Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A biosecurity officer may require the person who brought or imported goods referred to in subsection 312D(1) into Australian territory, or a person in charge of such goods, to produce to the biosecurity officer specified documents in relation to the goods that a biosecurity officer reasonably suspects are in the custody or control of the person.
Note 1: A person may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the person provides false or misleading documents (see section 137.2 of the Criminal Code and section 533 of this Act).
Note 2: This section is not subject to the privilege against self - incrimination (see section 635).
(2) A biosecurity officer:
(a) may make copies of, or take extracts from, a document produced under subsection (1); and
(b) for that purpose, may remove the document from the place at which it was produced.
(3) A person who is required to produce documents under subsection (1) must comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.