Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01329:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01329
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 10068–12040

9  Acceptance of ABF vessel management plan by AMSA
 (1) If AMSA is satisfied that an application for acceptance of an ABF vessel management plan complies with subsection 8(2), AMSA must, within 28 days after the day it receives the application:
 (a) accept the plan; and
 (b) give the Comptroller‑General of Customs written notice of the acceptance.

Notice may specify when acceptance commences and ends
 (2) AMSA may, in the notice, specify either or both of the following:
 (a) the day the acceptance commences;
 (b) the day the acceptance ends, which must not be later than 5 years after the day the acceptance commences.
 (3) The days specified by AMSA under subsection (2) may be, but are not required to be, the same as the days proposed in the application for the acceptance under subsection 8(3).

When acceptance commences
 (4) The acceptance of the plan commences:
 (a) if the notice of the acceptance specifies the day the acceptance commences—at the beginning of that day; or
 (b) otherwise—when AMSA gives notice of the acceptance.

When acceptance ends
 (5) Subject to subsection (6), the acceptance of the plan ends at the earliest of the following times:
 (a) if the notice of the acceptance specifies the day the acceptance ends—the beginning of that day;
 (b) if the Comptroller‑General of Customs gives a notice under subsection 10(1) in relation to the plan—when the acceptance ends according to subsection 10(2);
 (c) if the acceptance is revoked under subsection 11(4)—when the acceptance is revoked;
 (d) at the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day the acceptance commences.
 (6) If AMSA, under subsection 11(2), partially revokes the acceptance of the plan:
 (a) the acceptance, to the extent that it is revoked, ends when that revocation occurs; and
 (b) the acceptance, to the extent that it is not revoked under subsection 11(2), ends at the earliest of the times mentioned in subsection (5) of this section for that acceptance.