Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 15

  (1)   The Comptroller - General of Customs may, by notice published in the Gazette :

  (a)   appoint ports and fix the limits of those ports; and

  (b)   appoint airports and fix the limits of those airports.

  (1A)   In deciding whether to appoint a port under subsection   (1), the Comptroller - General of Customs may take into account:

  (a)   whether the port or any part of the port is a security regulated port (within the meaning of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 ); and

  (b)   if so--whether the person designated under section   14 of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 as the port operator has a maritime security plan (within the meaning of that Act).

  (2)   The Comptroller - General of Customs may, by notice published in the Gazette :

  (a)   appoint wharves and fix the limits of those wharves; and

  (b)   appoint boarding stations for the boarding of ships and aircraft by officers.

  (3)   A notice under subsection   (1) or (2) may provide that a port, airport, wharf or boarding station appointed by the notice is to be a port, airport, wharf or boarding station for limited purposes specified in the notice.