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Customs Act 1901
106DReport just before ship or aircraft departs
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106D Report just before ship or aircraft departs
(1) Before the ship or aircraft departs from the place, the operator must report to the Department, in accordance with Subdivision C:
(a) on the persons:
(i) who will be on board the ship or aircraft when it departs from the place; and
(ii) who are not identified in a report made by the operator in relation to the ship’s or aircraft’s departure from the place under section 106B or 106C; and
(iii) who are not identified in a report made in relation to the ship’s or aircraft’s earlier departure from another place in the course of the same journey; or
(b) if there are no persons covered by paragraph (a)—that there are no persons to report.
Subdivision B—Reports on matters in approved statement
106E Ships and aircraft to which this Subdivision applies
(1) This Subdivision applies to a ship or aircraft of a kind prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this section, if the ship or aircraft is due to depart:
(a) from a place in Australia at the beginning of a journey to a place outside Australia (whether or not the journey will conclude outside Australia); or
(b) from a place in Australia in the course of such a journey.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of this section may specify kinds of ships or aircraft by reference to particular matters, including any or all of the following matters:
(a) the type, size or capacity of the ship or aircraft;
(b) the kind of operation or service in which the aircraft or ship will be engaged on journeys from Australia;
(c) other circumstances relating to the ship or aircraft or its use, or relating to the operator of the ship or aircraft.
106F Reports on matters in approved statement
The operator of the ship or aircraft must report to the Department, in accordance with Subdivision C:
(a) not later than the prescribed period or periods before the ship’s or aircraft’s departure from a place; or
(b) at the time of a prescribed event or events; or
(c) at the prescribed time or times.
Subdivision C—How reports under this Division are to be made