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disciplinary punishments that are available to the Police
Force, Fire Services and Correctional Services. It is
therefore intended that the Customs and Excise Service
(Discipline) Rules should be amended to provide for
compulsory retirement, and the present Bill stipulates
that the power to compel the retirement of Customs Officers,
as with the power to dismiss such officers, should not be
delegated from the Commissioner.
5.
Finally, the opportunity has been taken to
make a number of small amendments consequential to the
defederalisation on 1 August 1982 of the old Trade, Industry
and Customs Department which resulted in the post of
Director of Trade, Industry and Customs lapsing with effect
from that date. Since then, many of his functions have been
exercised by the Commissioner of Customs and Excise, and
the Schedule to the Bill amends the relevant references
with effect from the same date.
6.
Sir, I move that the debate on this Bill be
now adjourned.