Migration Act 1958 Instrument Of Approval Of Fall-Back Reporting Systems (International Passenger Cruise Ship – Passengers And Crew) 2015 -Immi 15/024 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

INSTRUMENT OF APPROVAL OF FALL-BACK REPORTING SYSTEMS
(INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER CRUISE SHIP – PASSENGERS AND CREW) 2015

(Section 245K)

I, MICHAEL PEZZULLO, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, acting under section 245K of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act):

1.         REVOKE the Instrument of Approval of Fall-back Reporting System (International Passenger Cruise Ship – Passengers and Crew) (F2005B02642), signed on 19 December 2003; and

2.         APPROVE the following systems of reporting:

(a)reporting to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection's Entry Operations Centre by telephone to either of the following telephone numbers in Australia;

(i)     [phone]; or

(ii)1300 368 970; or

(b)reporting to the Entry Operations Centre by email: [email protected]; or

(c)reporting to the Entry Operations Centre by SITATEX to the address CBRIXCR; or

(d)APPchat;

as the systems of reporting, for the purposes of fall-back reporting under Division 12B of Part 2 of the Act, for each passenger and each crew member of an international passenger cruise ship, as defined in subregulation 3.13 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations); and

3.         SPECIFY the information that is to be reported in respect of all passengers and crew of international passenger cruise ships in the Schedule to this Instrument.

This Instrument, IMMI 15/024 commences on 1 July 2015.

Dated:  26^th June 2015

Michael Pezzullo
Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection

SCHEDULE

INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER CRUISE SHIP – PASSENGERS AND CREW

Item

Description

1

The Lloyd’s Shipping Number (the unique seven digit number assigned by the Lloyd’s Register of Ships), port of arrival of the ship and the expected date of arrival of the ship.

2

Where the Operator has confirmed that each passenger and each crew member who has boarded the ship, each person holds:

(a)      a travel document, other than an Australian or New Zealand passport, and a visa which is in effect that permit the person to travel to and enter Australia; or

(b)     a current Australian or New Zealand passport.

3

For each passengers and each crew member whom the Operator has not confirmed as falling within Item 2, whether the Operator has obtained up-lift approval from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection's Entry Operation Centre.