- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 August 2023

[CUS 66E] Matters to be acknowledged in secure exports scheme66E

66E

A secure exports scheme must include express acknowledgements by the exporter concerned—

(a)that the goods to be exported under the scheme are subject to the control of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service from the time such goods are first secured in a customs approved secure package until their exportation;
(b)that the powers of detention and search under this Act are available in respect of a vehicle in Fiji if there are suspected to be in or on the vehicle goods that are or are suspected to be—
- (i)subject to the control of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service; and
- (ii)in a customs approved secure package.
(c)that a customs officer may, under this Act, question any or all of the following persons about any cargoes destined to be exported—
- (i)a person who is the owner or operator of a vehicle that a customs officer has reasonable cause to suspect has in or on it or has within the previous 72 hours had in or on it, goods subject to the control of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service and in a customs approved secure package;
- (ii)a person who is the owner or occupier of premises that a customs officer has reasonable cause to suspect have in or on them, goods subject to the control of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service and in a customs approved secure package;
- (iii)a person employed by a person described in subparagraph (i) or (ii);
(d)that the powers in section 114 (which includes powers of examination) are available in respect of goods that are or are suspected to be—
- (i)subject to the control of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service; and
- (ii)in a customs approved secure package.

[s 66E insrt Promulgation 14 of 2007 s 18, effective 1 July 2007; am Act 31 of 2016 s 51, effective 1 December 2016; Act 38 of 2017 s 7, effective 1 August 2017]