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.