Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:81b:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 81B (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 396640–399324

applicant to ensure the security of goods in the place if the variation were made; or
 (b) the plant and equipment that would be used in relation to goods in a place that would be covered by the licence as varied would not be suitable having regard to the nature of those goods and that place; or
 (c) the books of account or records that would be kept in relation to a place that would be covered by the licence as varied would not be suitable to enable an officer of Customs adequately to audit those books or records.
 (5) The Comptroller‑General of Customs must not grant an application under subsection (1) to vary a warehouse licence to substitute or add a place to the places covered by the licence if, in the Comptroller‑General's opinion, the place would be too remote from the nearest place where officers, who regularly perform their functions, would be able conveniently to check whether the Customs Acts are being complied with at the place.
 (5A) If paragraph (1)(a) applies, the Comptroller‑General must vary the licence to remove the place unless the effect of doing so would be that no place is covered by the licence.
Note: The Comptroller‑General must cancel the licence if this subsection prevents the variation of the licence (see paragraph 87(1A)(b)).
 (5B) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (5A) of this section and subsection 79(2), if an application is made to vary a warehouse licence in relation to more than one place, the Comptroller‑General need not vary the licence in relation to each of those places.
 (6) If an application is made under subsection (1), the Comptroller‑General of Customs must decide whether or not to grant the application:
 (a) if paragraph (b) of this subsection does not apply—within 60 days after receiving the application; or
 (b) if:
 (i) the Comptroller‑General of Customs requires the applicant to give further information under subsection (3); and
 (ii) the applicant supplies the information in accordance with that subsection;
  within 60 days after receiving the information.
 (7) If the Comptroller‑General of Customs has not made a decision whether or not to grant an application made under subsection (1) before the end of the period that applies under subsection (6), the Comptroller‑General of Customs is taken to have refused the application at the end of that period.
 (8) If a warehouse licence is varied under subsection (1) to remove a place (the former warehouse) from the places that are covered by the licence, a Collector may:
 (a) permit goods to be placed in the former warehouse; and
 (b) permit the removal of goods from the former warehouse, including the removal of goods to a warehouse; and
 (c) by