Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The maritime officer may also exercise maritime powers as follows :
(a) to investigate or prevent any contravention of an Australian law that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, the vessel, installation, aircraft, protected land area or isolated person to be involved in;
(b) to administer or ensure compliance with any monitoring law;
(c) in the case of a vessel, installation or aircraft-- to administer, ensure compliance with or investigat e a contravention of any international agreement or international decision that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, applies to the vessel, installation or aircraft;
(d) to access or seize any thing that the officer suspects , on reasonable grounds , is :
(i) evidential material; or
(ii) a border controlled drug or border controlled plant; or
(iii) owned by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory;
(e) to arrest any person whom the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds , has committed an indictable offence against an Australian law;
(f) to enforce any warrant that is in force under an Australian law;
(g) to retain any thing that the officer believes, on reasonable grounds , could be seized under an Australian law;
(h) in the case of a vessel or aircraft-- to ide ntify the vessel or aircraft.
Exception--aircraft in flight
(2) Subsection ( 1) does not apply in relation to an aircraft in flight.