Section 13Part 3 — CONTROL OF VESSELS AND GOODS
Advance documentation for inward ships and aircraft
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The master or commander of an inward ship or aircraft shall give Customs and Border Control the following documents electronically, or cause them to be so given —
a written notice of the ship's or aircraft's expected arrival time;
a passenger and crew manifest; and
if there are or will be any imported or in-transit goods on board, a goods manifest.
A master shall give, or cause the giving of, the documents at least forty-eight hours before the inward journey ends or, in the case of a ship that has been outside the jurisdiction for less than forty-eight hours, at least four hours before the inward journey ends.
A commander shall give, or cause the giving of, the documents before the aircraft's inward journey starts.
The passenger and crew manifest shall state the following for those on board —
the number of inward passengers;
the number of in-transit passengers;
the following particulars for each passenger (inward or in-transit) —
their first and last names, sex, date of birth and nationality; and
any other required particulars; and
the first and last names of each crew member and of anyone else on board, including, for example —
a stowaway; and
for an inward ship, a person rescued at sea.
The goods manifest shall state —
the marks, numbers and contents of each container of imported or in-transit goods; and
if the master or commander knows the name of the consignee of any or all of the imported or in-transit goods, the consignee's name.
Defined Terms
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