Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459:clause:1_619
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 619
Character Range: 418791–419591

619  Subsection 403(4)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (4) An authorised officer, or the person in command of a Commonwealth ship or of a Commonwealth aircraft, may require the person in charge of an aircraft to which this section applies to bring the aircraft to the nearest airport in Australia or an external Territory to which it is safe and practicable to bring the aircraft if:
 (a) the authorised officer, or the person in command of the Commonwealth ship or Commonwealth aircraft, suspects on reasonable grounds that the aircraft has been used or otherwise involved in the commission of an offence against this Act or the regulations; and
 (b) the requirement is made by means of an international signal code or other internationally recognised means of communication with an aircraft.