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Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
97Complying with maritime, ship and offshore security plans
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#### 97 Complying with maritime, ship and offshore security plans
(1) The operations of a regulated foreign ship must not hinder or obstruct compliance with the maritime security plan of a maritime industry participant in a way that compromises the security of the operations of the participant.
(2) The operations of a regulated foreign ship must not hinder or obstruct compliance with the ship security plan of a regulated Australian ship in a way that compromises the security of the regulated Australian ship.
(2A) The operations of a regulated foreign ship must not hinder or obstruct compliance with the offshore security plan of an offshore industry participant in a way that compromises the security of the operations of the participant.
(3) If the operations of a regulated foreign ship compromise the security of:
(a) the operations of a maritime industry participant; or
(b) a ship;
as mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (2A), the ship operator for, or the master of, the regulated foreign ship may be given a control direction under Division 3.