{"id":"F2025L00836","name":"Customs (Places for Authorised Agents) Declaration 2025","slug":"customs-places-for-authorised-agents-declaration-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442891,"registerId":"F2025L00836-fast-fetch-1775957807618","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs (Places for Authorised Agents) Declaration 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLIN25/074\n\n \n\nCustoms (Places for Authorised Agents) Declaration 2025\n\nI, Gavan Reynolds AO, Comptroller‑General of Customs, make the following declaration.\n\nDated 7 July 2025\n\nGavan Reynolds AO\n\nComptroller‑General of Customs\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Declared places\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nComptroller-General of Customs Declaration of Places No.1 of 2015\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Customs (Places for Authorised Agents) Declaration 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 181(2) of the Customs Act 1901.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 4(1) of the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) Australia;\n\n(b) Place.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Customs Act 1901.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  Declared places for authorised agents\n\n  All places in Australia are declared to be places to which subsection 181(2) of the Act applies.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nComptroller-General of Customs Declaration of Places No. 1 of 2015\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original purpose. It replaces a specific-place listing approach with a blanket national declaration, but this is a simplification rather than scope creep. The instrument remains focused on the narrow administrative purpose of declaring places where customs authorised agents may operate."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 1 page of substantive content)","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No nested conditional logic or exceptions","Single operational provision (section 6) with straightforward declaration","Simple repeal mechanism in Schedule 1 with only one item","No cross-references beyond basic references to the Customs Act 1901"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares every place in Australia to be an \"authorised place\" for customs purposes and repeals a 2015 declaration that listed specific locations. \n\nIt affects customs officers, authorised agents, and anyone dealing with customs (businesses, travellers, importers/exporters), simplifying operations by allowing customs powers to be exercised nationwide without site-by-site declarations."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the Comptroller‑General of Customs Declaration of Places No.1 of 2015 (Schedule 1) and replaces it by declaring all places in Australia to be places to which subsection 181(2) applies (s6). Mechanically, the instrument consolidates geographic scope into a single nationwide declaration made under subsection 181(2) of the Customs Act 1901 (s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, short declaratory provision (s6) — limited statutory action","Relies on external statute (Customs Act 1901) for operative definitions and substantive effect (see s4 and s3)","Repeals a prior instrument in full (Schedule 1), creating a clean replacement rather than layered amendments","Commencement is immediate (day after registration) — low procedural complexity","Interpretive questions may arise only from the Act's definitions (eg. 'place') rather than from this instrument's text"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Comptroller‑General of Customs under subsection 181(2) of the Customs Act 1901 (s3), declares that all places in Australia are places to which subsection 181(2) applies (s6) and repeals the prior 2015 declaration. It therefore fixes a nationwide geographic scope for the powers and obligations tied to s181(2). The change affects authorised agents and Customs administration by clarifying where those statutory powers operate and by placing any location‑related compliance responsibility on authorised agents."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-places-for-authorised-agents-declaration-2025","history":"/api/acts/customs-places-for-authorised-agents-declaration-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-places-for-authorised-agents-declaration-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-places-for-authorised-agents-declaration-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-places-for-authorised-agents-declaration-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-places-for-authorised-agents-declaration-2025/documents"}}