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This instrument is the Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2019.
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This instrument authorises specific exceptions to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations for tobacco. It permits passengers or crew aged 18+ to import tobacco above the usual 25‑cigarette/25‑gram limit (including as unaccompanied personal or household effects), allows imports declared in a cargo report as destined outside Australia, and permits military commissaries to sell tobacco to persons covered by Status of Forces Agreements (ss 3–5).
Travellers, importers and military suppliers bear compliance tasks (proof of age, cargo reporting); the approvals operate under subreg 4DA(9) and require Customs to verify declarations.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2019.
This instrument is the Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2019.
This instrument is made under subregulation 4DA(9) of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.
In this instrument: Act means the Customs Act 1901. cargo report has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Act. Regulation means the Customs Regulation 2015. tobacco product has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Act.
For the purposes of subregulation 4DA(9) of the Regulations, the importation into Australia of the following tobacco products is approved: (a) tobacco products in excess of the amounts mentioned in paragraph 27(2)(g) of the Regulation that are imported: (i) by a passenger on, or a member of the crew of, a ship or aircraft arriving in Australia, if the passenger or member is at least 18 years of age; or (ii) as part of the unaccompanied personal or household effects of a passenger on, or a member of the crew of, a ship or aircraft arriving in Australia, if the passenger or member is at least 18 years of age;
Note: Paragraph 27(2)(g) of the Regulation refers to amounts in excess of 25 cigarettes or 25 grams of tobacco products.
(c) tobacco products imported into Australia where the cargo report in relation to the tobacco products states that the destination of the tobacco products is a place outside Australia;
(d) tobacco products imported for sale by military commissaries to persons the subject of a Status of Forces Agreement between the Government of Australia and the government of another country or other countries.
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This instrument is the Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2019.
This instrument is made under subregulation 4DA(9) of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.
In this instrument: Act means the Customs Act 1901. cargo report has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Act. Regulation means the Customs Regulation 2015. tobacco product has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Act.
For the purposes of subregulation 4DA(9) of the Regulations, the importation into Australia of the following tobacco products is approved: (a) tobacco products in excess of the amounts mentioned in paragraph 27(2)(g) of the Regulation that are imported: (i) by a passenger on, or a member of the crew of, a ship or aircraft arriving in Australia, if the passenger or member is at least 18 years of age; or (ii) as part of the unaccompanied personal or household effects of a passenger on, or a member of the crew of, a ship or aircraft arriving in Australia, if the passenger or member is at least 18 years of age;
Note: Paragraph 27(2)(g) of the Regulation refers to amounts in excess of 25 cigarettes or 25 grams of tobacco products.
(c) tobacco products imported into Australia where the cargo report in relation to the tobacco products states that the destination of the tobacco products is a place outside Australia;
(d) tobacco products imported for sale by military commissaries to persons the subject of a Status of Forces Agreement between the Government of Australia and the government of another country or other countries.