Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:99zn:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 99ZN (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 490894–493650

99ZN  Treatment of detained substances and retained documents
 (1) Drug like substances detained under section 99ZJ or 99ZK must, pending their transfer to the Chief Executive Medicare, be taken to a place of security specified by the Comptroller‑General of Customs.
 (2) If a Customs officer detains drug like substances under section 99ZJ or 99ZK, the officer must:
 (a) give to the exporter a notice of such detention in accordance with subsections (4) and (5); and
 (b) give to the Chief Executive Medicare a copy of that notice; and
 (c) in accordance with the guidelines issued under section 99ZS, transfer to the Chief Executive Medicare, for PBS regulatory purposes:
 (i) the substances so detained; and
 (ii) any documents that relate to the substances and that were retained by the officer under subsection 99ZJ(6) or 99ZK(5) for such transfer; and
 (d) in accordance with the guidelines issued under section 99ZS, transfer to a place of security specified by the Comptroller‑General of Customs, for Customs documentation purposes, any documents relating to the substances that were retained by the officer under subsection 99ZJ(6) or 99ZK(5) for such purposes.
 (3) If a Customs officer does not detain drug like substances under section 99ZJ or 99ZK but retains information relating to the substances under that section, the officer must, in accordance with the guidelines issued under section 99ZS:
 (a) transfer to the Chief Executive Medicare, for PBS regulatory purposes, any documents that relate to the substances and that were retained by the officer under subsection 99ZJ(8) or 99ZK(6) for such transfer, accompanied by a brief statement of the circumstances in which the substances were being exported; and
 (b) transfer to such place of security as the Comptroller‑General of Customs directs, for Customs documentation purposes, any documents relating to the substances that were retained by the officer under subsection 99ZJ(8) or 99ZK(6) for such purposes, accompanied by a copy of the statement referred to in paragraph (a).
 (4) For the purposes of this Division, a notice of detention of drug like substances is taken to have been duly given to the exporter if the notice is:
 (a) given to the exporter, if the exporter is present at the time of the detention; or
 (b) if the exporter is not present but a postal address of the exporter is known—sent by post to the last known such address; or
 (c) if the postal address of the exporter of a consignment is not known but the address of the consignee is known—sent by post to the address of the consignee; or
 (d) in any other situation—published in the Gazette.
 (5) The notice of detention of drug like substances must:
 (a) set out a description of the substances detained; and