Chief Executive Officer

Customs House
Canberra City ACT 2601

Senator the Hon Chris Ellison
Minister for Justice and Customs
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

Dear Minister

I present to you the Annual Report of the Australian Customs Service for the financial year ended 30 June 2001. This report has been prepared in accordance with sub-section 17(1) of the Customs Administration Act 1985, and the guidelines approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit referred to in sub-sections 63(2) and 70(2) of the Public Service Act 1999. These guidelines are applied as a matter of policy to prescribed agencies, including the Australian Customs Service, under section 5 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

Sub-section 17(2) of the Customs Administration Act 1985 requires you to present this report to each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of the day on which you receive this document. The guidelines referred to in sub-section 70(2) of the Public Service Act 1999 require that this presentation occur on or before 31 October 2001.

This report details performance for the year in terms of the achievement of the Customs outcome and the contribution of the five outputs.

(L B WOODWARD)

28 September 2001