Clause 2

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “alcohol” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “authentication code” means any identification or identifying code, password or any other authentication method or procedure which has been assigned to a registered user of the computer service referred to in section 90A for the purposes of identifying and authenticating the access to and use of the computer service by the registered user;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “customs territory” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “database report” means any automatic log, journal or other report which is automatically generated by the computer service referred to in section 90A for the purposes of recording the details of a transaction relating to an electronic notice including the authentication code, date and time of receipt, storage location and any alteration or deletion relating to the notice;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “dutiable goods” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “electronic notice” has the meaning assigned to it in section 90A(1);”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Government warehouse” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “Green Channel” means any passage or area in a customs airport, railway station or customs station clearly indicated with a sign in the shape of a regular octagon and marked in green with the words “Customs” and “Nothing To Declare”;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “proper officer of customs” in subsection (1), the following definitions:“ “Red Channel” means any passage or area in a customs airport, railway station or customs station clearly indicated with a sign in the shape of a square marked in red with the words “Customs” and “Goods To Declare”;“registered user” means a person who has been registered with and authorised by the Director-General to gain access to and use the computer service referred to in section 90A;”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) In this Act, a reference to a document or record shall include, in addition to a document or record on paper, a reference to any, or part of any —

document or record kept on any magnetic, optical, chemical or other medium;

photograph;

map, plan, graph, picture or drawing;

film (including a microfilm and a microfiche), negative, disc, tape, sound-track or any other device in which one or more visual images, sounds or other data are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom.(4) In this Act, a reference to a document or record in writing or the making of a document or record in writing shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include any electronic notice, or the making, serving or submitting of such a notice under the provisions of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made there-under.”.