Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This section applies in relation to the following:
(a) all protected zone vessels;
(b) all persons on board a protected zone vessel;
(c) all goods on board a protected zone vessel that are goods referred to in subparagraph 617(1)(c)(i) or (ii) of the Act.
(2) For subsection 617(1) of the Act, the vessels, persons and goods are exempt from the following provisions of the Act:
(a) Division 3 of Part 1 of Chapter 3 (notice of goods to be unloaded in Australian territory);
(b) section 145 (goods not to be unloaded except at first point of entry);
(c) Division 8 of Part 1 of Chapter 3 (reporting biosecurity incidents);
(d) Division 3 of Part 2 of Chapter 4 (pre - arrival reporting by operator of vessel);
(e) section 220 (requirement to give biosecurity information to persons on board vessel);
(f) section 221 (requirements relating to quarantine signal);
(g) section 245 (vessel to be moored at first point of entry);
(h) Part 3 of Chapter 11 (cost recovery).
Note: The exemption only has effect while the vessels, persons or goods remain in a protected zone area (see subsection 617(3) of the Act).