Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 16

             (1)  A ship is a regulated Australian ship if the ship is an Australian ship that is:

                     (a)  a passenger ship that is used for overseas or inter‑State voyages; or

                     (b)  a cargo ship of 500 gross tonnage or more that is used for overseas or inter‑State voyages; or

                     (c)  a mobile offshore drilling unit that is on an overseas or inter‑State voyage (other than a unit that is attached to the seabed); or

                     (d)  a ship of a kind prescribed in the regulations.

             (2)  However, the following ships are not regulated Australian ships :

                     (a)  an Australian ship regulated as an offshore facility;

                     (b)  a ship of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

             (3)  In this Act, an Australian ship regulated as an offshore facility means a FPSO or FSU that is:

                     (a)  an Australian ship; and

                     (b)  either a security regulated offshore facility or part of a security regulated offshore facility.

Note:          A FPSO or FSU is both a ship and an offshore facility. As it is an offshore facility, the Secretary may declare it to be a security regulated offshore facility. If this happens, the ship ceases to be a security regulated ship.