Virtual personal hearings via video conferencing enable electronic records of submissions to be treated as formal documents in customs proceedings. Personal hearings under the Customs Act may be conducted by video conferencing with prior consent and email contact; hearing schedules and secure links will be sent in advance and representatives must submit scanned authorisations and photo ID. Oral submissions will be reduced to a written record of personal hearing sent by PDF within one day; parties may modify and return the signed record within three days or it will be deemed accepted. Additional self attested documents may be emailed within three days; the electronic record will be treated as a document for purposes of the Customs Act.
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Virtual personal hearings via video conferencing enable electronic records of submissions to be treated as formal documents in customs proceedings.
Personal hearings under the Customs Act may be conducted by video conferencing with prior consent and email contact; hearing schedules and secure links will be sent in advance and representatives must submit scanned authorisations and photo ID. Oral submissions will be reduced to a written record of personal hearing sent by PDF within one day; parties may modify and return the signed record within three days or it will be deemed accepted. Additional self attested documents may be emailed within three days; the electronic record will be treated as a document for purposes of the Customs Act.
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