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Quarantine Act 1908
44CExamination of goods on importation
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#### 44C Examination of goods on importation
(1) A quarantine officer or an authorised person may examine any imported goods that have not been released from quarantine.
(2) The quarantine officer must:
(a) if he or she is of the opinion that there is an unacceptably high level of quarantine risk in respect of the goods—order the goods into quarantine; or
(b) otherwise—release the goods from quarantine.
(5) In this section, goods does not include an animal within the meaning of section 52 or a plant.