Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:71e:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71E (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 322855–325723

direction to enable the making of an informed decision on the application, an officer must:
 (a) if the application is a document movement application—by notice in writing to the applicant; or
 (b) if the application is an electronic movement application—by sending a message electronically to the applicant;
do either of the following:
 (c) give the applicant permission to move the goods to which the application relates in accordance with the application either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as are specified in the notice or message;
 (d) refuse the application and set out in the notice or message the reasons for the refusal.

Movement permissions—excise‑equivalent warehouse licences
 (3AC) The Comptroller‑General of Customs may give permission in writing to the holder of an excise‑equivalent warehouse licence to remove excise‑equivalent goods from the warehouse or warehouses covered by the licence to any other warehouse at which excise‑equivalent goods of the kind being removed are authorised to be warehoused (whether by that or any other excise‑equivalent warehouse licence).
 (3AD) The Comptroller‑General of Customs:
 (a) must give a permission under subsection (3AC) to the holder of an excise‑equivalent warehouse licence:
 (i) on the grant of the licence if the licence covers more than one warehouse; or
 (ii) for a licence that when granted covered only one warehouse—if the Comptroller‑General varies the licence to cover more than one warehouse; and
 (b) otherwise, may give a permission under that subsection on application by the licence holder.
 (3AE) A permission given under subsection (3AC) has effect subject to any conditions that apply to the licence that covers the warehouse from which the goods are removed.

Effect of movement permissions
 (3AF) A permission given under paragraph (3AB)(c) or subsection (3AC) is, until revoked, authority for the person to whom the permission is given to move goods to which the permission relates accordingly.

Forfeiture of goods moved otherwise than as permitted
 (3B) If a person moves goods otherwise than in accordance with the requirement of a permission to which the goods relate, the movement of the goods is, for the purposes of paragraph 229(1)(g), taken not to have been authorised by this Act.

Certain cargo reports taken to be movement applications
 (3C) If a cargo report states that goods specified in the report are proposed to be moved from a Customs place to another Customs place, then, despite section 71L, the statement is taken to be a movement application in respect of the goods duly made under this section.
 (3D) In subsection (3C):
Customs place has the meaning given by subsection 183UA(1).

Directions to move goods to a warehouse
 (4) Where goods are moved to a place other than a warehouse in accordance with a permission under paragraph (3AB)(c),