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