# Excluded maritime arrival

> reg-1.15J — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

1.15J Excluded maritime arrival
               For paragraph 5AA(3)(c) of the Act, the following classes of persons are
               prescribed:
                 (a) persons who:
                       (i) enter Australia on or after the day this regulation commences; and
                      (ii) hold and produce an ETA-eligible passport;
                (b) persons who:
                       (i) enter Australia on or after the day this regulation commences; and
                      (ii) at the time of entry into Australia, are accompanied by another person
                           who holds and produces an ETA-eligible passport; and
                     (iii) are included in that ETA-eligible passport.
               Note 1:   A person who is in one of these classes is an excluded maritime arrival and is not an
                         unauthorised maritime arrival: see section 5AA of the Act.
               Note 2:   Subregulation 1.11B(3) sets out which passports are ETA-eligible passports for the
                         purposes of this regulation.