72Medical inspections and examinations

#### 72 Medical inspections and examinations (1) A quarantine officer may require the master of a vessel to cause all or any of the persons on the vessel to be informed that, for the purposes of quarantine inspection, a muster of those persons will be held at a time, and at a place on or in the vicinity of the vessel, specified by the quarantine officer. (2) The master of a vessel shall comply with a requirement made by a quarantine officer under subsection (1) and, whether or not such a requirement is made, shall, by all reasonable means, facilitate the inspection by a quarantine officer of persons on the vessel. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. (3) A person on a vessel must attend a muster of which he or she is informed in pursuance of a requirement made under subsection (1). Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units. (4) If so required by a quarantine officer, a person on a vessel must attend, for the purpose of quarantine inspection, at a time, and at a place on or in the vicinity of the vessel, specified by the quarantine officer. Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units. (4A) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply if the person is prevented from attending by illness or some other cause. > Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (4A) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code). (5) A person on a vessel, or a person who attends at a place in the vicinity of a vessel in pursuance of subsection (3) or (4), shall answer truly to the best of his or her knowledge all questions asked him or her by a quarantine officer concerning his or her personal health and the likelihood of his or her having been exposed to infection. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. > Note: This subsection is subject to the privilege against self incrimination (see subsection 79A(3)). (6) A person on a vessel, or a person who attends at a place in the vicinity of a vessel in pursuance of subsection (3) or (4), shall, if required by a quarantine officer, submit to a medical examination. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. (6A) An offence against subsection (2), (3), (4) or (6) is an offence of strict liability. (7) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an installation to which section 70AA applies.