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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 6: Reporting requirements for trucks entering or leaving Republic

8.32 Timeframe for submission of advace truck, crew and cargo departure notices and particulars to be reflected

 

(1) An advance truck, crew and cargo departure notice must, subject to subrule (3), be submitted at least one hour before the truck reaches the land border-post where it will leave the Republic.

 

(2) An advance departure notice referred to in subrule (1) must reflect the following information:
(a) General mandatory reporting information;
(b) the land border-post where the truck will leave the Republic;
(c) the date and scheduled time of arrival of the truck at the border-post;
(d) the on-board operator details;
(e) details of the truck’s destination;
(f) crew details in respect of each crew member on board the truck;
(g) if the truck transports—
(i) containerised cargo, containerised cargo details and container details in respect of each consignment of containerised cargo on board the truck;
(ii) bulk cargo, bulk cargo details in respect of the bulk cargo on board the truck; and
(iii) break bulk cargo, break bulk cargo details in respect of each consignment of break bulk cargo on board the truck; and
(h) if the cargo transported is a part-shipment, an indicator to that effect, stating that the cargo is being transported “in part” or “in final part” of the part-shipment.

[Rule 8.32(2)(h) inserted by section 3(c) of Notice No. R.845, GG42497, dated 31 May 2019]

 

(3) An own goods carrier operating a truck who is not required to submit declarations electronically in terms of section 101A(2)(d) of the Act, read with rule 101A.01A(2)(a)(v), is hereby excluded from the application of this rule.