4Application of Commonwealth Customs legislation

4 Application of Commonwealth Customs legislation

(1) Subject to this Ordinance, the following laws of the Commonwealth apply in the Territory as if they were laws of the Territory, except to the extent that they deal with duties of customs: (a) the Customs Act 1901, as in force from time to time; (b) the Customs Regulation 2015, as in force from time to time; (c) the Customs (International Obligations) Regulation 2015, as in force from time to time; (d) other regulations as in force from time to time under the Customs Act 1901; (e) subject to subsection (4), an instrument as in force from time to time under subsection 4A(1) or (1A) of the Customs Act 1901. (2) For the purposes of this Ordinance: (a) the Customs Act 1901 in its application to the Territory: (i) is modified in accordance with Schedule 1; and (ii) may be cited as the Customs Act 1901 (C.I.); and (b) the Customs Regulation 2015 in its application to the Territory: (i) is modified in accordance with Schedule 2; and (ii) may be cited as the Customs Regulation 2015 (C.I.); and (c) the Customs (International Obligations) Regulation 2015 in its application to the Territory: (i) is modified in accordance with Schedule 3; and (ii) may be cited as the Customs (International Obligations) Regulation 2015 (C.I.). (3) For the purposes of the applied customs laws, goods have the same classification as they would have if they were classified under a tariff classification under the Customs Tariff Act 1995. (4) If: (a) there is in force under subsection 4A(1) or (1A) of the Customs Act 1901 (C.I.) an instrument approving a form or statement in relation to a matter; and (b) there is in force an instrument, of the kind referred to in paragraph (1)(e) of this section, in relation to the matter; then the instrument of the kind referred to in paragraph (1)(e) of this section does not apply in the Territory.