Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Customs and Excise Rules

Chapter III : Importation, Exportation and Transit and Coastwise Carriage of Goods

Rules for Section 8 of the Act

Part 3 : Reporting requirements for arriving and departing foreign-going vessels

8.10 Timeframe for submission of advance containerised cargo loading notices and particulars to be reflected
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(1) An advance loading notice of containerised cargo referred to in rule 8.09(1)(a) must be submitted to the Commissioner at least 24 hours before the first of those containers is loaded on board the vessel that will transport the cargo to the Republic.

 

(2) The notice must reflect the following information:
(a) General mandatory reporting information;
(b) the estimated time of loading of the first of the containers to be loaded on board the vessel;
(c) the scheduled date of arrival of the vessel at the first port where the vessel is scheduled to call after entering the Republic;
(d) the total number of containers to be loaded for transport to the Republic;
(e) container details in respect of each container scheduled to be on board when the vessel enters the Republic;
(f) the verified gross mass (VGM) in respect of each container, as well as the unit of measure; and
(g) containerised cargo details in respect of each consignment, subject to subrule (3).

 

(3)
(a) An advance loading notice of containerised cargo submitted by a carrier need not contain all the containerised cargo details of any specific consignment if the cargo reporter or other person who made the transport arrangements for that consignment with that carrier submits the excluded details in a separate notice to the Commissioner.
(b) A notice referred to in paragraph (a) must be submitted in the same manner and within the same timeframe as the advance loading notice to which it relates, and must in addition to the relevant containerised cargo details reflect the following information:
(i) General mandatory reporting information;
(ii) the identity of the cargo reporter;
(iii) container details of all containers in the consignment; and
(iv) the verified gross mass (VGM) in respect of each container, as well as the unit of measure.