Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Passenger Declaration) Regulations 2021 (F2021L01772)
Schedule 1 Migration amendments
Migration Regulations 1994
2 After regulation 3.03AA
Insert:
3.03AB Exemption from requirements to complete a passenger card where digital passenger 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 provided a digital passenger declaration to the departmental system that processes digital passenger declarations; 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(i) the person has not withdrawn the digital passenger declaration; and
(ii) a clearance officer does not requirethe person to provide a completed passenger card under subregulation (2).
(2) A clearance officer may requirethe 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).