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Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
17Meaning of regulated foreign ship
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#### 17 Meaning of regulated foreign ship
(1) A ship is a regulated foreign ship if the ship:
(a) is a foreign ship; and
(b) is one of the following:
(i) a passenger ship;
(ii) a cargo ship of 500 gross tonnage or more;
(iii) a mobile offshore drilling unit (other than a unit that is attached to the seabed);
(iiia) a FPSO;
(iiib) a FSU;
(iv) a ship of a kind prescribed in the regulations; and
(c) is in Australian waters; and
(d) either:
(i) is in, or is intending to proceed to, a port in Australia; or
(ii) is, or is intended to be, connected to the seabed.
(2) However, a ship of a kind prescribed by the regulations is not a regulated foreign ship.