32Exercising powers for other purposes

32 Exercising powers for other purposes

(1) The maritime officer may also exercise maritime powers as follows: (a) to investigate or prevent any contravention of an Australian law that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, the vessel, installation, aircraft, protected land area or isolated person to be involved in; (b) to administer or ensure compliance with any monitoring law; (c) in the case of a vessel, installation or aircraft—to administer, ensure compliance with or investigate a contravention of any international agreement or international decision that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, applies to the vessel, installation or aircraft; (d) to access or seize any thing that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, is: (i) evidential material; or (ii) a border controlled drug or border controlled plant; or (iii) owned by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; (e) to arrest any person whom the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, has committed an indictable offence against an Australian law; (f) to enforce any warrant that is in force under an Australian law; (g) to retain any thing that the officer believes, on reasonable grounds, could be seized under an Australian law; (h) in the case of a vessel or aircraft—to identify the vessel or aircraft. Exception—aircraft in flight (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an aircraft in flight.