Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A port operator must report maritime transport or offshore facility security incidents in accordance with this section.
(2) An incident that relates to the port of the port operator must be reported to:
(a) the Secretary; and
(b) the Australian Federal Police or the police force of a State or a Territory; and
(c) if it relates to a part of the port that is controlled by another person--that other person; and
(d) if it relates to operations conducted within the port (other than those conducted by the port operator)--the person who conducts those operations; and
(e) if it relates to a security regulated ship within the port--the ship operator for, or the master of, the ship; and
(f) if all or part of a security regulated offshore facility is within the port--the offshore facility operator for the facility.
(3) However, the port operator is not required to report under paragraph (2)(c), (d) or (e) if the incident:
(a) relates to the port in general; and
(b) is not specifically directed at:
(i) in the case of an incident covered by paragraph (2)(c)--the part of the port controlled by that other person; or
(ii) in the case of an incident covered by paragraph (2)(d)--those operations; or
(iii) in the case of an incident covered by paragraph (2)(e)--that ship.
(4) An incident that relates to the port of another port operator must be reported to that other port operator.
(5) An incident that relates to a security regulated ship must be reported to:
(a) the ship operator for the ship; or
(6) An incident that relates to a security regulated offshore facility must be reported to the offshore facility operator for the facility.