{"id":"F2005L02477","name":"Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 38 of 2005","slug":"customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-38-of-2005","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":37113,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L02477-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 38 of 2005","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nCEO Instrument of Approval No. 38 of 2005\n\nCustoms Act 1901\n\nI, 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 VIE (Design date 03/05)) as an approved form for the purpose of providing, in the Vietnamese language, information required under section 71AAAB of the Act in relation to imported goods that are accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger of a ship or aircraft.\n\nThis instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\nDated: 24 August 2005\n\nL B WOODWARD\n\nChief Executive Officer of Customs\n\n \n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n \n\n![](image.003.png)\n\n![](image.004.png)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2065},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains strictly limited to its original purpose of approving a specific Vietnamese-language passenger card form (No. 15 VIE) for travelers declaring accompanied personal effects."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (approving one specific form)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or defined terms","Minimal cross-referencing limited to enabling provisions (s 4A, reg 41, s 71AAAB)","Administrative form-approval rather than substantive law-making"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\nThis document formally approves a Vietnamese-language version of Australia's **incoming passenger card** — the form travelers complete when arriving by plane or ship to declare what they're bringing into the country.\n\n**Who it affects**\nVietnamese-speaking passengers entering Australia who need to declare personal belongings or household items in their own language rather than English.\n\n**Why it matters**\nThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Customs used his authority under the *Customs Act 1901* to approve **Form No. 15 VIE** (dated March 2005) as legally valid. This means customs officers must accept this Vietnamese form when travelers declare \"accompanied personal or household effects\" (belongings they carry with them, not sent separately). The instrument doesn't change what you can bring into Australia — it simply approves the paperwork for doing so in Vietnamese."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-38-of-2005","history":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-38-of-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-38-of-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-38-of-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-38-of-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-act-1901-ceo-instrument-of-approval-no-38-of-2005/documents"}}