Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585:clause:1_83
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 83
Character Range: 198295–199118

83  Master, medical officer or agent misleading quarantine officer

  The master, a medical officer or an agent of:
 (a) a vessel; or
 (b) an Australian installation; or
 (c) a resources installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed; or
 (d) a sea installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming installed in an adjacent area or in a coastal sea;
is guilty of an offence if the master, medical officer or agent, as the case may be:
 (e) makes, in an answer to a question asked of him or her by a quarantine officer under this Act, a statement that he or she knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (f) misleads a quarantine officer who is performing duty as such an officer.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.