148Duly authorised officer powers—operational areas of security regulated ships

#### 148 Duly authorised officer powers—operational areas of security regulated ships (1) A duly authorised officer may exercise the powers set out in subsection (2) in an operational area of a security regulated ship for the purposes of determining whether a person or a ship is complying with this Act. (2) For the purposes set out in subsection (1), a duly authorised officer may do one or more of the following: (a) board a security regulated ship and inspect its operational areas (including any restricted access area in the operational area of the ship); (b) observe and record operating procedures for the ship (whether carried out by the crew or some other person); (c) inspect, photograph or copy one or more of the following: (i) the ship’s ISSC; (ii) a ship security record for the ship; (d) operate equipment in the operational area of a security regulated ship for the purposes of gaining access to a document or record relating to the ship. (3) A duly authorised officer may exercise a power mentioned in subsection (2): (a) if the power is exercised within the boundaries of a security regulated port—at any time and without notice; or (b) otherwise—after giving the ship operator for, or the master of, the ship concerned reasonable notice. (4) However, in exercising a power under this section, a duly authorised officer must not subject a person to greater indignity than is necessary and reasonable for the exercise of the power.