77Repacking on wharf

77  Repacking on wharf

  Any goods may by authority be repacked or skipped on the wharf.

77AA  Disclosure of information to cargo reporter or owner of goods

 (1) If a cargo reporter in relation to goods that are on a ship or aircraft on a voyage or flight to a place in Australia requests a Collector to inform the cargo reporter:

 (a) whether a report of the impending arrival of the ship or aircraft has been made and, if so, the estimated time of arrival specified in the report; or

 (b) whether a report of the arrival of the ship or aircraft has been made and, if so, the time of arrival;

a Collector may comply with the request.

 (2) If goods have been entered for home consumption or warehousing, a Collector may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by a Collector in deciding whether or not to give an authority to deal with the goods.

 (3) If a movement application has been made in respect of goods, a Collector may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by a Collector in its consideration of the application.

 (4) If goods have been entered for export by the making of an export declaration, a Collector may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by a Collector in deciding whether or not to give an authority to deal with the goods.

 (5) If a submanifest in respect of goods has been sent to the Department under section 117A, a Collector may, at the request of the owner of the goods, inform the owner of the stage reached by a Collector in preparing to give a submanifest number in respect of the submanifest.

Division 5—Detention of goods in the public interest

77EA  Minister may order goods to be detained

 (1) The Minister may, if the Minister considers that it is in the public interest to do so, order a Collector to detain the goods specified in the Minister’s order.

 (2) At the time an order is made to detain goods:

 (a) the goods must be goods the importation of which is restricted by the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956; and

 (b) the goods must have been imported into Australia; and

 (c) the importation of the goods must not breach this Act; and

 (d) the goods must not have been:

 (i) delivered into home consumption in accordance with an authority to deal with the goods; or

 (ii) exported from Australia.

 (3) An order to detain goods has effect despite any provision of this Act to the contrary.

77EB  Notice to person whose goods are detained