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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 167

When and where evidence to be presented

  (1)   Subject to this section, a person required to comply with section   166 who enters Australia at a port must comply:

  (a)   if paragraph   (b) or (c) does not apply--at that port; or

  (b)   if the person is required by an officer to comply at a particular on - port--at that on - port; or

  (c)   if the person is allowed by an officer to comply at the port or a particular on - port--at either of them.

  (2)   Subject to subsection   (4), a person required to comply with section   166 who enters Australia otherwise than at a port must comply at a prescribed place within a prescribed period after entering.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a person proposes to enter Australia; and

  (b)   with the permission of a clearance officer, complies with paragraphs 166(1)(a), (b) and (c) on the vessel on which the person travels to Australia and before entering Australia;

the person is taken to have complied with section   166.

  (4)   A person who travels to Australia on a pre - cleared flight:

  (a)   must comply with paragraphs 166(1)(a) and (b) before beginning the flight; and

  (b)   if he or she so complies, is taken to have complied with section   166.



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