Customs Act 1901

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:

the power to inspect any document at the terminal;

the power to take extracts from, or make copies of, any such document;

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.

While at a cargo terminal, an authorised officer may:

access electronic equipment at the terminal; and

use a disk, tape or other storage device that:

is at the terminal; or

can be used with the equipment or is associated with it;

For the purposes of subsection (2), the matters are:

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

the receipt of goods subject to customs control at the cargo terminal; or

access to goods subject to customs control:

in the cargo terminal; or

on a ship or aircraft within, or adjacent to, the terminal; or

the security of goods subject to customs control in the cargo terminal; or

where goods subject to customs control are stacked in the terminal; or

ship bay plans relating to the terminal; or

the rostering and attendance of staff at the terminal.