Commonwealth Numbered Acts

QUARANTIME AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 19, 1984 - SECT 18

18. Section 70 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(1) A quarantine officer may board any vessel that-

   (a)  is in a port or place in Australia or the Cocos Islands; or

   (b)  is-

        (i)    on the seaward side of the outer limits of the territorial sea
               of Australia or the Cocos Islands and is within 9 nautical
               miles, or such greater distance as the Governor-General, by
               proclamation, declares, of those outer limits; and

        (ii)   bound for a port or place in Australia or the Cocos Islands,

and may, after boarding the vessel-

   (c)  enter and inspect any part of the vessel;

   (d)  inspect any animals or goods on board the vessel; and

   (e)  inspect the passenger list, log, manifest, journal and any other
        papers relating to the vessel or to any persons, animals or goods on
        board the vessel.'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''paragraph (c) of the last preceding
        sub-section'' and substituting ''paragraph (1) (e)''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(3) A person authorized in writing by the Director of Quarantine to act
under this sub-section may board any vessel that-

   (a)  is in a port or place in Australia or the Cocos Islands; or

   (b)  is-

        (i)    on the seaward side of the outer limits of the territorial sea
               of Australia or the Cocos Islands and is within 9 nautical
               miles, or such greater distance as the Governor-General, by
               proclamation, declares, of those outer limits; and

        (ii)   bound for a port or place in Australia or the Cocos Islands,

and may, after boarding the vessel, enter and inspect any part of the vessel
and all animals, plants and goods on board the vessel.''.