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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Administrative provisions - Disclosure of information - Disclosure to overseas authority

319: Chief executive of Customs may issue directions for disclosure of information under section 318(6)

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"Customs boss can decide who shares information with other countries"

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The chief executive of Customs can give written directions about sharing information under section 318(6). You need to know that these directions tell you which Customs employees are allowed to share this information. The chief executive does not have to name specific employees, they can just say which job titles or groups are allowed to share the information.

The chief executive can give directions that say when information can be shared without being asked by an overseas authority. They can also set extra rules for sharing information, in addition to the rules in section 318(6). This means the chief executive has some flexibility in deciding how information is shared.

The directions given by the chief executive are important because they help control how information is shared with overseas authorities. You can find more information about this by looking at the Customs and Excise Act 2018 and other related laws, such as the one found here.

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Part 5Administrative provisions
Disclosure of information: Disclosure to overseas authority

319Chief executive of Customs may issue directions for disclosure of information under section 318(6)

  1. The chief executive of Customs may issue written directions relating to the disclosure of information under section 318(6).

  2. The directions must identify the employees of Customs authorised to make such disclosures under delegated authority.

  3. The directions need not identify particular employees, but may instead identify the positions that the employees hold or the groups to which they belong.

  4. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the directions may do either or both of the following:

  5. describe the circumstances in which disclosure may be made without a request from the overseas authority:
    1. set out any criteria, in addition to the criteria in section 318(6), for disclosing information.

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