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Customs Act 1901
93Regauging etc. of goods
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93 Regauging etc. of goods
Where:
(a) any warehoused goods are examined by an officer or by the owner of the goods with the approval of an officer; and
(b) the examination shows that there has been a decrease in the volume or weight of the goods since they were first entered;
the volume or weight of the goods shall, for the purposes of this Act or any other law of the Commonwealth, be taken to be:
(c) except where paragraph (d) applies—the volume or weight found on that examination; or
(d) where, in the opinion of a Collector, that decrease is excessive—the volume or weight shown in the original entry reduced to an extent that the Collector considers appropriate;
and duty in respect of the goods is payable accordingly.