13Security regulated ports

13 Security regulated ports

(1) The Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that areas of a port comprise a security regulated port if the areas are intended for use either wholly or partly in connection with one or more of the following: (a) the movement, loading, unloading, maintenance or provisioning of security regulated ships; (b) the movement of goods that have been, or are intended to be, transported by security regulated ship; (c) the storage of goods that have been, or are intended to be, transported by security regulated ship; (d) the loading of goods that have been transported by security regulated ship on to another mode of transport; (e) the unloading of goods that are intended to be transported by security regulated ship from another mode of transport; (f) any other activity or thing that is critical to ensuring the security and reliability of an activity mentioned in any of the above paragraphs. (2) The notice must include a map of the port that shows the boundaries of the security regulated port. (3) An area controlled exclusively by the Australian Defence Force must not be included as part of a security regulated port.