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Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
sec.283BInspection of ships, vehicles, rolling stock and goods
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### sec.283B Inspection of ships, vehicles, rolling stock and goods
This section applies only to the extent necessary to allow an authorised officer of a port authority or port lessor to decide—
whether a charge is payable in relation to a ship or goods; and
the amount of the charge.
A person in charge of a conveyance in the port authority’s or port lessor’s port area must allow the authorised officer to enter and inspect the conveyance, or inspect goods on or in the conveyance, if asked by the authorised officer.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
In this section—
conveyance means a ship, a vehicle or rolling stock.
s 283B ins 2005 No. 22 s 11
amd 2008 No. 46 s 151 ; 2010 No. 19 s 109
(sec.283B-ssec.1) This section applies only to the extent necessary to allow an authorised officer of a port authority or port lessor to decide— whether a charge is payable in relation to a ship or goods; and the amount of the charge.
(sec.283B-ssec.2) A person in charge of a conveyance in the port authority’s or port lessor’s port area must allow the authorised officer to enter and inspect the conveyance, or inspect goods on or in the conveyance, if asked by the authorised officer. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.283B-ssec.3) In this section— conveyance means a ship, a vehicle or rolling stock.
- (a) whether a charge is payable in relation to a ship or goods; and
- (b) the amount of the charge.