Section 245J — Approval of primary reporting systems

245J Approval of primary reporting systems

(1) The Secretary must, for each kind of aircraft or ship to which this Division applies, by legislative instrument, approve a system for the purposes of reporting under this Division. The system may be an electronic system or a system requiring reports to be provided in documentary form. Note 1: An approval under this subsection can be varied or revoked under subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. Note 2: It is anticipated that, ultimately, documentary systems will be phased out and all approved systems will be electronic systems.

(2) Under subsection (1), the Secretary may, for a kind of aircraft or ship, approve a single system for reporting on both passengers and crew or may approve one system for reporting on passengers, and another system for reporting on crew.

(2A) The information about passengers or crew that is to be reported by a system must be about:

(a) if the system is for reporting on passengers—passengers individually; or

(b) if the system is for reporting on crew—members of the crew individually; or

(c) if the system is for reporting on both passengers and crew— passengers individually and members of the crew individually.

(3) The instrument of approval of a system for reporting on passengers or crew must also specify the information (including personal identifiers) about passengers or crew that is to be reported by that system.