Customs Act 1901 CEO Instrument of Approval No. 42 of 2002 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

CEO INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL No. 42 of 2002

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

I, LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD, Chief Executive Officer of Customs, under subparagraph 64ACA(2)(b) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), hereby approve the “Advance Passenger Processing” system described below as an electronic system for operators of aircraft due to arrive at Australia to give a report to the Australian Customs Service on passengers on board the aircraft.

DESCRIPTION OF APP SYSTEM

The Advance Passenger Processing (APP) system provides a message based interface  between an air service system and the request capture system. It is used by air service  operators to send advance passenger information to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and the Australian Customs Service.

The electronic system is approved for use on and from 5 January 2003.

Dated: 4 December 2002

LIONEL BARRIE WOODWARD

Chief Executive Officer of Customs