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The Treasury has released for public consultation, exposure draft regulation to give effect to existing administration arrangements that support the sealed bag scheme, and to increase the flexibility of off-airport duty free shopping under the Tourist Refund Scheme.
The draft regulation will provide new export verification procedures under the Sealed Bag Scheme for liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes where such goods are purchased duty free from an off-airport retailer. The new procedures will better match international security restrictions.
The exposure draft regulation will also extend the time available for international passengers to present their duty free shopping and purchases under the Tourist Refund Scheme from 30 to 60 days, and allow travellers to aggregate multiple invoices from single retailers to meet the $300 Tourist Refund Scheme threshold.