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and inspect any part of the vessel and all animals, plants and goods on board the vessel.".

Offences in relation to goods
19. Section 70c of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (2) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
       "(b) conceal or attempt to conceal from a quarantine officer the nature of any goods or any other fact or matter relating to the nature of the goods;".

Power to search premises for documents
20. Section 74b of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the definition of "examinable documents" in sub-section (5) ", or relating to domestic animals that are in the Cocos Islands".
21. After section 74b of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:

Powers of search relating to domestic animals in the Cocos Islands
"74ba. (1) A quarantine officer may, with the consent of the occupier of any land or premises in the Cocos Islands, enter the land or premises and exercise the functions of a quarantine officer under this section.
"(2) Where a quarantine officer has reasonable grounds to believe that there may be, at that time or within the next following 24 hours, upon any land, or upon or in any premises, in the Cocos Islands a domestic animal, the quarantine officer may apply to a Justice of the Peace for a warrant authorizing the quarantine officer to enter the land or premises and to exercise the functions of a quarantine officer under this section in relation to that land or those premises.
"(3) If, on an application under sub-section (2), the Justice of the Peace is satisfied, by information on oath or affirmation, that—
     (a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that there may be, at that time or within the next following 24 hours, upon that land or upon or in those premises, a domestic animal; and
     (b) the issue of a warrant is reasonably required for the purposes of this Act,
the Justice of the Peace shall grant a warrant authorizing the quarantine officer, with such assistance as the quarantine officer thinks necessary and if necessary

by force, to exercise the functions of a quarantine officer under this section in relation to that land or those premises.
"(4) A warrant issued under this section shall—
     (a) state whether entry is authorized to be made at any time of the day or night or during specified hours of the day or night; and
     (b) specify a date, not being later than one month after the day of issue, upon which the warrant ceases to have effect.
"(5) The functions of a quarantine officer under this section in relation to land or premises are—
     (a) to search