CTHIn ForceAct
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
13Security regulated ports
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 13
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.
#### 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.