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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft - Customs places and Customs-controlled areas - Customs-controlled areas

62: Exemption from requirement to be licensed directed by chief executive

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"Chief Executive can exempt some areas from needing a Customs licence"

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If you want an area to be a Customs-controlled area, you need to apply for a licence. But the chief executive might decide it is not a good idea for the area to be licensed. The chief executive can say that the area does not need a licence and can exempt it from some rules in the Customs and Excise Act. This decision can apply to the whole area or just a part of it, and the chief executive can set conditions for the exemption.

The chief executive's decision can be about all or part of the business in the area. You can find similar rules in section 12(4) and (5) of another law. The chief executive gets to decide what conditions are appropriate for the exemption.

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Customs places and Customs-controlled areas: Customs-controlled areas

62Exemption from requirement to be licensed directed by chief executive

  1. Subsection (2) applies if—

  2. an eligible person applies for an area to be licensed as a Customs-controlled area; and
    1. the chief executive considers that it is not in the public interest, or that it is impracticable or unnecessary, for the area to be licensed as a Customs-controlled area.

      1. The chief executive may direct that the area—

      2. need not be licensed as a Customs-controlled area; and
        1. is exempt from the provisions of this Act specified in the direction.

          1. A direction under subsection (2) may be given—

          2. in respect of the whole or any specified part of the business carried on in the area; and
            1. subject to any terms, conditions, or restrictions that the chief executive considers appropriate.

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