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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.