Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Customs and Excise Rules

Chapter IV : Customs and Excise Warehouses: Storage and  Goods in Customs and Excise Warehouses

Rules for Section 21 of the Act

Rule 21.05A

Part 3: Sea-based bonded fuel goods special storage warehouses

Circumstances in which storage vessels operating as sea-based bonded fuel goods special storage warehouses may leave port limits
Purchase cart Previous page Return to chapter overview Next page

 

21.05A.10

(a) Despite rule 21.05A.09(e), the licensee of a sea-based bonded fuel goods special storage warehouse may, after obtaining prior permission from the Commissioner in a manner set out in rule 21.05A.04, leave the port limits of the port serviced by that warehouse in circumstances where that storage vessel requires maintenance or repairs that can only be done at a port other than that port.
(b) A licensee who requested permission as contemplated in paragraph (a) must comply with any further direction or condition the Commissioner may issue in relation to the temporary absence and the return of the vessel, or in relation to the warehoused bonded fuel goods on the vessel.
(c) Where in unforeseen circumstances it is essential for a licensee to take immediate action in accordance with any lawful evacuation instructions issued by another regulatory authority relating to an emergency situation arising in relation to the relevant port or port environment, such licensee may, despite the prior permission requirement in paragraph (a), act in accordance with such instructions and subsequently notify the Commissioner of the position of the vessel and the reason for leaving the port limits.
(d) The provisions of rule 21A.05A.04 apply with the necessary changes in respect of a notification referred to in paragraph (c).