COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
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This instrument approves a specific paper form that must be used when reporting aircraft arrivals to Australian Customs.
What it does It gives legal approval to the "ARRIVAL REPORT (AIR)" form (version B358 from September 2005) as the official document for communicating details about when an aircraft arrives at an Australian airport.
Who it affects
Why it matters The Customs Act requires specific reports when aircraft enter Australia. This instrument makes the B358 form the legally recognised way to provide these details on paper (as opposed to electronic reporting). Airlines must use this exact form—or a form meeting the same specifications—to satisfy their legal reporting obligations.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 78 of 2005.
I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and paragraph 64AA(6)(b) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “ARRIVAL REPORT (AIR) (B358 September 2005)” form as an approved form for the purposes of communicating, by document, particulars of the arrival of an aircraft at an airport in Australia.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
Dated: 28 September 2005
LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD
Chief Executive Officer of Customs
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I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and paragraph 64AA(6)(b) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “ARRIVAL REPORT (AIR) (B358 September 2005)” form as an approved form for the purposes of communicating, by document, particulars of the arrival of an aircraft at an airport in Australia.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
Dated: 28 September 2005
LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD
Chief Executive Officer of Customs