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Quarantine Act 1908
30Persons prohibited from quitting vessels, installations and quarantine areas
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#### 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.