Customs Act 1901

PART XVII - MISCELLANEOUS  

SECTION 275  

275   COMMISSIONED SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT MAY BE SEARCHED  

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Ships or aircraft under commission from His Majesty or any foreign State having on board any goods other than ship ' s or aircraft ' s stores laden in a place outside Australia or in Australia may be boarded and searched by the Comptroller-General of Customs or an authorised officer in the same manner as other ships or aircraft, and the Comptroller-General of Customs or the authorised officer may secure any such goods and for that purpose bring them ashore.

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History

S 275 amended by No 41 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 855, effective 1 July 2015. For saving and transitional provisions see note under the title of this Act.

S 275 amended by No 85 of 1995, s 11 and Sch 9.

S 275 amended by No 111 of 1990, Sch 2.

S 275 amended by No 5 of 1990, s 22.

Transitional provision

Amending Act No 5 of 1990, s 24, provides:

Where, under an authorisation in force immediately before the amendment of section 214AA, 214AB, 274 or 275 of the Principal Act commences, an officer of Customs is authorised to exercise powers under that section, then, with effect from the commencement of that amendment:

(a) the officer is to be taken to be an authorised officer in relation to that section for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act; and

(b) the authorisation is to be taken to be the authorisation of that officer as an authorised officer in relation to that section for the purposes of the Principal Act as so amended.

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