Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 5.35E

    For subsection   245F(14) of the Act, the powers that the officer may exercise, consistently with the agreement or arrangement, are the powers to do the following:

  (a)   search, without warrant:

  (i)   an individual on the ship; or

  (ii)   the clothing of the individual; or

  (iii)   any property under the immediate control of the individual;

  (b)   take possession of any weapon for as long as the officer thinks necessary for the purposes of this regulation;

  (c)   restrain any individual on board the ship for as long as the officer thinks necessary for the purposes of this regulation;

  (d)   detain the ship for as long as the officer thinks necessary for the purposes of this regulation;

  (e)   bring the ship, or cause it to be brought, to a place that the officer considers appropriate.