11Manifest for goods discharged from vessel

11 Manifest for goods discharged from vessel

11 Manifest for goods discharged from vessel

(1) The owner of a vessel that discharges goods in a designated port, and in relation to which a wharfage charge or port cargo access charge is payable, must give the relevant port authority a manifest, in accordance with this section, of all the goods to be discharged.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The manifest must be given—

(a) for Sydney Harbour, Botany Bay and Port Kembla ports—by the end of the third working day after the vessel enters the port, and

(b) for Newcastle, Yamba and Eden ports—by the end of the first working day after the vessel leaves the port.

(3) The manifest must include the following information—

(a) the name of the vessel,

(b) the number allocated to the vessel for the particular sailing,

(c) the berth at which the goods are to be, or were, discharged,

(d) the place at which the goods were first loaded for carriage by sea to the designated port,

(e) a description of the goods,

(e1) for goods discharged from the vessel—the tariff classification number for the goods under the Customs Tariff Act 1995 of the Commonwealth, Schedule 3,

(f) the nature and number of the packages, cases or other receptacles in which the goods are enclosed, whether or not the receptacles were carried in a container,

(g) the identifying marks and numbers of the receptacles as shown on each bill of lading for the goods,

(h) the name and address of the consignee of the goods,

(i) the number of each bill of lading issued for the goods,

(j) the mass and volume of the goods in cubic metres or kilolitres,

(k) for goods carried in a container—

(i) the identifying marks and number of the container, and

(ii) if the container’s point of origin was within Australia—the Australian postcode for the container’s point of origin, and