Border Protection (Validation and Enforcement Powers) Act 2001 - (Extract Only) (126 of 2001)

Part 2   Validation of certain actions

5   Action to which this Part applies

This Part applies to any action taken during the validation period by the Commonwealth, or by a Commonwealth officer, or any other person, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth, in relation to:

(a) theMV Tampa; or

(b) theAceng; or

(c) any other vessel carrying persons in respect of whom there were reasonable grounds for believing that their intention was to enter Australia unlawfully; or

(d) any person who was on board a vessel mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) at any time during the validation period (whether or not the action was taken while the person was on board the vessel).


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