Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 100ZC

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the offshore facility operator for an Australian ship regulated as an offshore facility has applied to the Secretary for an ISSC for the ship; and

  (b)   there is an offshore security plan in force for the ship, or the security regulated offshore facility of which the ship forms a part; and

  (c)   the ship is not ISSC verified; and

  (d)   the Secretary reasonably believes that, were the ship to be inspected as mentioned in subsection   100Z(1), the ship would be ISSC verified;

the Secretary may give the operator an interim ISSC for the ship.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   the Secretary has given an offshore facility operator an ISSC for an Australian ship regulated as an offshore facility; and

  (b)   while the ISSC is in force, another offshore facility operator becomes the offshore facility operator for the ship;

the Secretary may give the other offshore facility operator an interim ISSC for the ship.

  (3)   An interim ISSC is in force for the period, not exceeding 6 months, specified in the interim ISSC.