| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ACV |
Australian Customs vessel |
| ADJR |
Act Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| Air cargo automation |
EDI-based system for processing of air waybills |
| Air waybill |
A document that evidences the contract between shipper and carrier
for carriage of air cargo |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APC |
Advance Passenger Clearance (an earlier version of APP) |
| APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APP |
Advance Passenger Processing |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| AQIS |
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| AUSTRAC |
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
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| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CGT |
Customs Graduate Trainee |
| CIC |
Customs Information Centre |
| CL |
Customs Level (with reference to staff classifications) |
| CMR |
Cargo management re-engineering |
| CNCC |
Customs National Consultative Committee |
| COMPILE |
Customs On-line Method of Preparing Invoices from Lodgeable Entries
the Customs business application for Customs and Excise entry preparation
and processing |
| CT |
Customs Trainee |
| CTC |
Competitive tendering and contracting |
| CWCSS |
Coastwatch Command Support System |
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| DHEA |
Dehydroepiandrosterone, also known as prasterone, a performance-enhancing
drug |
| DIMA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| Duty forgone |
Import duty that would have been collected if a concessional scheme
had not been used and duty had been paid at the general tariff rate
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| ECN |
Export Clearance Number |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange an automated paperless system that
permits transmission of information such as invoices and purchase
orders over a computer network |
| EDIFICE |
Electronic Data Interchange for Input of Customs Entries
the Customs business application for electronic funds transfer of
import and excise duties payable |
| Entry Control Point |
A designated point at an air or sea port, where international passengers
are subject to Customs and immigration formalities or procedures,
before legal entry into Australia |
| EDSA |
EDS Australia (IT service provider) |
| EXIT |
Export Integration system the Customs information system for processing
export entries and manifests |
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| Find |
A find relates to the detection of a situation where a Government
regulation has been breached. This includes prohibited goods importation,
revenue fraud, and commercial copyright breach |
| FFV |
Foreign fishing vessel |
| FOI |
Freedom of information |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
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| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
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| HOCOLEA |
Heads of Commonwealth Operational Law Enforcement Agencies |
| HR |
Human resources |
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| Immigration referrals |
Where an international passenger is referred to an immigration officer
for secondary examination in relation to a travel document, visa,
or other immigration matter |
| Ionscan |
Particle trace detector |
| IT |
Information technology |
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| JCPAA |
Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit |
| JSIG |
Joint Strategic Intelligence Group |
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| LCT |
Luxury Car Tax |
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| MDMA |
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine also know as ecstasy |
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| NCA |
National Crime Authority |
| NIDS |
National Illicit Drug Strategy |
| NIS |
National Intelligence System |
| NPAC |
National Pay and Accounts Centre |
| NPPC |
National Passenger Processing Committee |
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| OH&S |
Occupational health and safety |
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| PACE |
Passenger Analysis Clearance and Evaluation System |
| PAES |
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
| PAF |
Performance Assessment and Feedback |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PEDs |
Performance-enhancing drugs |
| PIA |
Permit-issuing agency |
| PMC |
Passenger movement charge a charge placed on individuals leaving
Australia |
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| Sea cargo automation |
EDI-based system for processing of sea cargo manifests |
| SES |
Senior executive service |
| SIEV |
Suspect illegal entrant vessel |
| SME |
Small to medium enterprise |
| SOCOG |
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games |
| SUNC |
Suspect unlawful non-citizen |
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| TAPIN |
Tariff and Precedent Information Network this system holds all
details about the Customs import tariff, and also records details
of all requests for Tariff Advice Notices |
| TCO |
Tariff Concession Order |
| TEXCO |
Tariff Export Concession Scheme this scheme allows importation
without payment of duty or sales tax when the goods are intended for
export |
| TRIPS |
Travel Immigration Processing System |
| TRS |
Tourist Refund Scheme |
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| UNTAET |
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor |
| US |
United States of America |
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| WCO |
World Customs Organization |
| WET |
Wine Equalisation Tax |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
