Customs Act 1901

PART XIIA - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROHIBITED ITEMS  

SECTION 227C   SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT TO WHICH THIS PART APPLIES  

227C(1)   [Ship]  

This Part applies to a ship if:

(a) the ship is in Australia after undertaking a voyage to Australia from a place outside Australia; and

(b) the ship is not a ship that is taken to have been imported into Australia under subsection 49A(7).

227C(2)   [Aircraft]  

This Part applies to an aircraft if:

(a) the aircraft is in Australia after undertaking a flight to Australia from a place outside Australia; and

(b) the aircraft is not an aircraft that is taken to have been imported into Australia under subsection 49A(7).

227C(3)   [Part ceases to apply to ship]  

This Part ceases to apply to a ship when:

(a) the ship has departed from its last port in Australia for a place outside Australia; or

(b) the ship is taken to have been imported into Australia under subsection 49A(7).

227C(4)   [Part ceases to apply to aircraft]  

This Part ceases to apply to an aircraft when:

(a) the aircraft has departed from its last airport in Australia for a place outside Australia; or

(b) the aircraft is taken to have been imported into Australia under subsection 49A(7).

227C(5)   [Ship returns to Australia]  

If:

(a) this Part ceased to apply to a ship because the ship has departed from its last port in Australia as mentioned in paragraph (3)(a); but

(b) the ship returns to Australia before completing a voyage to a place outside Australia;

then, subject to paragraph (1)(b) and subsection (3), this Part applies to the ship after it has so returned as if it has just undertaken a voyage to Australia from a place outside Australia.

227C(6)   [Aircraft returns to Australia]  

If:

(a) this Part ceased to apply to an aircraft because the aircraft has departed from its last airport in Australia as mentioned in paragraph (4)(a); but

(b) the aircraft returns to Australia before completing a flight to a place outside Australia;

then, subject to paragraph (2)(b) and subsection (4), this Part applies to the aircraft after it has been so returned as if it has just undertaken a flight to Australia from a place outside Australia.