Customs Act 1901

If:

an information system becomes temporarily inoperative; or

an information system that has become temporarily inoperative again becomes operative;

on the Department’s website; and

where practicable, by email to persons who communicate with the Department electronically.

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:

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;

by document given or sent to an officer doing duty in relation to the matter to which the information relates.

If:

because an information system is temporarily inoperative, a person communicates information to an officer by document in accordance with paragraph (2)(b); and

the Comptroller‑General of Customs causes notice to be given under paragraph (1)(b) stating that the information system has again become operative;