83Master, medical officer or agent misleading quarantine officer

83 Master, medical officer or agent misleading quarantine officer

The master, a medical officer or an agent of: (a) a vessel; or (b) an Australian installation; or (c) a resources installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed; or (d) a sea installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming installed in an adjacent area or in a coastal sea; is guilty of an offence if the master, medical officer or agent, as the case may be: (e) makes, in an answer to a question asked of him or her by a quarantine officer under this Act, a statement that he or she knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or (f) misleads a quarantine officer who is performing duty as such an officer.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.