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Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
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#### 179 Reporting by ship operators
(1) The ship operator for a security regulated ship must report maritime transport or offshore facility security incidents (other than cyber security incidents) in accordance with this section.
(2) An incident that relates to a security regulated ship of the ship operator must be reported to:
(a) the Secretary; and
(b) the Australian Federal Police or the police force of a State or a Territory; and
(c) if the ship is within a security regulated port—the port operator for the port; and
(d) if the ship is using a port facility within a security regulated port—the port facility operator for the port facility; and
(e) if the ship is located in the vicinity of a security regulated offshore facility and is engaged in any activity in relation to the facility—the offshore facility operator for the facility.
(3) An incident that relates to a port must be reported to the port operator for the port.
(4) An incident that relates to another security regulated ship must be reported to:
(a) the ship operator for the ship; or
(b) the master of the ship.
(5) An incident that relates to a security regulated offshore facility must be reported to the offshore facility operator for the facility.