Section 231 — Master of vessel to comply with certain requests
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C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171As in force on 4 June 2026
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- Section 231
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- 4 June 2026
- Citation
- C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171
Section 231 — Master of vessel to comply with certain requests
231 Master of vessel to comply with certain requests
(1) The master of a vessel arriving in Australia must comply with any request by an authorised officer to:
(a) give the authorised officer a list of all persons on the vessel and prescribed particulars of each of them; or
(b) gather together those persons or such of them as are specified by the officer; or
(c) make sure of the disembarkation from the vessel of those persons or such of them as are specified by the officer.
(2) If:
(a) a person is on a vessel that has arrived in Australia; and
(b) that person’s name is not on a list of persons on the vessel given under subsection (1);
the person is taken, for the purposes of section 230, to have been concealed on the vessel when it arrived.