Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 17

  (1)   A ship is a regulated foreign ship if the ship:

  (a)   is a foreign ship; and

  (b)   is one of the following:

  (i)   a passenger ship;

  (ii)   a cargo ship of 500 gross tonnage or more;

  (iii)   a mobile offshore drilling unit (other than a unit that is attached to the seabed);

  (iv)   a ship of a kind prescribed in the regulations; and

  (c)   is in Australian waters; and

  (d)   is in, or is intending to proceed to, a port in Australia.

  (2)   However, the following ships are not regulated foreign ships :

  (a)   a foreign ship regulated as an offshore facility;

  (b)   a ship of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

  (3)   In this Act, a foreign ship regulated as an offshore facility means a FPSO or FSU that is:

  (a)   a foreign ship; and

  (b)   either a security regulated offshore facility or part of a security regulated offshore facility.

Note:   A FPSO or FSU is both a ship and an offshore facility. As it is an offshore facility, the Secretary may declare it to be a security regulated offshore facility. If this happens, the ship ceases to be a security regulated ship.