Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may direct that additional security measures be implemented or complied with.
(2) A direction under subsection (1) is a security direction .
(3) The Secretary must not give a security direction unless:
(a) it is appropriate to do so because an unlawful interference with maritime transport or offshore facilities is probable or imminent; or
(b) if a national emergency declaration (within the meaning of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 ) is in force--the Secretary is satisfied that the security direction is appropriate to support the national emergency declaration.
(4) A security direction has no effect until the Secretary commits the direction to writing.
Note: This requires the Secretary to have a written record of a direction that is given orally.
(5) The regulations may prescribe requirements for, or in relation to, the giving of security directions.