Signs to be displayed
65 Signs to be displayed
The proprietor of the shop must display in the shop signs, in an approved form, that clearly state:
the conditions with which, for the purposes of the Customs Acts, a relevant traveller must comply in relation to the purchase of the goods at the shop; and
if alcoholic beverages or tobacco products are for sale in the shop—the amounts of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products that may be entered for home consumption by a relevant traveller free of duty.
If confectionery is available for sale in the shop, the proprietor of the shop must display signs that clearly state the following:
“The confectionery you have purchased from this outlet has been approved for entry to Australia by Quarantine and does not need to be declared on your incoming passenger card or Australia Travel Declaration. However, please remember you must declare any other items of food or anything which you can eat, which you have purchased before arriving in Australia.”
The signs mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) must be reasonably prominent and in enough numbers to give reasonable notice to relevant travellers of the matters mentioned in the relevant subsection.
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