Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:58b:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 58B (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 158664–159864

appeared to be the only way of averting a threat to, human life; or
 (b) was necessary to secure, or appeared to be the only way of averting a threat to, the safety of a ship at sea, of an aircraft in flight or of a resources installation; or
 (c) was authorised in writing by the Comptroller‑General of Customs and was carried out in accordance with the conditions (if any) specified in the authorisation.
 (7) Subsection (6) is not to be taken to limit by implication any defence that would, apart from that subsection, be available to a person charged with an offence against this section.
 (8) For the purposes of this section:
 (a) a person is not to be taken to travel from or to an external place or an installation only because the person is in an aircraft flying over, or on a landing place in or on, the place or installation; and
 (b) goods are not to be taken to have been brought from, or sent to, an external place or an installation only because the goods were in an aircraft that flew over, or was on a landing place in or on, the place or installation.
 (9) A person who commits an offence against this section is punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.