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Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
92Regulated foreign ships must provide pre‑arrival information
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#### 92 Regulated foreign ships must provide pre‑arrival information
(1) The master of a regulated foreign ship, or a ship intending to enter Australian waters that would, once it had done so, be a regulated foreign ship, must provide pre‑arrival information in accordance with the regulations.
(2) The regulations may prescribe:
(a) the person or persons to whom pre‑arrival information must be given; and
(b) the circumstances in which pre‑arrival information must be given; and
(c) the form and manner in which pre‑arrival information must be given.
(3) Pre‑arrival information is information of a kind prescribed in the regulations that must be provided by a ship before the ship enters one or more of the following:
(a) Australian waters;
(b) a security regulated port;
(c) a maritime security zone within a security regulated port;
(d) a port that is not a security regulated port.
(4) The regulations may provide that different pre‑arrival information is to be provided before entering different places or areas as mentioned in paragraphs (3)(a) to (d).
(5) If the master of a ship contravenes subsection (1), the master or the ship operator for the ship may be given a control direction under Division 3.