{"id":"F2005L00343","name":"Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005","slug":"customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-12-of-2005","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":33949,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L00343-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nCEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005\n\nCustoms Act 1901\n\n![](image.002.png)![](image.001.png)I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act) and regulation 41 of the Customs Regulations 1926, hereby approve the attached Incoming passenger card form (No. 15 CHS (Design date 03/05)) as an approved form for the purpose of providing, in the simplified Chinese language, information required under section 71 of the Act in relation to imported goods that are accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger of a ship or aircraft.\n\n![](image.004.png)![](image.003.png)CEO Instrument of Approval No. 19 of 2003, dated 28 July 2005, which approved the Incoming passenger card form (No. 15SCH (Design date 07/03)) is revoked.\n\nThis instrument commences on 22 February 2005\\. Dated: 16 February 2005\n\nL B WOODWARD\n\nChief Executive Officer of Customs\n\n  \n\n![](image.005.png)\n\n![](image.006.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1981},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains strictly limited to its original narrow purpose of approving a specific incoming passenger card form in simplified Chinese. It does not expand beyond administrative form approval or affect any other regulatory requirements."},"complexity_factors":["Single, highly specific purpose (approving one administrative form)","Extremely short length (under 250 words)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or triggers","Only basic cross-references to enabling legislation (s 4A of the Customs Act 1901 and reg 41 of the Customs Regulations 1926)","Straightforward revocation of a single previous instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives the tick of approval to a specific customs form for Mandarin-speaking travellers. It authorises **Form No. 15 CHS** — the Incoming Passenger Card in simplified Chinese — which passengers use to declare their personal belongings and household goods when arriving in Australia by plane or ship.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Green-lights the March 2005 version of the Chinese-language arrival card for use under section 71 of the Customs Act\n- Scraps (revokes) the previous 2003 version of the form (No. 15SCH)\n- Ensures travellers can legally declare their \"accompanied personal or household effects\" (that is, luggage and personal possessions they're bringing with them) in writing using simplified Chinese characters\n\nEssentially, it's administrative housekeeping: updating the official paperwork so Chinese-speaking passengers can complete their customs declarations in their own language without any legal ambiguity."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-12-of-2005","history":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-12-of-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-12-of-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-12-of-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-12-of-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-12-of-2005/documents"}}