Bill
Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Bill 2024
passed, as at 2024-09-05. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-06-26
- second reading — 2024-06-26
- second reading — 2024-07-02
- other — 2024-08-13
- second reading — 2024-08-14
- second reading — 2024-08-14
- other — 2024-08-14
- third reading — 2024-08-14
- introduced — 2024-08-15
- second reading — 2024-08-15
- second reading — 2024-08-22
- third reading — 2024-08-22
- passed — 2024-08-22
- royal assent — 2024-09-05
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 2024-06-26.
This bill is part of a package that modernises customs processes for returning seized goods and overhauls the customs licensing system.
The package would let the Australian Border Force enforce licence conditions electronically, align depot and warehouse rules, and suspend or cancel licences for unpaid renewal fees.
It would also require licence applicants to show adequate experience and processes, and extend fit-and-proper-person checks to labour hire firms to combat criminal supply-chain infiltration.
- Moves the paper-based licensing system to electronic submissions and notices.
- Removes the requirement to return physical licences when they are cancelled or surrendered.
- Aligns depot and warehouse licence requirements so they are consistent.
- Introduces suspension and cancellation of licences when renewal fees are not paid on time.
- Ends refunds of licence fees once a licence is cancelled for breaching the Act.
- Extends fit-and-proper-person assessments to cover labour hire and other persons.
Businesses involved in customs brokerage, depot management and warehouse management, and the Australian Border Force.
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