Border Protection Legislation Amendment Act 1999 (160 of 1999)

Schedule 1   Migration Act 1958

Part 4   Miscellaneous amendments

46   After subsection 230(2)

Insert:

(2A) Subsection (1A) does not apply if the master of the vessel:

(a) as soon as it arrives in Australia, gives notice to an officer that the person is on board; and

(b) prevents the person from leaving the vessel without an officer having had an opportunity to question the person.