# Exemption from requirements to complete a passenger card where Australia Travel Declaration provided

> reg-3.03AB — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

3.03AB Exemption from requirements to complete a passenger card where
         Australia Travel Declaration provided
          (1) The requirements relating to completing or providing a passenger card in these
              Regulations do not apply to a person who is arriving in Australia if:
               (a) the person has submitted an Australia Travel Declaration; and
              (aa) the person has received an electronic message, generated by the
                   departmental system that processes such declarations, showing that the
                   person has submitted that declaration; and
              (ab) if requested by a clearance officer, the person:
                     (i) presents the electronic message to the clearance officer; and
                    (ii) confirms to the clearance officer that the information provided in the
                         Australia Travel Declaration is correct; and
               (b) before an event referred to in subparagraph 172(1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii) of the
                   Act occurs:
                     (i) the person has not withdrawn the Australia Travel Declaration; and
                    (ii) a clearance officer does not require the person to provide a completed
                         passenger card under subregulation (2).
          (2) A clearance officer may require the person to provide a completed passenger
              card if circumstances specified in an instrument under subregulation (3) exist.
          (3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a matter for the purposes of
              subregulation (2).