{"id":"F2024L01320","name":"Migration (Australia Travel Declaration—Passenger Card May Be Required) Instrument (LIN 24/075) 2024","slug":"migration-australia-travel-declaration-passenger-card-may-be-required-instrument-lin-24-075-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442606,"registerId":"F2024L01320-fast-fetch-1775957579916","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Australia Travel Declaration—Passenger Card May Be Required) Instrument (LIN 24/075) 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLIN 24/075\n\n \n\nMigration (Australia Travel Declaration—Passenger Card May Be Required) Instrument (LIN 24/075) 2024\n\nI, Tony Burke, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated   15 October 2024\n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  When a passenger card may be required\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nMigration (Digital Passenger Declaration—Circumstances where Passenger Card also required) Instrument (LIN 22/015) 2022\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Migration (Australia Travel Declaration—Passenger Card May Be Required) Instrument (LIN 24/075) 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subregulation 3.03AB(3) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Migration Act 1958 and the Regulations, including the following:\n\n(a) Australia Travel Declaration;\n\n(b) clearance authority;\n\n(c) clearance officer;\n\n(d) passenger card.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nRegulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  When a passenger card may be required\n\n  For subregulation 3.03AB(2) of the Regulations, each of the following matters is specified:\n\n (a) the person’s Australia Travel Declaration cannot be accessed by a clearance authority;\n\n (b) a clearance officer reasonably suspects that the information in the person’s Australia Travel Declaration is not accurate or complete.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nMigration (Digital Passenger Declaration—Circumstances where Passenger Card also required) Instrument (LIN 22/015) 2022\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same narrow scope as its predecessor — specifying circumstances where paper passenger cards may supplement digital declarations. The repeal and replacement of LIN 22/015 reflects a technical update to align with the new 'Australia Travel Declaration' system name, not an expansion of regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 6 operative sections plus a repeal schedule","Only 1 defined term ('Regulations') in the instrument itself; other terms are imported by reference from the Migration Act and Regulations","Single operative provision (section 6) with two straightforward, non-nested conditions","No cross-references within the instrument beyond the standard commencement/authority provisions","Simple repeal of a single previous instrument without transitional provisions or savings clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument updates Australia’s arrival paperwork rules to allow airlines or clearance officers to require a paper passenger card alongside the Australia Travel Declaration when the digital declaration is inaccessible or suspected to be incorrect. It repeals an earlier 2022 instrument that applied to the old digital system. It affects international travellers, airlines and border control by preserving a paper backup and enforcement option as the system changes."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals LIN 22/015 and restates when a passenger card may be required, now framed around the 'Australia Travel Declaration' and two specific triggers (inaccessibility of the declaration; reasonable suspicion of inaccuracy or incompleteness). The instrument therefore changes the authorising instrument and clarifies the operative triggers while leaving definitional and procedural details to the Migration Act and Regulations (see Sections 6, 3 and Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with a single operative rule specifying two circumstances — Section 6.","Cross-references to external rules and definitions (Migration Regulations 1994, Migration Act 1958) increase interpretive reliance on other texts — Sections 3 and 4.","Use of a discretionary standard ('reasonably suspects') creates case-by-case enforcement variability and potential for legal challenge over the standard of suspicion — Section 6(b).","Repeals an earlier instrument, requiring readers to compare previous and current texts to assess practical change — Schedule 1.","Key terms (Australia Travel Declaration, clearance officer, passenger card) are defined elsewhere, so practical effect depends on those imported definitions — Section 4."],"plain_english_summary":"**Migration (Australia Travel Declaration—Passenger Card May Be Required) Instrument (LIN 24/075) 2024** replaces a 2022 instrument and sets two clear triggers when an arriving traveller may be asked to provide a paper passenger card as well as their Australia Travel Declaration. It gives clearance officers the power to require the card if the declaration cannot be accessed or if the officer reasonably suspects the declaration is inaccurate or incomplete, affecting arriving passengers and border clearance decision-making and documentation procedures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-australia-travel-declaration-passenger-card-may-be-required-instrument-lin-24-075-2024","history":"/api/acts/migration-australia-travel-declaration-passenger-card-may-be-required-instrument-lin-24-075-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-australia-travel-declaration-passenger-card-may-be-required-instrument-lin-24-075-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-australia-travel-declaration-passenger-card-may-be-required-instrument-lin-24-075-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-australia-travel-declaration-passenger-card-may-be-required-instrument-lin-24-075-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-australia-travel-declaration-passenger-card-may-be-required-instrument-lin-24-075-2024/documents"}}