Bill
Customs Amendment (Fees and Charges) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-11-12. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-09-16
- second reading — 2015-09-16
- second reading — 2015-10-14
- second reading — 2015-10-14
- third reading — 2015-10-14
- introduced — 2015-10-14
- second reading — 2015-10-14
- second reading — 2015-10-15
- second reading — 2015-10-15
- third reading — 2015-10-15
- passed — 2015-10-15
- royal assent — 2015-11-12
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-09-16.
This bill would change fees and charges for customs services following a government review.
It would set new amounts for warehoused goods declaration fees and introduce charges for warehouse and customs broker licence applications, grants, renewals and variations.
The government expects the changes to raise $1.1 million across the forward estimates from 2015-16.
- Amends the warehoused goods declaration fee under section 71BA of the Customs Act 1901.
- Sets out when new warehouse licence application, variation, grant and renewal charges are payable.
- Sets out when new customs broker licence application, grant and renewal charges are payable.
- Introduces a new head of power to charge fees for service under the Customs Act.
Businesses and individuals dealing with customs warehousing and broker licensing.
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