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MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 - SECT 56

Entering on land

  (1)   A maritime officer may enter onto land.

  (2)   If the person in charge of the land requ est s the officer to produce identification, the officer must produce :

  (a)   the officer's identity card; or

  (b)   other written evidence of the fact that the officer is a Commonwealth officer .

  (3)   If the officer fails to produce the identity card or other written evidence, the officer must:

  (a)   leave the land; and

  (b)   not re - enter the land without producing the identity card or other written evidence.

  (4)   Subsections   ( 2) and (3) do not apply if the officer is one of the following in uniform:

  (a)   a member of the Australian Defence Force;

  (b)   an officer of Customs (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 );

  (c)   a member or special member o f the Australian Federal Police;

  (d)   an officer prescribed by the regulations.

Note:   The exercise of powers on land is limited : see the definition of protected land area in section   8 and the geographical limits on the exercise of powers set out in sections   46 and 47 .


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