Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The master of a vessel subject to quarantine shall not allow the vessel to be brought into any part of the port within the quarantine line.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply if the master's intention in allowing the vessel to be brought into the port is to comply with section 26A.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1A) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).
(2) The Governor-General may by proclamation fix the position of the quarantine line for any port.