# Provision of information (general requirement)

> reg-3.01 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

3.01 Provision of information (general requirement)
          (1) In this regulation:
               officer includes a clearance officer.
          (2) This regulation applies to:
                (a) a person who is an overseas passenger:
                      (i) arriving on board a vessel at a port in Australia in the course of, or at
                          the conclusion of, an overseas flight or an overseas voyage; or
                     (ii) leaving Australia on board a vessel bound for or calling at a place
                          outside Australia; and
               (b) a person on board an aircraft arriving at, or departing from, an airport in
                    Australia, being an aircraft operated by an international air carrier;
              other than:
                (c) a person included in a class of persons set out in an item in Part 1 of
                    Schedule 9, being an item in which the word “no” appears in column 4; and
               (d) a person who, under regulation 3.06, is not required to complete a
                    passenger card; and
                (e) a person who enters Australia:
                      (i) on a non-military ship; and
                     (ii) as a member of the crew of that non-military ship, or as a member of
                          the family unit of a member of the crew of that non-military ship.
          (3) A person to whom this regulation applies who is arriving in Australia must:
               (a) complete a passenger card:
                     (i) in relation to the person and to any other person that person is in
                         charge of on the relevant flight or voyage; and
                    (ii) in accordance with directions set out on the passenger card; and
               (b) provide the completed passenger card to an officer.
          (4) An officer may require a person to whom this regulation applies to provide to the
              officer information about that person in respect of any of the following matters:
                (a) name;
               (b) date of birth and country of birth;
                (c) citizenship;
               (d) sex, and marital or relationship status;
                (e) usual occupation;
                (f) passport number;
               (g) if the person is not:







                        (i) an Australian citizen; or
                       (ii) a person who is eligible for the grant of a Special Category visa; or
                      (iii) a person who will on entry be taken to hold a special purpose visa;
                      the number of the Australian visa held by the person;
                 (h) flight number of aircraft or name of ship in relation to the relevant flight or
                      voyage;
                  (i) country in which the person boarded, or intends to disembark from, the
                      aircraft or ship;
                  (j) if the person is entering Australia—the intended address of the person in
                      Australia.