Arrangements with corresponding authorities
183 Arrangements with corresponding authorities
In this section —
corresponding administrator means a person who is responsible for the day to day administration of a corresponding law;
corresponding law, in relation to a written law of the State, means a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory that corresponds to the written law of the State;
corresponding Minister means a Minister of the Crown of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory to whom the administration of a corresponding law of the Commonwealth, State or Territory is for the time being committed.
The Minister or the Director General may make arrangements with a corresponding Minister or corresponding administrator respectively about any or all of the following —
recognising import and export certificates issued under the regulations or under a corresponding law;
recognising quality assurance schemes approved or established under this Act or a corresponding law;
the use for the purposes of this Act of inspection facilities provided in another State or a Territory;
the use for the purposes of a corresponding law of inspection facilities provided in the State;
the inspection or treatment of a consignment of goods or potential carrier before it is imported;
payment to a corresponding administrator for costs incurred by the administrator for the purposes of this Act.
The Director General may recover from an importer or intending importer, as a debt due, any costs incurred in relation to the inspection of imported goods, or goods intended to be imported, whether the costs are incurred directly or by way of payment under subsection (2)(f).
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