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Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005

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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.

What it does:

Green-lights the March 2005 version of the Chinese-language arrival card for use under section 71 of the Customs Act
Scraps (revokes) the previous 2003 version of the form (No. 15SCH)
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

Essentially, 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.

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Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

CEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005

Customs Act 1901

View image in the official source View image in the official sourceI, 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.

View image in the official source View image in the official sourceCEO 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.

This instrument commences on 22 February 2005. Dated: 16 February 2005

L B WOODWARD

Chief Executive Officer of Customs

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1 Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

CEO Instrument of Approval No. 12 of 2005

Customs Act 1901

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.

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.

This instrument commences on 22 February 2005. Dated: 16 February 2005

L B WOODWARD

Chief Executive Officer of Customs