Migration Reform Act 1992

The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following section:

Regulations about passenger cards

“183.

Regulations under paragraph 181(1)(c) may provide for the giving of different information about different classes of people.

“(2) The regulations are to provide for the giving of information, in the form of answers to questions on a form, to be known as a passenger card, by non-citizens travelling to Australia, other than non-citizens exempted by the regulations.

“(3) The questions for a non-citizen required by subsection (2) are to include questions about:

the non-citizen’s health; and

any criminal convictions in Australia or a foreign country of the non-citizen; and

the purpose of the new arrival’s going to Australia; and

any unpaid debts to the Commonwealth of the non-citizen; and

any removal or deportation from, or refusal of admission into, Australia or a foreign country of the non-citizen.”.