Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:71da:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71DA (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 302549–305226

71DA  An officer may seek additional information
 (1) Without limiting the information that may be required to be included in an import declaration, if an import declaration has been made in respect of goods, authority to deal with the goods may be refused until an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations:
 (a) has verified particulars of the goods shown in the import declaration; or
 (b) is satisfied of any other matter that may be relevant to the granting of an authority to deal.
 (2) If an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations believes, on reasonable grounds, that the owner of goods to which an import declaration relates has custody or control of commercial documents, or has, or can obtain, information, relating to the goods that will assist the officer to determine whether this Act has been or is being complied with in respect of the goods, the officer may require the owner:
 (a) to deliver to the officer the commercial documents in respect of the goods that are in the owner's custody or control (including any such documents that had previously been delivered to an officer and had been returned to the owner); or
 (b) to deliver to the officer such information, in writing, relating to the goods (being information of a kind specified in the notice) as is within the knowledge of the owner or as the owner is reasonably able to obtain.
 (3) A documentary requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of an import declaration must:
 (a) be communicated to the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the declaration was communicated; and
 (b) be in an approved form and contain such particulars as the form requires.
 (4) An electronic requirement for the delivery of documents or information in respect of an import declaration must:
 (a) be communicated electronically to the person who made the declaration; and
 (b) contain such particulars as are set out in an approved statement.
 (5) An officer doing duty in relation to import declarations may ask:
 (a) the owner of goods in respect of which an import declaration has been made; and
 (b) if another person made the declaration on behalf of the owner—that other person;
any questions relating to the goods.
 (6) If an officer doing duty in relation to import declarations believes, on reasonable grounds, that the owner of goods to which an import declaration relates has custody or control of documents, or has, or can obtain, information, relating to the goods that will assist the officer to verify the particulars shown in the import declaration, the officer may require the owner to produce the documents or supply the information to the officer.