15Appointment of ports etc.

15  Appointment of ports etc.  (1) The Comptroller‑General of Customs may, by notice published in the Gazette:  (a) appoint ports and fix the limits of those ports; and  (b) appoint airports and fix the limits of those airports.  (1A) In deciding whether to appoint a port under subsection (1), the Comptroller‑General of Customs may take into account:  (a) whether the port or any part of the port is a security regulated port (within the meaning of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003); and  (b) if so—whether the person designated under section 14 of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 as the port operator has a maritime security plan (within the meaning of that Act).  (2) The Comptroller‑General of Customs may, by notice published in the Gazette:  (a) appoint wharves and fix the limits of those wharves; and  (b) appoint boarding stations for the boarding of ships and aircraft by officers.  (3) A notice under subsection (1) or (2) may provide that a port, airport, wharf or boarding station appointed by the notice is to be a port, airport, wharf or boarding station for limited purposes specified in the notice.