Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04042:body:0:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04042
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Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

          "(a) the master or owner of the ship or the pilot or owner of the aircraft must communicate to Customs, by document or by computer, an outward manifest in respect of all goods other than goods prescribed for the purposes of section 120; and"; and

     (b) by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:

      "(2) A documentary outward manifest must:

         (a) be communicated to Customs by sending or giving it to an officer doing duty in respect of the clearance of ships or aircraft; and

      (b) be in an approved form; and

      (c) contain such information as is specified in the form; and

      (d) be signed in the manner specified in the form.

      "(2a) A computer outward manifest must:

         (a) be transmitted by a registered EXIT user as, or on behalf of, the master or owner of the ship or the pilot or owner of the aircraft concerned; and

         (b) be transmitted to Customs using the EXIT computer system; and

          (c) communicate such information as is set out in an approved statement; and

         (d) be signed by transmitting the registered EXIT user's identifying code.

     "(2b) If, within 24 hours after an outward manifest was communicated to Customs, a Certificate of Clearance has not been given to the master of the ship or pilot of the aircraft concerned, the master or pilot may, at any time within 14 days after the end of that period, apply to the Comptroller for a Certificate of Clearance and the decision of the Comptroller on the application is final and conclusive.".

Insertion of new sections

19. After section 119 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Withdrawal of entries, submanifests and manifests

"119a. (1) At any time after an export entry, a submanifest or an outward manifest is communicated to Customs and before the goods to which it relates are exported, a withdrawal of the entry, submanifest or manifest may be communicated to Customs by document or computer.

"(2) A documentary withdrawal of an entry, submanifest or manifest must:

     (a) be communicated by the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the entry, submanifest or manifest was communicated; and

     (b) be communicated to Customs by sending or giving it to an officer doing duty in relation to export entries; and

  (c) be in an approved form; and

  (d) contain such information as is required by the form; and

  (e) be signed in a manner specified in the form.

"(3) A computer withdrawal of an entry, submanifest or manifest must:

     (a) be transmitted by a registered EXIT user as or on behalf of, the person by whom, or