# Approved fall-back reporting systems may be used in certain circumstances

> act-s245M — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

245M Approved fall-back reporting systems may be used in certain
        circumstances
          (1) This section applies if:
               (a) the approved primary reporting system for reporting on
                    passengers or crew on an aircraft or ship is an electronic
                    system; and
               (b) either:
                      (i) the operator of the aircraft or ship cannot report on some
                          or all of the passengers or crew (the relevant passengers
                          or crew) using the approved primary reporting system
                          because the system is not working; or
                     (ii) the Secretary permits the operator of the aircraft or ship
                          to report on some or all of the passengers or crew (the
                          relevant passengers or crew) using an approved
                          fall-back reporting system.
          (2) Sections 245L and 245LA apply in relation to the relevant
              passengers or crew as if:
               (a) the reference in subsections 245L(2) and 245LA(2) to the
                    approved primary reporting system for passengers, or the
                    approved primary reporting system for crew, were instead a
                    reference to an approved fall-back reporting system; and
               (b) the reference in subsections 245L(3) and 245LA(4) to the
                    information that is specified, as mentioned in
                    subsection 245J(3), in relation to the relevant approved
                    primary reporting system were instead a reference to the
                    information that is specified, as mentioned in
                    subsection 245K(2), in relation to the approved fall-back
                    reporting system that the operator uses in relation to the
                    relevant passengers or crew.