Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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) enter and inspect a security regulated offshore facility (including any restricted access area on the facility);
(b) inspect equipment on the facility;
(ba) make any still or moving image or any recording of equipment on the facility;
(c) observe and record operating procedures for the facility (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 a document or record made or kept by a maritime industry participant that relates to the security of the facility;
(f) operate equipment on the facility for the purposes of gaining access to a document or record relating to the facility.
(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.
(4) Also, in exercising a power under this section within the boundaries of a security regulated offshore facility, a maritime security inspector must take account of occupational health and safety requirements under the laws of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory applying at the facility.