Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 139

  (1)   A maritime security inspector may exercise the powers set out in subsection   (2) for the following purposes:

  (a)   determining whether a person or a ship is complying with this Act;

  (b)   investigating a possible contravention of this Act.

  (2)   For the purposes set out in subsection   (1), a maritime security inspector may do one or more of the following:

  (a)   board and inspect a security regulated ship (including any restricted access area on the ship);

  (b)   inspect equipment on the ship;

  (ba)   make any still or moving image or any recording of equipment on the ship;

  (c)   observe and record operating procedures for the ship (whether carried out by the crew or some other person);

  (d)   discuss those procedures with a person carrying them out or with another maritime industry participant;

  (e)   inspect, photograph or copy one or more of the following:

  (i)   the ship's ISSC;

  (ii)   a ship security record for the ship;

  (iii)   a document or record held on the ship that relates to a passenger or an item of cargo;

  (iv)   in the case of a regulated Australian ship--any document that relates to the security of the ship;

  (f)   operate equipment on a security regulated ship for the purposes of gaining access to a document or record relating to the ship.

  (3)   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.