Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)Customs and Excise RulesChapter III : Importation, Exportation and Transit and Coastwise Carriage of GoodsRules for Section 8 of the ActPart 3 : Reporting requirements for arriving and departing foreign-going vessels8.12 Timeframe for submission of advance sea cargo arrival notices and particulars to be reflected |
| (1) | An advance sea cargo arrival notice referred to in rule 8.09(2) must be submitted— |
| (a) | in respect of— |
| (i) | any containerised cargo on board the vessel for which the cargo reporter submitting the notice is responsible; |
| (ii) | any break bulk cargo on board the vessel for which the cargo reporter submitting the notice is responsible; |
| (iii) | any bulk cargo on board the vessel for which the cargo reporter submitting the notice is responsible; and |
| (iv) | any empty containers on board the vessel for which the cargo reporter submitting the notice is responsible; and |
| (b) | no later than the timeframe prescribed for the submission of an advance vessel arrival notice in terms of rule 8.11. |
| (2) | An advance sea cargo arrival notice referred to in subrule (1) must reflect the following information: |
| (a) | General mandatory reporting information; |
| (b) | the identity of the cargo reporter; |
| (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 cargo type; and |
| (e) | if the cargo for which the cargo reporter is responsible consists of— |
| (i) | containerised cargo, container details, the verified gross mass (VGM) of each container including the unit of measure, and containerised cargo details in respect of each consignment scheduled to be on board when the vessel enters the Republic, but only to the extent that that information has not already been included in respect of that consignment in the advance loading notice of containerised cargo submitted in terms of rule 8.09(1)(a); |
| (ii) | break bulk cargo, break bulk cargo details in respect of each consignment of such cargo scheduled to be on board when the vessel enters the Republic; |
| (iii) | bulk cargo, bulk cargo details in respect of each consignment of such cargo scheduled to be on board when the vessel enters the Republic; or |
| (iv) | empty containers, container details in respect of each empty container scheduled to be on board the vessel when the vessel enters the Republic. |