in relation to a staff member of Customs that was pending immediately before that commencement.

(2)       Section 45A of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 , 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 a staff member of Customs at any time before that commencement.

(3)       The amendments of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 made by this Schedule do not affect the validity of a retrieval warrant in force under that Act immediately before the commencement of this item.

Taxation Administration Act 1953

152  Subsection 155-15(1) in Schedule 1 (cell at table item 3, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

the Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) or the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of that Act

153  Paragraph 155-20(1)(a) in Schedule 1

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 ,".

154  Paragraph 155-20(1)(b) in Schedule 1

Omit "Customs", substitute "a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )".

155  Subsection 155-20(1) in Schedule 1 (table, heading to column 1)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Column 1

Document communicated

156  Subsection 155-20(2) in Schedule 1

Omit "Customs", substitute "a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )".

157  Paragraph 155-20(4)(b) in Schedule 1

Omit "Customs", substitute "a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )".

158  Paragraph 155-40(2)(b) in Schedule 1

Omit "Customs", substitute "a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 )".

159  Saving and transitional provisions

(1)       Section 155-15 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a document mentioned in column 3 of item 3 of the table in subsection 155-15(1) in that Schedule that was given to Customs before that commencement.

(2)       Section 155-20 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to the following documents given before that commencement:

                     (a)  a document mentioned in column 1 of item 1 or 2 of the table in subsection 155-20(1) in that Schedule communicated to Customs in respect of an importation or dealing;

                     (b)  a document mentioned in column 2 of that table item given by Customs to an entity in respect of that importation or dealing.

(3)       If:

                     (a)  before the commencement of this item, a document mentioned in column 1 of item 1 or 2 of the table in subsection 155-20(1) in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 was communicated to Customs in respect of an importation or dealing; but

                     (b)  before that commencement, Customs had not given the document mentioned in column 2 of that table item to an entity in respect of that importation or dealing;

then section 155-20 in that Schedule applies on and after that commencement as if the document mentioned in column 1 of that table item had been communicated to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

(4)       Section 155-40 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to an advice mentioned in paragraph 155-40(2)(b) in that Schedule that was given by Customs to an entity before that commencement.

Telecommunications Act 1997

160  Paragraph 47(2)(aa) of Schedule 3A

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                    (aa)  the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 ;

161  Transitional provision

A notification given under subclause 47(1) of Schedule 3A to the Telecommunications Act 1997 before the commencement of this item to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service is taken on and after that commencement to have been a notification given to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

162  Subsection 5(1) (after paragraph (d) of the definition of enforcement agency )

Insert:

                   (da)  the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or

163  Subsection 5(1)

Insert:

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

164  Subsection 5(1) (definition of permitted purpose )

Omit "Customs" (first occurring), substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

165  Subsection 5(1) (paragraphs (a) and (aaa) of the definition of permitted purpose )

Omit "Customs" (wherever occurring), substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

166  Subsection 6S(1)

Omit "Customs" (first occurring), substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

167  Subsection 6S(1) (table, heading to column 1)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Column 1--Commonwealth agency or Immigration and Border Protection Department

168  Subsection 6S(1) (table item 1, column 1, paragraph (d))

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(d) Immigration and Border Protection Department.

169  Subparagraph 68(n)(i)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

170  Subparagraphs 68(o)(i) and (ii)

Omit "Customs", substitute "the Immigration and Border Protection Department".

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

171  Paragraph 50(2)(b)

Omit "the control of the Customs", substitute "customs control".

Trade Marks Act 1995

172  Paragraph 133(1)(b)

Omit "the control of the Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ", substitute "customs control under the Customs Act 1901 ".



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