{"id":"F2005L00061","name":"Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 2 of 2005","slug":"customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-2-of-2005","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":33423,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L00061-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA","sectionType":"part","heading":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA","content":"# COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n## CEO Instrument of Approval No. 2 of 2005\n\n### Customs Act 1901\n\n I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and subsection 64AB(4) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “AIRCRAFT INWARDS CARGO REPORT” (FORM 8 (01/05)) as an approved form for the purposes of communicating to Customs a documentary cargo report in respect of cargo that is on board an aircraft and is intended to be unshipped at an airport in Australia.\n Instrument of Approval No. 16 of 1991 is revoked.\n This instrument commences on 13 January 2005.\n Dated: 11 January 2005\n\n LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD \n Chief Executive Officer of Customs","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"CEO Instrument of Approval No. 2 of 2005","sectionType":"part","heading":"CEO Instrument of Approval No. 2 of 2005","content":"# COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n## CEO Instrument of Approval No. 2 of 2005\n\n### Customs Act 1901\n\n I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and subsection 64AB(4) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “AIRCRAFT INWARDS CARGO REPORT” (FORM 8 (01/05)) as an approved form for the purposes of communicating to Customs a documentary cargo report in respect of cargo that is on board an aircraft and is intended to be unshipped at an airport in Australia.\n Instrument of Approval No. 16 of 1991 is revoked.\n This instrument commences on 13 January 2005.\n Dated: 11 January 2005\n\n LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD \n Chief Executive Officer of Customs","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Customs Act 1901","sectionType":"division","heading":"Customs Act 1901","content":"### Customs Act 1901\n\n I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and subsection 64AB(4) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “AIRCRAFT INWARDS CARGO REPORT” (FORM 8 (01/05)) as an approved form for the purposes of communicating to Customs a documentary cargo report in respect of cargo that is on board an aircraft and is intended to be unshipped at an airport in Australia.\n Instrument of Approval No. 16 of 1991 is revoked.\n This instrument commences on 13 January 2005.\n Dated: 11 January 2005\n\n LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD \n Chief Executive Officer of Customs","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"AIRCRAFT INWARDS CARGO REPORT","sectionType":"part","heading":"AIRCRAFT INWARDS CARGO REPORT","content":"## AIRCRAFT INWARDS CARGO REPORT\n\nWe require this information under subsection 64AB(3) of the Customs Act 1901 in order to risk assess cargo that is intended to be discharged in Australia. The information you give may be disclosed to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) and the Department of Transport and Regional Services (DoTaRS).\n\n```html\n

*Owner/Operator

Marks of Nationality and Registration

Flight No.

Date

Point of Lading

(Place)

Point of Unlading

(Place)

First Australian port of call and estimated time and date of arrival

Port

hours

on the

day

of

Month

Year

All Australian airports at which reportable cargo will be discharged (in order of arrival)

Air Waybill

Number

Number of

Packages

Nature of goods

From

To

I declare that all statements and particulars contained in the above report, and in any attached manifests are complete and contain, to the best of my knowledge and belief, an exact and true account of all cargo on board the aircraft.

Signature

……………………………………………………….. / /

*Pilot/owner of aircraft

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