Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:269j
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 269J
Character Range: 1679203–1679992

269J  Applications taken to be lodged in certain circumstances
 (1) If the Comptroller‑General of Customs decides that it is desirable to consider making a TCO despite the absence of a TCO application, the Comptroller‑General of Customs may declare, in writing, that he or she has so decided.
 (2) A declaration under subsection (1) must include a proposal for the issue of the TCO in respect of the goods referred to in the declaration.
 (3) If the Comptroller‑General of Customs makes a declaration under this section, this Part has effect as if:
 (a) the proposal contained in the declaration were a TCO application lodged under section 269F on the day on which the declaration is made; and
 (b) the application had been accepted under section 269H as a valid application on that day.