Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and Other Measures) Act 2009 (34 of 2009)

Schedule 5   Boarding powers and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Customs Act 1901

1   Subsection 184A(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

General power to board a ship

(1) In the circumstances described in subsection (2), (3), (4), (4A), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9), an officer (within the meaning of section 185) may board a ship.

Note: Sections 185 and 185A give further powers related to boarding a ship.

Note: The heading to section 184A is replaced by the heading “ Power to board a ship ”.