Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

QUARANTINE ACT 1908 - SECT 74

             (1)  A quarantine officer may affix any notices relating to quarantine that have been approved by a Director of Quarantine:

                     (a)  on any part of a vessel subject to quarantine; and

                     (b)  on any goods subject to quarantine; and

                     (c)  at or near any quarantine station or any place approved under section 46A; and

                     (d)  in any quarantine area; and

                     (e)  in any other place approved for the purposes of this Act or a provision of this Act.

             (2)  An unauthorised person must not engage in conduct that results in the interference with, removal or defacement of, any notice affixed under this section.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

          (2A)  An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.

             (3)  A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an installation to which section 70AA applies.