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MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 3.01

Provision of information (general requirement)

  (1)   In this regulation:

"officer" includes a clearance officer.

  (2)   This regulation applies to:

  (a)   a person who is an overseas passenger:

  (i)   arriving on board a vessel at a port in Australia in the course of, or at the conclusion of, an overseas flight or an overseas voyage; or

  (ii)   leaving Australia on board a vessel bound for or calling at a place outside Australia; and

  (b)   a person on board an aircraft arriving at, or departing from, an airport in Australia, being an aircraft operated by an international air carrier;

other than:

  (c)   a person included in a class of persons set out in an item in Part   1 of Schedule   9, being an item in which the word "no" appears in column 4; and

  (d)   a person who, under regulation   3.06, is not required to complete a passenger card; and

  (e)   a person who enters Australia:

  (i)   on a non - military ship; and

  (ii)   as a member of the crew of that non - military ship, or as a member of the family unit of a member of the crew of that non - military ship.

  (3)   A person to whom this regulation applies who is arriving in Australia must:

  (a)   complete a passenger card:

  (i)   in relation to the person and to any other person that person is in charge of on the relevant flight or voyage; and

  (ii)   in accordance with directions set out on the passenger card; and

  (b)   provide the completed passenger card to an officer.

  (4)   An officer may require a person to whom this regulation applies to provide to the officer information about that person in respect of any of the following matters:

  (a)   name;

  (b)   date of birth and country of birth;

  (c)   citizenship;

  (d)   sex, and marital or relationship status;

  (e)   usual occupation;

  (f)   passport number;

  (g)   if the person is not:

  (i)   an Australian citizen; or

  (ii)   a person who is eligible for the grant of a Special Category visa; or

  (iii)   a person who will on entry be taken to hold a special purpose visa;

    the number of the Australian visa held by the person;

  (h)   flight number of aircraft or name of ship in relation to the relevant flight or voyage;

  (i)   country in which the person boarded, or intends to disembark from, the aircraft or ship;

  (j)   if the person is entering Australia--the intended address of the person in Australia.



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