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months commencing on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901

Principal Act

  3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Customs Act 19011.

Interpretation

  4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting paragraph (a) of the definition of "Commercial quantity" in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

         "(a) in relation to a narcotic substance that is named or described in column 1 of Schedule VI—the quantity, if any, that is specified in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to the name or description of the substance; and";

     (b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of that definition "prescribed" (first occurring);

     (c) by omitting from the definition of "Narcotic substance" in subsection (1) "the name of which is specified" and substituting "that is named or described";

     (d) by omitting paragraph (a) of the definition of "Trafficable quantity" in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

         "(a) where the substance is named or described in column 1 of Schedule VI—the quantity that is specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name or description of that substance; and";

     (e) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "Commercial document" and substituting the following definition:

     " 'commercial document', in relation to goods, means a document prepared in the ordinary course of business for the purposes of a commercial transaction involving the goods or the carriage of

     the goods but does not include a record of any transmission to or from Customs, under the EXIT computer system, in respect of an export entry, submanifest (if any) or outward manifest in respect of the goods;";

     (f) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "Parts beyond the seas";

     (g) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "Prescribed narcotic substance";

  (h) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

     " 'Applicable EXIT agreement', in relation to a registered EXIT user, means the EXIT agreement in force in respect of that user;

     'Authority to deal', in relation to goods the subject of an export entry, means an export entry advice, in a form specified under subsection 114c (1), authorising the goods to be dealt with in accordance with the entry;

     'EXIT agreement' means an agreement entered into between Customs and a registered EXIT user under subsection 122a (7);

     'EXIT computer system' means the computer facilities specified in each EXIT agreement for all computer communications relating to the exportation of goods;

     'Export entry' means a computer export entry or a documentary export entry within the meaning of section 114;

     'Export entry advice' means a communication, in respect of an