Migration (Digital Passenger Declaration—Circumstances where Passenger Card also required) Instrument (LIN 22/015) 2022

Migration (Digital Passenger Declaration—Circumstances where Passenger Card also required) Instrument (LIN 22/015) 2022

I, Karen Andrews, Minister for Home Affairs, make this instrument under subregulation 3.03AB(3) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).

Dated 19 January 2022

Karen Andrews

Minister for Home Affairs

1 Name

 This instrument is the Migration (Digital Passenger Declaration—Circumstances where Passenger Card also required) Instrument (LIN 22/015) 2022.

2 Commencement

 This instrument commences on the day after registration.

3 Definitions

 In this instrument:

DPD means a digital passenger declaration provided to the departmental system that processes digital passenger declarations.

Note Some expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Migration Act 1958 and the Regulations, including clearance authority and clearance officer.  

4 When a passenger card may be required

 For subregulation 3.03AB(2) of the Regulations, the following circumstances are specified:

(a) the person’s DPD cannot be accessed by a clearance authority;

(b) a clearance officer reasonably suspects that the information in the person’s DPD is not accurate or complete.