Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:126and
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 126AND
Character Range: 599391–600250

126AND  Power to ask questions

Power to ask questions
 (1) An authorised officer may require a person who is an exporter or producer of goods that:
 (a) are exported to Japan; and
 (b) are claimed to be Australian originating goods for the purpose of obtaining a preferential tariff in Japan;
to answer questions in order to verify the origin of the goods.
Note: Failing to answer a question when required to do so by an officer may be an offence: see section 243SA. However, a person does not have to answer a question if doing so would tend to incriminate the person: see section 243SC.

Disclosing answers to Japanese customs official
 (2) An authorised officer may, for the purpose of verifying a claim for a preferential tariff in Japan, disclose any answers to such questions to a Japanese customs official.

Division 4J—Exportation of goods to China