Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:67eb:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 67EB (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 216990–219697

67EB  Requirements for registration as a special reporter
 (1) The Comptroller‑General of Customs must not register a person as a special reporter if:
 (b) the applicant does not satisfy the Comptroller‑General of Customs as mentioned in subsection (2) in relation to low value cargo of that kind; or
 (c) if the applicant is applying to be registered in respect of low value cargo consigned from a particular mail‑order house—the applicant is not a party to a house agreement with that mail‑order house in force at all times during the 3 consecutive months before the making of the application; or
 (d) the applicant does not have dedicated computer facilities having such specifications as are determined, in writing, by the Comptroller‑General of Customs for the purpose of this paragraph, in relation to low value cargo generally, including, in particular, specifications to ensure that the information maintained by the applicant in those facilities will not be able to be accessed or altered by unauthorised persons; or
 (e) in the opinion of the Comptroller‑General of Customs:
 (i) if the applicant is a natural person—the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be registered as a special reporter; or
 (ii) if the applicant is a partnership—any of the partners is not a fit and proper person to be a member of a partnership registered as a special reporter; or
 (iii) if the applicant is a company—any director, officer or shareholder of a company who would participate in the management of the affairs of the company is not a fit and proper person so to participate; or
 (iv) an employee of the applicant who would participate in the management of the applicant's dedicated computer facilities is not a fit and proper person so to participate; or
 (v) if the applicant is a company—the company is not a fit and proper company to be registered as a special reporter.
 (2) An applicant for registration as a special reporter in relation to low value cargo of a particular kind is taken to comply with this subsection if, and only if, the applicant satisfies the Comptroller‑General of Customs that:
 (a) in a case of low value cargo consigned from a particular mail‑order house to consignees in Australia—the applicant is likely to make cargo reports covering at least 1,000 such consignments per month from the mail‑order house during the period of registration; or
 (b) in a case of low value cargo of another prescribed kind consigned from a place outside Australia to a consignee in Australia—the applicant is likely to make cargo reports covering a number of consignments per month of that kind that is not less than the number specified in the regulations.
 (3) The Comptroller‑General of