21Quarantine signals on vessels and installations

#### 21 Quarantine signals on vessels and installations (1) The master of a vessel (other than an aircraft) subject to quarantine is guilty of an offence if he or she: (a) fails to display the quarantine signal on the vessel before it comes within 3 nautical miles of any port or within 500 metres of an Australian installation; and (b) fails to keep the quarantine signal displayed on the vessel while it enters, or is in, any port or quarantine station or is at an Australian installation. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. (1A) The commander of an aircraft subject to quarantine is guilty of an offence if he or she: (b) on arrival at the first landing place in Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island, or on arrival at an Australian installation and at each landing place afterwards called at, fails to cause the aircraft to come to a stop as near as possible to a spot marked by the prescribed signal on the landing place. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. (2) The master of an installation subject to quarantine shall: (a) display the quarantine signal on the installation; and (b) keep the quarantine signal displayed on the installation until pratique is granted or until the installation is released from quarantine. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. (3) An offence against this section is an offence of strict liability.