(1) Subject to the provisions of this section and save as the Comptroller may otherwise permit—
(a) the commander of any aircraft arriving in Saint Lucia from a place outside Saint Lucia shall not cause or permit that aircraft to land—
(i) for the first time on its arrival in Saint Lucia, or
(ii) at any time while it is carrying passengers or goods brought in that aircraft from a place outside Saint Lucia and not yet cleared,
at any place other than a customs airport; and
(b) a person importing or concerned in importing any goods in any aircraft shall not bring those goods into Saint Lucia at any place other than a customs airport.
(2) A commander or other person who contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement of subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000, or 3 times the value of the goods whichever is the greater and any goods imported in contravention of that subsection are liable to forfeiture.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any aircraft which is required by or under any enactment relating to air navigation, or is compelled by accident, stress of weather or other unavoidable cause, to land at a place other than a customs airport, but subject to subsection (5)—
(a) the commander of any such aircraft—
(i) shall immediately report the landing to an officer or a police officer and shall on demand produce to him or her the journey log belonging to the aircraft,
(ii) shall not without the consent of an officer permit any goods carried on the aircraft to be unloaded from, or any passenger or member of the crew to depart from the vicinity of, the aircraft, and
(iii) shall comply with any direction given by an officer with respect to such goods; and
(b) a passenger or member of the crew shall not without the consent of an officer leave the immediate vicinity of any such aircraft.
(4) A commander or other person who contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement of subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and any goods imported in contravention of this subsection are liable to forfeiture.
(5) Subsection (3) does not prohibit—
(a) the departure of any passenger or member of the crew from the vicinity of an aircraft; or
(b) the removal of goods from an aircraft,
where that departure or removal is necessary for reasons of health, safety or the preservation of life or property.