Maritime Powers Act 2013
64Securing and marking things
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64 Securing and marking things
(1) A maritime officer may do one or more of the following: (a) seal a thing; (b) mark a thing; (c) lock up, or otherwise secure a thing (including in the hold of a vessel or aircraft); (d) if the thing is a live plant: (i) mark or label a cage or container in which the plant is kept or in which the plant is growing; or (ii) place a label or tag on the plant; (e) if the thing is a live animal: (i) implant a scannable device in the animal; or (ii) place a band on any part of the animal; or (iii) place (whether by piercing or otherwise) a tag or ring on any part of the animal; or (iv) mark or label a cage or container within which the animal is kept. Offences (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) in the exercise of powers in relation to a vessel, installation, aircraft or land, a maritime officer seals, marks, labels, locks up or secures a thing; and (b) the continuous exercise of those powers has not ceased; and (c) the person: (i) breaks or defaces the seal; or (ii) erases or defaces the mark or label; or (iii) breaks or unlocks the lock or otherwise causes the thing to be unsecured; and (d) the person does so without the consent of a maritime officer.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: The continuous exercise of powers does not end only because there is a period of time between the exercise of one or more of those powers: see section 11.
(3) A person commits an offence if: (a) in the exercise of powers in relation to a vessel, installation, aircraft or land, a maritime officer: (i) implants a scannable device in an animal; or (ii) places a band on any part of an animal; or (iii) places (whether by piercing or otherwise) a tag or ring on any part of an animal; and (b) the continuous exercise of those powers has not ceased; and (c) the person removes, or interferes with, the implant, band, tag or ring; and (d) the person does so without the consent of a maritime officer.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: The continuous exercise of powers does not end only because there is a period of time between the exercise of one or more of those powers: see section 11.