Border Protection Legislation Amendment Act 1999 (160 of 1999)

Schedule 2   Customs Act 1901

Part 1   Chasing, boarding etc. ships and aircraft

21   Paragraph 185(2)(d)

Omit all the words after "aircraft", substitute:

if:

(i) in the case of a person found on a ship that is in Australia - the officer reasonably suspects that the person has committed, is committing or attempting to commit, or is involved in the commission of, an offence, either in or outside Australia, against this Act or an Act prescribed by the regulations consistently with UNCLOS; or

(ii) in the case of a person found on a ship that is outside Australia - the officer reasonably suspects that the person has committed, is committing or attempting to commit, or is involved in the commission of:

(A) an offence in Australia against this Act or an Act prescribed by the regulations consistently with UNCLOS; or

(B) an offence in Australia's exclusive economic zone against an Act prescribed by the regulations consistently with UNCLOS; or

(iii) in the case of a person found on an aircraft that is in Australia - the officer reasonably suspects that the person has committed, is committing or attempting to commit, or is involved in the commission of, an offence, either in or outside Australia, against this Act; and


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