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   If the Minister orders goods to be detained, the Minister must, as soon as practicable after making the order, give written notice of the order to:  (a) the owner of the goods; or  (b) if the owner of the goods cannot be identified after reasonable inquiry—the person in whose possession or under whose control the goods were at the time the order was given. 77EC  Detention of goods by Collector   If the Minister orders a Collector to detain goods under section 77EA, a Collector must:  (a) move the goods to a place that is approved by a Collector for the purpose of detaining goods under this Subdivision (unless the goods are already in such a place); and  (b) detain the goods in that place until the goods are dealt with under section 77ED, 77EE or 77EF. 77ED  Minister may authorise delivery of detained goods into home consumption  (1) On application by the owner of goods detained under section 77EC, the Minister may authorise the delivery of the goods, or so much of the goods as the Minister specifies in the authority, into home consumption.  (2) An authority is subject to any conditions, or other requirements, specified in the authority in relation to the goods.  (3) An application under subsection (1) must be made before the end of the period of 12 months after the date of the order.  (4) The owner of goods authorised to be taken into home consumption under subsection (1) must comply with any other provision of this Act in relation to taking goods into home consumption. 77EE  Minister may authorise export of detained goods  (1) On application by the owner of goods detained under section 77EC, the Minister may authorise the exportation of the goods, or so much of the goods as the Minister specifies in the authority, from Australia.  (2) An authority is subject to any conditions, or other requirements, specified in the authority in relation to the goods.  (3) An application under subsection (1) must be made before the end of the period of 12 months after the date of the order.  (4) The owner of goods authorised to be exported under subsection (1) must comply with any other provision of this Act in relation to exporting goods. 77EF  When goods have been detained for 12 months Goods to be exported or disposed of  (1) This section applies if, at the end of the period of 12 months after an order to detain goods is given, some or all of the goods (the remaining goods) have not been:  (a) delivered into home consumption in accordance with an authority given under section 77ED; or  (b) exported in accordance with an authority given under section 77EE.  (2) The Minister may grant an authority to export the remaining goods from Australia.  (3) The owner of goods authorised to be exported under subsection (2) must comply with any other provision of this Act in relation to exporting goods.  (4) If:  (a) the Minister does not grant an authority to export the remaining goods from Australia within 1 month of the end of the period of 12 months after the date of the order; or  (b) the remaining goods have not been exported from Australia within 2 months after the date of an authority to export the goods under subsection (2); the Minister must authorise a Collector to dispose of the goods in the manner the Minister considers appropriate. Compensation for detained goods  (5) Nothing in this section prevents a person from seeking compensation in relation to the remaining goods, or other goods ordered to be detained under this Subdivision, in accordance with section 4AB. Part IVA—Depots