Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Subject to subsection (5), the owner, or person in charge:

of any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or platform boarded by an authorised officer under section 403; or

of any premises entered by an authorised officer under section 405;

A person must not contravene subsection (1).

Subject to subsection (5), the owner, or the person in charge, of:

premises entered under a warrant; or

an aircraft, vehicle or vessel stopped under section 403;

A person must not contravene subsection (3).

Where an authorised officer (subject to subsection (6)) makes a request of a person under this section, the authorised officer must:

in the case of a member of a police force—produce, for inspection by that person, written evidence of the fact that he or she is a member of that police force; or

in the case of an officer of Customs—produce, for inspection by that person, written evidence of the fact that he or she is an officer of Customs; or

in any other case—produce his or her identity card for inspection by that person;

Subsection (5) does not apply to an authorised officer if:

the authorised officer is a member of a police force or an officer of Customs; and

the officer is in uniform.