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Customs Act 1901
31Goods on ships and aircraft subject to customs control
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31 Goods on ships and aircraft subject to customs control
All goods on board any ship or aircraft from a place outside Australia are subject to customs control while the ship or aircraft:
(a) is within the limits of any port or airport in Australia; or
(b) is at a place to which the ship or aircraft has been brought because of stress of weather or other reasonable cause as mentioned in subsection 58(1); or
(c) is at a place that is the subject of a permission under subsection 58(2).