Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Secretary gives a security direction to a regulated foreign ship under section 36, the ship must comply with the direction.
Note: A ship is only a regulated foreign ship when it is in Australian waters: see section 17.
(2) If a regulated foreign ship does not comply with a security direction, the ship operator for, or the master of, the ship may be given a control direction under Division 3.
Note: In addition, the ship operator for, or the master of, a security regulated ship may commit an offence if the ship fails to comply with a security direction: see subsection 39(1).