Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:126e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 126E
Character Range: 645039–646511

126E  Communication to Department when information system is temporarily inoperative
 (1) If:
 (a) an information system becomes temporarily inoperative; or
 (b) an information system that has become temporarily inoperative again becomes operative;
the Comptroller‑General of Customs must cause notice of the occurrence to be given:
 (c) on the Department's website; and
 (d) where practicable, by email to persons who communicate with the Department electronically.
 (2) If an information system is temporarily inoperative, information that a person could otherwise have communicated electronically to the Department by means of the system may be communicated to the Department in either of the following ways:
 (a) if another information system by means of which the person can communicate information to the Department is operative—electronically by means of that other system;
 (b) by document given or sent to an officer doing duty in relation to the matter to which the information relates.
 (3) If:
 (a) because an information system is temporarily inoperative, a person communicates information to an officer by document in accordance with paragraph (2)(b); and
 (b) the Comptroller‑General of Customs causes notice to be given under paragraph (1)(b) stating that the information system has again become operative;
the person must communicate the information electronically to the Department within 24 hours after the notice was given.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.