# Pre-cleared flights

> act-s17 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

17 Pre-cleared flights
          (1) The Minister may, in writing, declare a specified flight by an
              aircraft on a specified day between a specified foreign country and
              Australia to be a pre-cleared flight for the purposes of this Act.
          (2) The Minister may declare, in writing, a specified class of flights
              conducted by a specified air transport enterprise or by another
              specified person to be pre-cleared flights for the purposes of this
              Act.
          (3) A particular flight to which a declaration under subsection (1) or
              (2) applies is not a pre-cleared flight if an authorised officer
              decides, before the passengers on it disembark in Australia, that it
              is inappropriate to treat it as such.










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