206WProduction of certificates or other documentary evidence

#### 206W Production of certificates or other documentary evidence (1) Where: (a) application is made to an officer of Customs in respect of a ship, other than a Safety Convention ship, for a clearance under the Customs Act for a voyage from a port in Australia; and (b) the master of the ship would contravene section 206S, 206T, 206U or 206V if he or she took the ship to sea on that voyage from that port without there being in force in respect of the ship a certificate or certificates, or, in the case of section 206V, other documentary evidence, as required by that section; the master of the ship must, if so required by an officer of Customs, produce to the officer of Customs: (c) the certificate or certificates, or, in the case of section 206V, the other documentary evidence so required; and (d) any exemption certificate in force in respect of the ship. (2) Where application is made to an officer of Customs in respect of a Safety Convention ship for a clearance under the Customs Act for a voyage from a port in Australia, the master of the ship shall, if so required by the officer of Customs, produce to the officer of Customs such valid Safety Convention certificate or valid Safety Convention certificates in respect of the ship as corresponds, or respectively correspond, with such certificate or certificates issued under Division 2B as the master could be required to produce under subsection (1) if: (a) the ship were registered in Australia; (b) the ship were proceeding on that voyage; and (c) in a case where the voyage is not an international voyage, the voyage were such a voyage. (3) If an officer of Customs has required the master of a ship to produce to the officer: (a) under subsection (1)—such certificate or certificates (including any exemption certificate in force in respect of the ship) and such other documentary evidence, if any, as are referred to in that subsection; or (b) under subsection (2)—such Safety Convention certificate or Safety Convention certificates as are referred to in that subsection; then, until the certificate or certificates, or other documentary evidence is so produced, the officer of Customs may refuse to grant the clearance, and the ship may be detained.