Department of Police and Customs

Department of Police and Customs
Department overview
Formed	27 March 1975
Preceding Department	Department of Customs and Excise – for Customs and Excise; Attorney-General's Department – for Police Forces of the NT, ACT and Norfolk Island and for matters arising under the Commonwealth Police Act;
Dissolved	22 December 1975
Superseding Department	Department of the Capital Territory – for ACT policing; Department of Administrative Services (II) – for Commonwealth and Norfolk Island policing; Department of the Northern Territory (II) – for NT policing; Department of Business and Consumer Affairs – for Customs and Excise;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	Kep Enderby, Minister (Mar – Jun 1975); Jim Cavanagh, Minister (Jun – Nov 1975); Ivor Greenwood, Minister (Nov – Dec 1975);
Department executive	Alan Carmody, Secretary;

The Department of Police and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between March and December 1975.