Pursuant to section 274B(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996, I, William E. Perry, hereby publish variations to the details of the automated electronic system known as SmartGate following a recent decision to expand eligibility to use Customs’ Smartgate automated electronic system.

People now eligible to use Smartgate as an alternative and voluntary mechanism to primary line processing by a Customs officer are persons with an e-Passport 12 years of age and over from the following countries:

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• The Netherlands
• New Zealand
• People’s Republic of China
• Republic of Ireland
• United Kingdom
• United States of America

Dated this 14th day of December 2017.

WILLIAM E. PERRY, Acting Comptroller of Customs.