28Stores and waste may be secured

#### 28 Stores and waste may be secured (1) A quarantine officer may secure any stores or waste that are on an overseas vessel or overseas installation at a port in Australia, Christmas Island or the Cocos Islands to ensure that regulations 26 and 27 are complied with. (2) A person must not interfere with the stores or waste, or the means of its security, without the master’s permission. Penalty: 50 penalty units. > Note: Port includes, in relation to an aircraft, any place at which an aircraft can land, whether a landing place or not, see subsection 5(1) of the Act. (3) An offence under subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.