117Screening and clearing vehicles

117 Screening and clearing vehicles

(1) A vehicle is screened when the vehicle undergoes screening in accordance with regulations made under section 119 in preparation for: (a) being taken on board a vessel; or (b) entering an area within a security regulated port or an offshore security zone. (2) A vehicle receives clearance if: (a) after being screened, the vehicle is allowed, by a screening officer, to pass through the screening point; or (b) the vehicle passes through the screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the vehicle may pass through that screening point without being screened; or (c) the vehicle enters a cleared area or goes on board a cleared vessel other than through a screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the vehicle may enter the area or be taken on board the vessel that way. (3) A vehicle is cleared at a particular time if: (a) the vehicle has received clearance; and (b) since receiving clearance, the vehicle has at all times been in a cleared area or on a cleared vessel. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a vehicle is taken to be in a cleared area if the vehicle is under the supervision or control prescribed in the regulations. (5) To avoid doubt: (a) a notice under paragraph (2)(b) may provide that a class of vehicles may pass through a screening point without being screened; and (b) a notice under paragraph (2)(c) may provide that a class of vehicles may enter a cleared area or be taken on board a cleared vessel other than through a screening point.