Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is on board a regulated Australian ship or a ship regulated as an offshore facility; and
(b) the person:
(i) carries a prohibited item; or
(ii) otherwise has in his or her possession a prohibited item that is located at a place that is accessible to the person; and
(c) the person is not a law enforcement officer, a maritime security guard or a maritime security inspector; and
(d) the carriage or possession of the prohibited item is not authorised by the regulations or permitted in writing by the Secretary; and
(e) the prohibited item is not under the control of the master of the ship.
(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.