Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 91

  (1)   The ship operator for a regulated foreign ship must:

  (a)   have a valid ISSC, or an approved ISSC equivalent, for the ship; and

  (b)   ensure that the ship carries the required ship security records.

Note:   A ship is only a regulated foreign ship when it is in Australian waters: see section   17.

  (2)   If the ship operator for a regulated foreign ship contravenes subsection   (1), the ship operator or the master of the ship may be given a control direction under Division   3.

  (3)   An approved ISSC equivalent is a kind of certification approved in writing by the Secretary as an alternative to an ISSC.

  (4)   This section does not apply in relation to a ship of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.