Customs Amendment (Strengthening Border Controls) Act 2008 (74 of 2008)

Schedule 2   Search powers on certain ships and aircraft

Customs Act 1901

9   Subsection 185AA(6)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Protection if officers etc. act in good faith

(6) An action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, does not lie against an officer who conducts, or a person who (at the request of an officer) conducts, a search under this section if the officer, or person, acts in good faith and does not contravene subsection (7).


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