Bill
Customs Amendment (Immediate Destruction of Illicit Tobacco) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- other — 2019-04-11
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 2019-02-14.
This bill would allow customs officials to destroy seized illicit tobacco products immediately instead of storing them for 30 days.
The Comptroller-General of Customs would be given the power to decide how to handle tobacco products seized as prohibited imports from 1 July 2019, including immediate destruction.
The bill is part of the government's 2018-19 Budget measure to tighten tobacco border controls, and similar destruction powers already exist for other prohibited imports like psychoactive substances.
- Empowers the Comptroller-General of Customs to cause seized tobacco products to be dealt with as they see fit, including immediate destruction.
- Removes the current requirement to store seized prohibited imports for a minimum of 30 days before disposal.
- Aligns tobacco products with existing controls for other prohibited imports such as psychoactive substances.
Australian Border Force officials and tobacco importers are affected by the bill.
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