COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
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This instrument formally approves the Import Declaration out of Warehouse (Form N30, B369 Sept 2005) as the required paperwork for moving imported goods from customs/duty‑suspension warehouses into Australia (entering for home consumption) and for substitution returns of like customable goods. It affects importers, customs brokers and warehouse operators, replaces the earlier CEO Instrument No. 22 of 2005, and commenced at the statutory "import cut‑over time" for trade system modernisation.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 91 of 2005.
I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and section 71K of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “Import Declaration out of Warehouse (Import Declaration N30) (B369 Sept 05)” form as an approved form for the purposes of communicating, by document:
a) an import declaration in respect of warehoused goods that are intended to be entered for home consumption; and
b) a return for like customable goods under subsection 69(5) of the Act.
CEO Instrument of Approval No. 22 of 2005 is revoked.
This instrument commences at the same time as import cut-over time (as defined in section 4 of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Application of International Trade Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2001.
Dated: 28 September 2005
LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD
Chief Executive Officer of Customs
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I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and section 71K of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “Import Declaration out of Warehouse (Import Declaration N30) (B369 Sept 05)” form as an approved form for the purposes of communicating, by document:
a) an import declaration in respect of warehoused goods that are intended to be entered for home consumption; and
b) a return for like customable goods under subsection 69(5) of the Act.
CEO Instrument of Approval No. 22 of 2005 is revoked.
This instrument commences at the same time as import cut-over time (as defined in section 4 of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Application of International Trade Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2001.
Dated: 28 September 2005
LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD
Chief Executive Officer of Customs