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occurring), substitute "Comptroller-General".

Section 12—
Omit "Minister" (wherever occurring), substitute "Comptroller-General".

Section 13—
Omit "Minister" (wherever occurring), substitute "Comptroller-General".

Sub-section 14 (1)—
Omit "Minister", substitute "Comptroller-General".

Sub-section 20 (1)—
Omit "or the Comptroller-General".

Sub-sections 20 (2) and (3)—
Omit "or the Comptroller-General, as the case may be".

Sub-section 21 (1)—
Omit "Minister" (wherever occurring), substitute "Comptroller-General".

SCHEDULE—continued

Sub-section 22 (1)
Omit "the Minister, or".

Coal Excise Act 1949

After section 2—
Insert the following section:

General administration of Act
"2a. The Comptroller has the general administration of this Act.".

Section 4—
After the definition of "coal mine", insert the following definition:
     "'Collector' has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901;".

Section 4 (definition of "the Collector")—
Omit the definition.

Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

After section 1—
Insert the following section:

General administration of Act in relation to imports
"1a. The Comptroller-General of Customs has the general administration of this Act in so far as it relates to imports.".

Customs Act 1901

Sub-section 4 (1) (definition of "Collector")—
Omit the definition.

Sub-section 4 (1) (definition of "Officer" or "Officer of Customs")—
Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:
     "'Officer' or 'Officer of Customs' means a person—
         (a) employed in the Customs; or
         (b) authorized in writing by the Comptroller to perform the functions of an officer of Customs,
    and includes, in relation to a provision of this Act, a person authorized in writing by the Comptroller to perform the functions of an officer of Customs under that provision.".

Sub-section 4 (1) (definition of "The Customs")—
Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:
     "'The Customs' means the Australian Customs Service.".

SCHEDULE—continued

Section 7—
Repeal the section, substitute the following section:

General administration of Act
"7. The Comptroller has the general administration of this Act.".

Sub-section 8 (1)—
Omit the sub-section, substitute the following sub-section:
     "(1) In this Act—
     (a) a reference to a Collector shall be construed as a reference to—
         (i) any principal officer of Customs; or
         (ii) any officer doing duty in the matter in relation to which the expression is used; and
     (b) a reference to the Collector of Customs, or to a Collector of Customs, for a State or Territory shall be construed as a reference to the principal officer of Customs for that State or Territory or for a part of that State or Territory.".

Sub-section 8 (2)—
Omit "A reference in sub-section (1) to a State shall be read as including a reference to—", substitute "For the purposes of this Act, a State shall be taken to include—".

Sub-section 8 (3)—
Omit "A reference in sub-section (1) to the Northern Territory shall be read as including a reference to", substitute "For the purposes