{"id":"F2015L01502","name":"Comptroller-General of Customs Instrument of Approval No. 3 of 2015","slug":"comptroller-general-of-customs-instrument-of-approval-no-3-of-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173066,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01502-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Comptroller-General of Customs Instrument of Approval No. 3 of 2015","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)  \n\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\nComptroller‑General of Customs Instrument of Approval No. 3 of 2015\n\n \n\nCustoms Act 1901\n\n \n\nI, ROMAN QUAEDVLIEG, Comptroller‑General of Customs, under section 4A of the Customs Act 1901, approve the attached “Data Elements Required for Electronic Reporting of Aircrew” statement as an approved statement for the purposes of communicating to the Department, an electronic report on crew who will be on board an aircraft at the time of its arrival at an airport in Australia, in accordance with subsection 64ACB(6) of that Act.\n\n \n\nThis Instrument commences on 1 October 2015.\n\n \n\nDated:  18 September 2015\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nROMAN QUAEDVLIEG\n\nComptroller‑General of Customs\n\n\nDATA ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF AIRCREW\n\n \n\nApproved Statement ‑ Customs Act 1901 subsection 64ACB(6)\n\n \n\n| COLUMN HEADINGS | DETAILS REQUIRED |\n| --- | --- |\n| Travel  Document Number | Passport number of crew person, including any leading zeroes |\n| Country of Nationality | ICAO code of issuing country in passport of aircrew |\n| Surname | Surname of crew person as it appears in the passport |\n| Given Names | Given names of crew person as they appear in the passport<br>(names to be separated by a space) |\n| Date of Birth | Date of birth of the crew person in the format Dd/Mm/Yyyy, including all leading zeroes |\n| Sex | Gender of crew person as it appears in the passport<br>Either ‘M’ for male or ‘F’ for female |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1770},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains strictly limited to approving the specified data elements for electronic reporting of aircrew, consistent with its original purpose under the Customs Act 1901."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 prescribed data elements in a single table format","Specific technical formatting requirements (ICAO codes, date format Dd/Mm/Yyyy, retention of leading zeroes)","Single legislative basis referencing only subsection 64ACB(6) of the Customs Act 1901","No defined terms section or conditional exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument specifies the mandatory information airlines must electronically submit to the Department of Home Affairs (Customs) about aircrew members before an aircraft arrives in Australia.\n\nUnder the **Customs Act 1901**, airlines must report six specific data points for each crew member in a standardized format:\n* **Travel Document Number** – the full passport number, including any leading zeroes\n* **Country of Nationality** – the 3-letter ICAO code (international aviation code) shown in the passport\n* **Surname and Given Names** – exactly as they appear in the passport, separated by spaces\n* **Date of Birth** – in the specific format Day/Month/Year (e.g., 01/12/1990), including all leading zeroes\n* **Sex** – either 'M' for male or 'F' for female, as shown in the passport\n\nThis creates a uniform technical standard for pre-arrival security screening of flight crew."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/comptroller-general-of-customs-instrument-of-approval-no-3-of-2015","history":"/api/acts/comptroller-general-of-customs-instrument-of-approval-no-3-of-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/comptroller-general-of-customs-instrument-of-approval-no-3-of-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/comptroller-general-of-customs-instrument-of-approval-no-3-of-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/comptroller-general-of-customs-instrument-of-approval-no-3-of-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/comptroller-general-of-customs-instrument-of-approval-no-3-of-2015/documents"}}