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Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

ACBPS · Customs and Border Protection

22 May 2009 – 1 July 2015

Previously Australian Customs Service (1985–2009).

Commonwealth customs and border protection agency that managed the movement of goods and people across the border, collected customs revenue and, through Border Protection Command, coordinated civil maritime surveillance and response.

Names over time

  1. Australian Customs Service1985–2009
  2. Australian Customs and Border Protection Service2009–2015

How it came into existence

Renamed from the Australian Customs Service on 22 May 2009 under the Customs Legislation Amendment (Name Change) Act 2009, reflecting an expanded role in border protection against people smuggling and other maritime threats.

  • Renamed from Australian Customs Service · 22 May 2009
    • Customs and border control
    • Cargo and passenger processing
    • Civil maritime surveillance

Legislation: Customs Administration Act 1985

Changes during its life

  1. 1 July 2013Anti-dumping functions moved to the new Anti-Dumping Commission.
  2. 18 September 2013Moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.

How it ended

Abolished on 1 July 2015 and merged into the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, its operational and enforcement functions forming the core of the new Australian Border Force.

  • Part split off to form Australian Border Force · 1 July 2015
    • Customs and border enforcement
    • Passenger and cargo processing
    • Maritime surveillance and response
    • Customs and border control
    • Trade and passenger processing at the border
    • Civil maritime surveillance (Border Protection Command)

Main functions

  • Customs and border control
  • Collection of customs duties
  • Cargo and passenger processing
  • Civil maritime surveillance (Border Protection Command)
  • Anti-dumping investigations (until 2013)

Where it sits

Last in the portfolio of Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

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