Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:167
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 167
Character Range: 475872–477023

167  When and where evidence to be presented
 (1) Subject to this section, a person required to comply with section 166 who enters Australia at a port must comply:
 (a) if paragraph (b) or (c) does not apply—at that port; or
 (b) if the person is required by an officer to comply at a particular on‑port—at that on‑port; or
 (c) if the person is allowed by an officer to comply at the port or a particular on‑port—at either of them.
 (2) Subject to subsection (4), a person required to comply with section 166 who enters Australia otherwise than at a port must comply at a prescribed place within a prescribed period after entering.
 (3) If:
 (a) a person proposes to enter Australia; and
 (b) with the permission of a clearance officer, complies with paragraphs 166(1)(a), (b) and (c) on the vessel on which the person travels to Australia and before entering Australia;
the person is taken to have complied with section 166.
 (4) A person who travels to Australia on a pre‑cleared flight:
 (a) must comply with paragraphs 166(1)(a) and (b) before beginning the flight; and
 (b) if he or she so complies, is taken to have complied with section 166.