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IMPORT PROCESSING CHARGES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2003 (NO. 1) 2003 NO. 67

STATUTORY RULES 2003 No. 67

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Justice and Customs

Customs Act 1901

Import Processing Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)

Section 8 of the Import Processing Charges Act 1997 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of sections 5, 6 and 7 of the Act.

Section 6 of the Act sets out the formula and applicable rates for calculating the amount of import entry processing charge payable for each defined type of import entry. The applicable rates for each type of import entry include a flat rate and a line rate. Subsection 6(2) of the Act sets out the flat rate for each type of import entry as a particular amount, or such other prescribed amount that does not exceed a specified limit.

Regulation 4 of the Import Processing Charges Regulations 2001 (the principal Regulations) sets out the prescribed flat rates for certain types of import entries.

The purpose of the amending Regulations is to amend regulation 4 of the principal Regulations to increase the flat rate for documentary and computer import entries relating to goods imported by sea.

These charges have been increased to recover some of the logistical costs associated with the introduction of new container x-ray facilities into Australia's major ports.

The flat rates for documentary and computer import entries of goods imported by sea have been increased by $14.35 to $65.75 and $44.00 respectively. These increases do not exceed the statutory limits imposed under subsection 6(2) of the Act.

The amending Regulations commenced on gazettal.

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