Customs Act 1901

The master of every ship from a place outside Australia bound to or calling at any port shall bring his or her ship to for boarding at a boarding station appointed for that port and shall permit his or her ship to be boarded.

The pilot of an aircraft from a place outside Australia arriving in Australia shall not suffer the aircraft to land at any other airport until the aircraft has first landed:

at such airport for which a boarding station is appointed as is nearest to the place at which the aircraft entered Australia; or

at such other airport for which a boarding station is appointed as has been approved by the Comptroller‑General of Customs, in writing, as an airport at which that aircraft, or a class of aircraft in which that aircraft is included, may land on arriving in Australia from a place outside Australia.

The pilot of an aircraft engaged on an air service or flight between Australia and a place outside Australia:

shall not suffer the aircraft to land at an airport for which a boarding station is not appointed; and

shall, as soon as practicable after the aircraft lands at an airport, bring the aircraft for boarding to a boarding station appointed for that airport and shall permit the aircraft to be boarded.

Subsections (1), (2) and (3) are offences of strict liability.

For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against a provision of subsection (2) or (3) if the person charged proves that he or she was prevented from complying with the provision by stress of weather or other reasonable cause.