Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585:clause:1_27a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27A (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 58945–61545

27A  Pre‑arrival and pre‑departure reports by certain vessels (other than aircraft) and installations

Vessels from which reports are required

 (1) This section applies to the master of:
 (a) an overseas vessel (other than an aircraft) that is intended to arrive at a place in Australia or the Cocos Islands; or
 (b) an overseas installation that:
 (i) is intended to arrive at a place in Australia or the Cocos Islands from a place outside Australia and the Cocos Islands; or
 (ii) is intended to arrive at a place in the Cocos Islands from a place in Australia; or
 (c) a vessel (other than an overseas vessel or an aircraft), or an installation (other than an overseas installation), that is intended to arrive at a place in Australia from a place in the Cocos Islands; or
 (d) a vessel (other than an overseas vessel, an aircraft or a prescribed vessel) that is intended to arrive at a place in Australia (other than a place in a Special Quarantine Zone or the Protected Zone) or the Cocos Islands from a place in any of those Zones.

Quarantine officer to whom pre‑arrival report to be sent

 (2) The master of the vessel or installation must cause the prescribed information to be given, in a form approved by a Director of Quarantine, in the prescribed manner and during the prescribed period, to a quarantine officer:
 (a) in respect of a vessel or installation that is intended to arrive at a place in Australia:
 (i) if that place is a first port of entry for overseas vessels—at that port; or
 (ii) otherwise—at a port that is declared by Proclamation to be a first port of entry for overseas vessels; or
 (b) in respect of a vessel or installation that is intended to arrive at a place in the Cocos Islands—at that place.

Action to be taken if report afterwards found to be incomplete or incorrect

 (3) If, after any of the prescribed information is given to a quarantine officer under subsection (2), the master or operator of the vessel or installation becomes aware that the information is incomplete or incorrect, the master or operator, as the case may be, must cause the additional or correct information to be given to a quarantine officer as soon as practicable.

Pre‑departure report

 (4) If:
 (a) after the period within which the master of the vessel or installation was required to cause the prescribed information to be given to a quarantine officer under subsection (2); and
 (b) before the vessel or installation departs from its last port in Australia or the Cocos Islands in the course of the relevant voyage;
any people on the vessel or installation are found to