Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this section, prescribed goods means goods that:
(a) are, or have been, subject to quarantine; or
(b) a quarantine officer believes, on reasonable grounds, are, or have been, subject to quarantine.
(2) A quarantine officer may ask a person who the officer believes on reasonable grounds has information in respect of prescribed goods any question in respect of the goods relating to matters within the functions, duties or powers of the officer.
Note 1: It is an offence to fail to answer a question asked under this subsection (see section 74C).
Note 2: It is an offence to give false or misleading information in answer to a question asked under this subsection (see section 137.1 of the Criminal Code ).
(3) A quarantine officer may require a person who the officer believes on reasonable grounds has the custody or control of documents in respect of prescribed goods relating to matters within the functions, duties or powers of the officer to produce to the officer such of those documents as are specified by the officer.
Note 1: It is an offence to fail to produce a document (see section 74C).
Note 2: It is an offence to produce a document knowing that the document is false or misleading unless the document is accompanied by a written statement acknowledging that the document is false or misleading (see section 137.2 of the Criminal Code ).
(4) A quarantine officer may require a person who the officer believes on reasonable grounds is the owner, or the agent of the owner, of prescribed goods or of goods that have been, or that the quarantine officer suspects, or believes on reasonable grounds, have been, exposed to prescribed goods, to deliver to the officer samples of such of those goods owned by him or her or by his or her principal as are specified by the officer.
Note: It is an offence to fail to deliver a sample required to be delivered under this subsection (see section 74C).
(5) A quarantine officer may make copies of, or take extracts from, any documents produced under subsection (3) and, for the purpose of making a copy of, or taking an extract from, a document, may remove the document from the place at which it was produced.
(6) A quarantine officer may carry out tests on any samples delivered under subsection (4).