Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 - SECT 32

  (1)   The maritime officer may also exercise maritime powers as follows :

  (a)   to investigate or prevent any contravention of an Australian law that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, the vessel, installation, aircraft, protected land area or isolated person to be involved in;

  (b)   to administer or ensure compliance with any monitoring law;

  (c)   in the case of a vessel, installation or aircraft-- to administer, ensure compliance with or investigat e a contravention of any international agreement or international decision that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, applies to the vessel, installation or aircraft;

  (d)   to access or seize any thing that the officer suspects , on reasonable grounds , is :

  (i)   evidential material; or

  (ii)   a border controlled drug or border controlled plant; or

  (iii)   owned by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory;

  (e)   to arrest any person whom the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds , has committed an indictable offence against an Australian law;

  (f)   to enforce any warrant that is in force under an Australian law;

  (g)   to retain any thing that the officer believes, on reasonable grounds , could be seized under an Australian law;

  (h)   in the case of a vessel or aircraft-- to ide ntify the vessel or aircraft.

Exception--aircraft in flight

  (2)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply in relation to an aircraft in flight.