Bill
Customs Amendment (Controlled Trials) Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-11-24
- second reading — 2021-11-24
- other — 2022-04-11
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 2021-11-24.
The bill would allow the Australian Border Force to run time-limited trials of new trade practices with approved businesses in a controlled setting.
The Comptroller-General of Customs could make rules setting qualification criteria, trial periods, conditions and affected obligations under the Customs Act.
Trials could cover imports, exports, depots, warehouses, electronic communications, agents and customs brokers, and tariff concession orders, but not prohibited imports or exports.
- Creates a new Part XB in the Customs Act for controlled trials.
- Gives the Comptroller-General of Customs rule-making powers for controlled trials.
- Limits trials to specific parts of the Customs Act and associated regulations.
- Prevents the Comptroller-General of Customs from delegating the power to make rules for controlled trials.
Entities that are legal persons, natural persons or partnerships approved to participate in controlled trials, and the Australian Border Force.
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