Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purpose of determining whether a provision of any Customs - related law has been, or is being, complied with, an authorised officer may enter a cargo terminal and exercise the following powers:
(a) the power to inspect any document at the terminal;
(b) the power to take extracts from, or make copies of, any such document;
(c) the power to take into the terminal such equipment and materials as the authorised person requires for the purpose of exercising powers under a Customs - related law in relation to the terminal.
(2) While at a cargo terminal, an authorised officer may:
(a) access electronic equipment at the terminal; and
(b) use a disk, tape or other storage device that:
(i) is at the terminal; or
(ii) can be used with the equipment or is associated with it;
if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the electronic equipment, disk, tape or other storage device is or contains information relating to a matter mentioned in subsection (3).
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the matters are:
(a) the unloading of goods subject to customs control from a ship or aircraft or their movement to a particular part of the cargo terminal; or
(b) the receipt of goods subject to customs control at the cargo terminal; or
(c) access to goods subject to customs control:
(i) in the cargo terminal; or
(ii) on a ship or aircraft within, or adjacent to, the terminal; or
(d) the security of goods subject to customs control in the cargo terminal; or
(e) where goods subject to customs control are stacked in the terminal; or
(f) ship bay plans relating to the terminal; or
(g) the rostering and attendance of staff at the terminal.