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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Administrative provisions - Registered user systems

332: Customs must keep records of transmissions to or from registered user systems

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"Customs keeps a record of messages sent to or from its systems for at least 7 years."

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When you send or receive information to or from Customs using a registered system, Customs must keep a record of it. They must keep a record of every time they send information to a registered user or receive information from a registered user. You can see similar rules in the 1996 No 27 s 136 legislation. Customs must keep these records for at least 7 years after the information was sent or received. They might need to keep the records for a different amount of time if that is prescribed. You can find more information about this rule in the Customs and Excise Act 2018.

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Part 5Administrative provisions
Registered user systems

332Customs must keep records of transmissions to or from registered user systems

  1. Customs must keep a record of every transmission—

  2. sent to a registered user using a registered user system; or
    1. received from a registered user using a registered user system.

      1. The record described in subsection (1) must be kept for—

      2. a minimum of 7 years (beginning on the day after the date on which the transmission was sent or received, as the case may be); or
        1. any other prescribed period.

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