Comptroller-General of Customs Instrument of Approval No. 11 of 2015 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Comptroller‑General of Customs Instrument of Approval No. 11 of 2015

Customs Act 1901

I, ROMAN QUAEDVLIEG, Comptroller‑General of Customs, under section 4A of the Customs Act 1901 (the Customs Act), approve the attached “OUTTURN REPORT (SUBSECTION 64ABAA(2))” statement as an approved statement for the purposes of communicating electronically to the Department, an outturn report in respect of a container that is unloaded from a ship at a port in Australia in accordance with subparagraph 64ABAA(5)(c)(i) of that Act.

This Instrument commences on 1 October 2015.

Dated:             18 September 2015

ROMAN QUAEDVLIEG
Comptroller‑General of Customs

OUTTURN REPORT (SUBSECTION 64ABAA(2) ‑ SEA)

Approved statement ‑ Customs Act 1901 subsection 64ABAA(5)

Item No.

Short title

Information required

1

Sender Reference

The identifier assigned by the person communicating the report to identify (and distinguish from others) the report and all subsequent amendments to the report.

2

Sender Reference Version

The numeric identifier assigned by the person communicating the report to identify the version of the report or the sequence of related reports.

3

Vessel ID

The identifier of the ship which carried the cargo:

§  the Lloyds identification number of the ship; or

§  if the vessel does not have a Lloyds identification number, the identification code allocated to the operator of the ship by the Department.

4

Voyage Number

The unique number assigned by the principal agent of the ship that carried the cargo.

5

First Container Discharge Date

If the report is the first outturn report ‑ the date the first container was unloaded from the ship.

6

Container Number

The unique identifier assigned to the container which is being unloaded.

7

Container Responsible Party ID

The Australian Business Number (ABN), or code allocated by the Department (the Customs Client Identifier or CCID), that identifies the party responsible for the container.

If the cargo is containerised and is being unloaded from a ship, items 8 to 12 are also required (Subsection 64ABAA (2))

8

Stevedore Establishment ID

The identifier of the stevedore establishment that is unloading the goods on board the ship at the port.

9

First Container Discharge Time

If the report is the first outturn report ‑ the time the first container was unloaded from the ship.

10

Last Container Discharge Date

If the report is the last report ‑ the date that the last container was unloaded from the ship.

11

Last Container Discharge Time

If the report is the last report ‑ the time that the last container was unloaded from the ship.

12

Restow Indicator

Indicate if a container will be unloaded and replaced on the ship.

If the cargo is bulk or break bulk and has been unloaded from a ship, items 13 to 17 are also required (Subsection 64ABAA(3).

13

Cargo Type

The cargo type allows cargo on a vessel to be classified into broad categories as these categories have differing reporting requirements. There are five cargo types:

-     FCL (Full Container Load) ‑ containers where all the contents are consigned to one entity.  There is only one consignment in the container;

-     FCX ‑ sea cargo containers where a container has all the contents consigned to one entity in Australia and where there are two or more consignments within the container;

-     LCL (Less than Container Load) ‑ a consignment that does not occupy the full space available in a container.  The consignment has been consolidated, i.e. packed into a single container, with one or multiple other LCL consignments.  These consignments must have at least two different consignees in Australia;

-     B/B (Break Bulk) ‑ a consignment of cargo that is transported in a non‑containerised manner. Most break bulk consignments are comprised of self-contained units/packages for example, cars or timber packs; and

-     BLK (Bulk) ‑ consignments of goods that conform to the shape of the vessel holds that the cargo is being transported in and does not have any external packaging, for example, gas, grain or petroleum.

14

House Bill number

A Bill of Lading House (or House Bill) is issued by an entity (usually a freight forwarder) to identify individual consignments and each Bill has a unique identifying number.

15

Ocean Bill of Lading number

An Ocean Bill of Lading is issued by a shipping company for the carriage of goods on a vessel and each Bill has a unique identifying number.

16

Responsible Party ID

The Responsible Party ID identifies the party who is responsible for unloading, unpacking or receiving the cargo.  The identifier can be either the party’s Australian Business Number (ABN) or Customs Client ID (CCID).

17

Outturn Result Type

Indicate if there are any discrepancies between the cargo report relating to the cargo and the goods unloaded.

NIL	NIL	There are no goods included in the cargo report that have not been unloaded and there are no goods not included in the cargo report that have been unloaded.
SC	Surplus Consignment	There is a consignment that has been unloaded that is not included in the cargo report.
SH	Shortage	There are goods included in the cargo report that have not been unloaded.
SU	Surplus packages	There are packages that have been unloaded that are not included in the cargo report.