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1. Any Community vessel present in the Convention area for the purpose of harvesting or conducting scientific research on marine living resources shall, when given the appropriate signal in the International Code of Signals by a vessel carrying a CCAMLR inspector, in accordance with Article 23, stop or take other such actions as necessary to facilitate the safe and prompt transfer of the inspector to the vessel, except where the vessel is actively engaged in harvesting operations, in which case it shall do so as soon as practicable.

2. The master of the vessel shall permit the inspector, who may be accompanied by assistants, to board the vessel. On boarding a vessel, an inspector shall present the document referred to in Article 21(5). Inspectors shall be provided appropriate assistance by the master of the vessel in carrying out their duties, including access as necessary to communications equipment.

3. The inspection shall be carried out so that the vessel is subject to the minimum interference and inconvenience. Inquiries shall be limited to the ascertainment of facts in relation to compliance with the CCAMLR conservation measures applicable to the flag State concerned.

4. Inspectors shall have the authority to inspect catches, nets and other fishing gear as well as harvesting and scientific research activities, and shall have access to records and reports of catch and location data insofar as necessary to carry out their functions. Inspectors may take photographs and/or video footage as necessary to document any alleged breach of CCAMLR conservation measures in force.

5. CCAMLR inspectors shall affix an identification mark approved by the CCAMLR to any net or other fishing gear which appears to have been used in breach of the CCAMLR conservation measures in force. They shall record this fact in the report referred to in Article 25(3) and (4).

6. If a vessel refuses to stop or otherwise facilitate transfer of an inspector, or if the master or crew of a vessel interferes with the authorised activities of an inspector, the inspector involved shall prepare a detailed report, including a full description of all the circumstances, and provide the report to the designating State to be transmitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article 25. Interference with an inspector or failure to comply with reasonable requests made by an inspector in the performance of his duties shall be treated by the flag Member State as if the inspector were an inspector of that Member State. The flag Member State shall report on actions taken under this paragraph in accordance with Article 26.

7. Before leaving the vessel that has been inspected, the CCAMLR inspector shall give the master of that vessel a copy of the completed inspection report referred to in Article 25.

8. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 37(2).