8ASubmitting an Australia Travel Declaration

8A Submitting an Australia Travel Declaration

(1) Subsection (2) applies if:

(a) a person wishes to submit to the Department an Australia Travel Declaration in respect of the importation of the person’s Subdivision AA goods that includes the information specified in subsection 27(2) of the Customs Regulation about the goods; and

(b) the person causes the completed Australia Travel Declaration to be submitted to the Department, including for the purposes of sections 71 and 71AAAB of the Act.

Note 1: Subsection 27(2) of the Customs Regulation sets out the specified information that is sought for the purposes of sections 71 and 71AAAB of the Customs Act.

Note 2: Section 71 of the Act empowers a Collector to decide whether to grant or refuse giving an authority to deal with goods.

Note 3: Section 71AAAB of the Act empowers a Collector to, upon considering information that the Collector must have regard to, decide whether to authorise or refuse to authorise the delivery of Subdivision AA goods into home consumption.

(2) The submission of an Australia Travel Declaration must be:

(a) a message using HTTPS that is capable of being received by the departmental system that processes the Australia Travel Declaration; or

(b) made using the web form known as the Australia Travel Declaration administered by the Department for that purpose.

(3) The person causing an Australia Travel Declaration to be submitted to the Department under subsection (2) must sign the Australia Travel Declaration by inserting the person’s full name as text.