Migration (Australia Travel Declaration—Passenger Card May Be Required) Instrument (LIN 24/075) 2024

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated   15 October 2024

Tony Burke

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Schedules

6  When a passenger card may be required

Schedule 1—Repeals

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

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration (Australia Travel Declaration—Passenger Card May Be Required) Instrument (LIN 24/075) 2024.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subregulation 3.03AB(3) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Migration Act 1958 and the Regulations, including the following:

(a) Australia Travel Declaration;

(b) clearance authority;

(c) clearance officer;

(d) passenger card.

  In this instrument:

Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

5  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

6  When a passenger card may be required

  For subregulation 3.03AB(2) of the Regulations, each of the following matters is specified:

 (a) the person’s Australia Travel Declaration cannot be accessed by a clearance authority;

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

Schedule 1—Repeals

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

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.