Customs Act 1901

PART XIIA - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROHIBITED ITEMS  

SECTION 227A  

227A   OVERVIEW OF PART  


This Part deals with certain items on board a ship or an aircraft that is in Australia after arriving in Australia from a place outside Australia. The Part empowers an officer, under certain circumstances:


(a) to approve a storage place on the ship or aircraft for the purpose of safekeeping the item; or


(b) to take the item into custody;

for a period that ends when the ship or aircraft departs from Australia or otherwise ceases to be subject to this Part.




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