Department of Customs and Excise

Department of Customs and Excise
Department overview
Formed	11 January 1956
Preceding Department	Department of Trade and Customs;
Dissolved	27 March 1975
Superseding agency	Department of Police and Customs;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Department executives	Frank Meere, Secretary (1956–1960); Alf Rattigan, Secretary (1960–1963); Francis Jeremiah Harrison, Secretary (1963–1966); Alan Carmody, Secretary (1966–1975);

The Department of Customs and Excise was an Australian government department that existed between January 1956 and March 1975.

Scope[edit]

Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports.

In the 23 April 1958 Administrative Arrangements Order, the department's functions were:^[1]

Duties of Customs and Excise
Bounties on the production or export of goods.

Structure[edit]

The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Customs and Excise.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d CA 62: Department of Customs and Excise, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013^{[permanent dead link]}

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[NAA_CA_62-1] CA 62: Department of Customs and Excise, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013^{[permanent dead link]}

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