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MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 72 Persons on detained vessels and aircraft

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 72

Persons on detained vessels and aircraft

             (1)  This section applies to a person:

                     (a)  on a detained vessel or detained aircraft; or

                     (b)  whom a maritime officer reasonably suspects was on a vessel or aircraft when it was detained.

Note:          For detaining vessels and aircraft, see section 69.

             (2)  A maritime officer may return the person to the vessel or aircraft.

             (3)  A maritime officer may require the person to remain on the vessel or aircraft until it is:

                     (a)  taken to a port, airport or other place (see section 69); or

                     (b)  permitted to depart from the port, airport or other place.

Note:          It is an offence to fail to comply with a requirement under this subsection: see section 103.

             (4)  A maritime officer may detain the person and take the person, or cause the person to be taken:

                     (a)  to a place in the migration zone; or

                     (b)  to a place outside the migration zone, including a place outside Australia.

             (5)  For the purposes of taking the person to another place, a maritime officer may within or outside Australia:

                     (a)  place the person on a vessel or aircraft; or

                     (b)  restrain the person on a vessel or aircraft; or

                     (c)  remove the person from a vessel or aircraft.