Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 138

  (1)   A maritime security inspector may inspect:

  (a)   a regulated Australian ship or a ship regulated as an offshore facility; and

  (b)   the ship security records for the ship; and

  (c)   any other document relating to the security of the ship;

for the purposes of determining whether the ship meets the requirements necessary for ISSC verification.

Note:   See subsections   83(1) and (3) and 100Z(1) and (3) for the meaning of ISSC verified .

  (2)   In exercising a power under this section, a maritime security inspector must not subject a person to greater indignity than is necessary and reasonable for the exercise of the power.