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note on subsidiary Legislation
This Chapter contains no subsidiary legislation.
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9 of 2008.
Commencement.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Duty to provide
advance
passenger
information.
Schedule.
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immigration (advance passenger
information) act
an act to make provision for the transmission of advance
passenger information respecting persons travelling to
trinidad and tobago and for related matters.
[7Th July 2008]
1. This Act may be cited as the Immigration (Advance
Passenger Information) Act.
2. In this Act—
“advance passenger information” means the information in
respect of a passenger, crew member or other occupant
transported in the vessel;
“master” means a person having command or charge of any
vessel;
“Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for
national security is assigned;
“vessel” includes any ship, boat, aircraft or other floating or
airborne contrivance.
3. (1) The master of every vessel destined for Trinidad and
Tobago, prior to departure of the vessel from the last port of call
before Trinidad and Tobago, shall transmit to the Chief
Immigration Officer the advance passenger information data
detailed in the Schedule.
(2) A master who intentionally or recklessly—
(a) fails to transmit the data required by
subsection (1); or
(b) transmits incomplete or false data,
is deemed to have committed a summary offence in Trinidad and
Tobago and is liable to a fine of six hundred thousand dollars.
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schedULe
advance passenger information data
part i
vesseL data
traveller’s status
(Passenger, Crew, In transit)
flight identification
(IATA Airline code and flight number)
vessel identification
(Vessel name and voyage number)
scheduled departure date
(Date of scheduled departure of vessel—based on local time of
departure location)
scheduled departure time
(Time of scheduled departure of vessel—based on local time of
departure location)
scheduled arrival date
(Date of scheduled arrival of vessel—based on local time of arrival
location)
scheduled arrival time
(Time of scheduled arrival of vessel—based on local time of arrival
location)
Last place/port of call of vessel
(Vessel departed from this last foreign place/port of call to go to
“place/port of vessel initial arrival”)
place/port of vessel initial arrival
(Place/port in the country of destination where the vessel arrives from
the “last place/port of call of vessel”)
(3) The Minister may by Order waive the requirement
for a master of a vessel to provide the advance passenger
information data under subsection (1), where the vessel is—
(a) a military vessel; or
(b) on official State business.
Section 3.
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subsequent place/port of call within the country
number of passengers
(Total number of passengers on board)
part ii
passenger data
(a) core data elements of the official travel document, official travel
document number
(Passport or other official travel document number)
Issuing State or Organisation of the official travel document
(Name of the State or Organisation responsible for the issuance
of the official travel document)
Official travel document type
(Indicator to identify type of official travel document)
Expiration date of official travel document
(Expiration date of the official travel document)
Surname/Given Name(s)
(Family name and given name(s) of the holder as it appears on
the official travel document)
Nationality
Date of Birth
Gender
Place of Birth
(Place of birth such as city and country)
(b) additional data elements (if applicable)
Visa Number
Issue Date of the Visa
Place of Issuance of the Visa
Type of other document used for travel
(Indicator to identify type of document used for travel)
Other document number used for travel
(The other document used for travel when the official travel
document is not required)
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