Department of Customs and Excise

Australian government department, 1956–1975

Department of Trade and Customs

Dissolved27 March 1975^[1]Superseding agency

Department of Police and Customs

JurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaDepartment 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

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

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

References

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