Advance Delivery of Inward Passenger and Crew Manifests Notice 2007
ADVANCE DELIVERY OF INWARD PASSENGER AND CREW
MANIFESTS NOTICE 2007
BR 26/2007
REVENUE ACT 1898
1898:16
ADVANCE DELIVERY OF INWARD PASSENGER AND CREW
MANIFESTS NOTICE 2007
ARRANGEMENT OF NOTICE
1 Citation
2 Interpretation
3 Application of this Notice to
certain categories of ships
and aircraft
4 Electronic means of
delivery of manifest
5 Time of delivery of manifest
6 Additional information to
be included in manifest
7 Additional summary
manifest for passenger
aircraft
8 Commencement
The Collector of Customs, reviewing the powers conferred upon her by section 3B
of the Revenue Act 1898 to prescribe the contents and delivery of advance inward
passenger and crew manifests, gives notice as follows:—
Citation
1 This Notice may be cited as the Advance Delivery of Inward Passenger
and Crew Manifests Notice 2007.
Interpretation
2 In this Notice—
“the Act” means the Revenue Act 1898;
“the manifest” means the manifest referred to in section 3A of the Act;
“aircraft” includes every description of aeroplane or other aircraft;
“commercial purpose” includes the carriage of persons or goods for any
fare, fee, rate, charge or other consideration, or directly or indirectly
in connection with any business, or other undertaking intended for
profit; and
“ship” includes every description of ship or vessel.
Application of this Notice to certain categories of ships and aircraft
3 Section 3A(1) of the Act and this Notice shall apply in respect of—
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a) every ship departing for Bermuda for a commercial
purpose; and
b) every aircraft departing for Bermuda.
Electronic means of delivery of manifest
4 (1) The master of a ship shall deliver the manifest by e-mail to e-mail
address customsmanifest@gov.bm .
(2) The commander or the agent or representative of an aircraft shall
deliver the manifest by e-mail to e-mail address customsmanifest@gov.bm .
Time of delivery of manifest
5 (1) The master of a ship shall—
a) where the voyage is intended to exceed ninety-six hours in
duration, deliver the manifest not later than ninety-six
hours prior to the arrival of the ship in Bermuda; and
b) where the voyage is intended not to exceed ninety-six hours
in duration, deliver the manifest not later than two hours
after the time of departure of the ship for Bermuda.
(2) The commander or the agent or representative of an aircraft shall
deliver the manifest not later than the time of departure of the aircraft for
Bermuda:
Provided that the commander or the agent or representative of any air
ambulance in service of a medical emergency may, instead of complying with
subparagraph (2), deliver the manifest not later than thirty minutes after the time
of departure of the air ambulance for Bermuda.
Additional information to be included in manifest
6 (1) The master of every vessel departing for Bermuda shall include the
following additional information in the manifest—
a) name and nationality of the ship;
b) name of the shipping line or operator;
c) voyage number;
d) port arrived from;
e) port of destination;
f) port and date of the arrival of the ship;
g) names of the crew whose journey is to be completed in
Bermuda; and
h) in respect to every person on board the ship—
i) port of embarkation;
ii) port of disembarkation;
iii) description of status on board the ship; and
iv) cabin number or cabin identifier
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(2) The commander or the agent or representative of an aircraft
departing for Bermuda shall include the following additional information in the
manifest—
a) the registration number of the aircraft;
b) name of the airline or operator;
c) flight number;
d) airport arrived from;
e) airport of destination;
f) date of the arrival of the aircraft;
g) names of the crew whose journey is to be completed in
Bermuda; and
h) in respect to every person on board the aircraft—
i) description of status on board the aircraft; and
ii) where applicable, the seat number or seat identifier.
Additional summary manifest for passenger aircraft
7 (1) In addition to the manifest, the commander or the agent or
representative of a passenger aircraft shall separately deliver to the proper officer
of the Customs Department a summary manifest including the following
information in respect of the aircraft and the passengers on board—
a) name of the airline or operator;
b) where applicable, the flight number;
c) estimated time of arrival of the aircraft in Bermuda;
d) number of passengers on board the aircraft; and
e) the first name and last name of the person delivering the
information required by the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph.
(2) The information required by subparagraph (1) shall be delivered
not later than thirty minutes after the time of departure of the aircraft for
Bermuda.
(3) The information required by subparagraph (1) may be delivered
either by telephone to the Customs Passenger Control Office at the Bermuda
International Airport, or by e-mail to email address customsmanifest@gov.bm .
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Commencement
8 This Notice shall have effect from the 1st day of April 2007.
Given this 30th day of March, 2007
Lucinda Pearman
Acting Collector of Customs
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