Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 15

             (1)  The CEO may, by notice published in the Gazette :

                     (a)  appoint ports and fix the limits of those ports; and

                     (b)  appoint airports and fix the limits of those airports.

          (1A)  In deciding whether to appoint a port under subsection (1), the CEO may take into account:

                     (a)  whether the port or any part of the port is a security regulated port (within the meaning of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 ); and

                     (b)  if so--whether the person designated under section 14 of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 as the port operator has a maritime security plan (within the meaning of that Act).

             (2)  The CEO may, by notice published in the Gazette :

                     (a)  appoint wharves and fix the limits of those wharves; and

                     (b)  appoint boarding stations for the boarding of ships and aircraft by officers.

             (3)  A notice under subsection (1) or (2) may provide that a port, airport, wharf or boarding station appointed by the notice is to be a port, airport, wharf or boarding station for limited purposes specified in the notice.