Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may, for the purposes of preventing the use of maritime transport or offshore facilities in connection with serious crime, prescribe requirements in relation to zones established under this Part.
(2) Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with by regulations made under subsection (1), the regulations may deal with the following:
(a) access to zones established under this Part (including conditions of entry, the issue and use of security passes and other identification systems);
(b) the security checking (including background checking) of persons who have access to zones established under this Part.
(3) Regulations made under this section may prescribe penalties for offences against those regulations. The penalties must not exceed:
(a) for an offence committed by a port operator, ship operator, port facility operator or offshore facility operator--200 penalty units; or
(b) for an offence committed by a maritime industry participant, other than a participant covered by paragraph (a)--100 penalty units; or
(c) for an offence committed by any other person--50 penalty units.