12Manifest for goods loaded on vessel

12 Manifest for goods loaded on vessel

12 Manifest for goods loaded on vessel

(1) The owner of a vessel who loads 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 loaded.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The manifest must be given—

(a) for Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay ports—by the end of the eighth working day after the vessel leaves the port, and

(b) for Newcastle, Port Kembla, 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 were loaded,

(d) the destinations to which the goods are ultimately to be carried by sea,

(e) a description of the goods,

(e1) for goods loaded onto the vessel—the Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification for the goods published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from time to time,

Note—

The Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification is an extension of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System referred to in the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System done at Brussels on 14 June 1983.

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