30Persons prohibited from quitting vessels, installations and quarantine areas

#### 30 Persons prohibited from quitting vessels, installations and quarantine areas (1) A person (not being a quarantine officer) who is on board a vessel subject to quarantine, or who is in a quarantine area, must not leave the vessel or quarantine area. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. (1A) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person leaves the vessel or quarantine area with the authorisation of a quarantine officer. > Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1A) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code). (2) A reference in subsection (1) to a vessel subject to quarantine shall be read as including a reference to an installation subject to quarantine.