COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
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This document officially approves a specific customs form (Form B351, the "Cargo Report (Sea)") that shipping companies and cargo reporters must use to tell Australian Customs what goods are on board ships bound for Australia.
What must be reported:
What's excluded from reporting:
Why this matters: This ensures Australian Customs knows what cargo is arriving before the ship docks. This advance information is crucial for border security, calculating import duties and taxes, and protecting Australia from biosecurity risks like pests or diseases.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Customs Act 1901 - CEO Instrument of Approval No. 81 of 2005.
I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under section 4A and paragraph 64AB(4A)(b) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “CARGO REPORT (SEA) (B351 September 2005)” form as an approved form for the purposes of communicating, by document, particulars of:
a) all goods that a cargo reporter has arranged to be carried on a ship on a voyage and that are intended to be unloaded from the ship at a port in Australia (whether the first port or any subsequent port on the same voyage), other than goods that are accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger or member of the crew or ship’s stores; and
b) all goods that the cargo reporter has arranged to be carried on a ship and that are intended to be kept on board the ship for shipment to a place outside Australia, other than goods that are accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger or member of the crew or ship’s stores.
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 64AB(4A)(b) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), approve the attached “CARGO REPORT (SEA) (B351 September 2005)” form as an approved form for the purposes of communicating, by document, particulars of:
a) all goods that a cargo reporter has arranged to be carried on a ship on a voyage and that are intended to be unloaded from the ship at a port in Australia (whether the first port or any subsequent port on the same voyage), other than goods that are accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger or member of the crew or ship’s stores; and
b) all goods that the cargo reporter has arranged to be carried on a ship and that are intended to be kept on board the ship for shipment to a place outside Australia, other than goods that are accompanied personal or household effects of a passenger or member of the crew or ship’s stores.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
Dated: 28 September 2005
LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD
Chief Executive Officer of Customs