# Regulations about passenger cards

> act-s506 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

506 Regulations about passenger cards
          (1) Regulations under paragraph 504(1)(c) may provide for the giving
              of different information about different classes of people.
          (2) The regulations are to provide for the giving of information, in the
              form of answers to questions on a form, to be known as a









               passenger card, by non-citizens travelling to Australia, other than
               non-citizens exempted by the regulations.
          (3) The questions for a non-citizen required by subsection (2) may
              include, but are not limited to, questions about any or all of the
              following:
                (a) the non-citizen’s health;
                (b) any criminal convictions in Australia or a foreign country of
                    the non-citizen;
                (c) the purpose of the new arrival’s going to Australia;
                (d) any unpaid debts to the Commonwealth of the non-citizen;
                (e) any removal or deportation from, or refusal of admission
                    into, Australia or a foreign country of the non-citizen.