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Customs Regulations 1926
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#### 19 Working days and hours of business
(1) For the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act:
(a) the working days of the Customs for the performance of a function mentioned in column 2 of an item in the following table are the days set out in column 3 of that item; and
(b) the working hours of the Customs for the performance of the function on a day set out in column 3 of that item in the following table are the hours set out in column 4 of that item:
| Column 1Item | Column 2Function | Column 3Working days | Column 4Working hours |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| 1 | Receiving electronic communications required or permitted to be made under Division 3 or 4 of Part IV of the Act | Every day | All hours |
| 2 | Boarding or clearing aircraft at an international airport | Every day | all hours |
| 4 | Attendance for the examination of aircraft passengers’ baggage at an international airport or ship passengers’ baggage at an appointed port or wharf | Every day | all hours |
| 7 | Receiving electronic communications to Customs in relation to goods intended for export and the departure of ships and aircraft | Every day | All hours |
| 7A | Receiving applications under regulation 128 transmitted to Customs manually in the Northern Territory | Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday | 8.00 am to 4.30 pm |
| 7B | Receiving applications under regulation 128 transmitted to Customs manually outside the Northern Territory | Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday | 8.30 am to 5.00 pm |
| 8 | Any other function of the Customs, done in the Northern Territory at a Customs place | Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday | 8.00am to 4.30pm |
| 9 | Any other function of the Customs, done outside the Northern Territory at a Customs place | Monday to Friday, other than a public holiday | 8.30am to 5.00pm |
(2) In subregulation (1):
> Customs place means:
(a) a place owned or occupied by Customs; or
(b) a port, airport or wharf that is appointed, and the limits of which are fixed, under section 15 of the Act; or
(c) a boarding station that is appointed under section 15 of the Act; or
(d) a place described in a depot licence that is granted under section 77G of the Act; or
(e) a place described in a licence for warehousing goods that is granted under subsection 79(1) of the Act; or
(f) a place that is approved, in writing, by the CEO as a place for the examination of international mail.
> public holiday means a day that is observed as a public holiday at the place where the function is to be performed.