Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1997 No. 85 QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2

2.1 After regulation 83, insert in Part 8: Failure to complete quarantine
entry statement

"84. (1) A quarantine officer may require a person who travelled to Australia
on an oversea vessel (including the master and a member of the crew of the
vessel) to make, and produce, a statement in writing in relation to matters
within the functions, duties or powers of the quarantine officer.

"(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), the officer may require the person to
complete those parts of the form known as the Travellers Statement that are
relevant to the functions, duties or powers of the officer.

"(3) A person must not:

   (a)  refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made by a quarantine
        officer under subregulation (1); or

   (b)  make a written or oral statement for the purpose of subregulation (1)
        that is false or misleading in a material particular. Penalty: 20
        penalty units.

"(4) Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code applies to this regulation as if it were
in operation. [NOTE: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code codifies the general
principles of criminal responsibility.]".