Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A Customs officer may, in an examination place and with such assistance and using such force as is reasonable and necessary in the circumstances, examine, and inspect the contents of:
(a) any item of baggage, in that place, that is carried, or taken to be carried, by an exporter; or
(b) any article, in that place, that is consigned for export;
in order to determine, for the purposes of section 99ZJ or 99ZK:
(c) whether or not the baggage or article contains drug like substances; or
(d) if the presence of drug like substances in the baggage or article has been disclosed by the exporter--whether or not the drug like substances in the baggage or article are as so disclosed.
(2) A Customs officer must, in exercising the powers of examination and inspection referred to in subsection (1), act in accordance with guidelines issued under section 99ZS.
(a) a port, airport, wharf or boarding station appointed under section 15 of the Customs Act 1901 ; or
(b) a place that is the subject of a permission under section 58 of that Act; or
(c) an international mail centre approved for the purposes of subsection 77F(1) of that Act; or
(d) a place appointed under section 77G of that Act.