Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In these Regulations:
"Act" means the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 .
"airport" has the meaning it has the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 .
"Australian Federal Police employee" has the same meaning as AFP employee in subsection 4 (1) of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 .
"cleared zone" means a type of port security zone, established by the Secretary under subsection 102 (1) of the Act, that comprises an area of land or water, to which access is controlled, for holding persons and goods, vehicles or vessels that have been screened and cleared.
contact details , for a person, includes:
(a) the person's business address, mailing address, fixed‑line telephone number, mobile telephone number, fax number and e‑mail address; and
(b) if the person is a CSO, SSO, PSO, PFSO or PSPSO -- a single 24‑hour fixed‑line or mobile telephone number for the person; and
(c) if the person is an OFSO or OSPSO -- a single 24-hour fixed-line, mobile telephone number and a fax number for the person.
"contracting government" means a contracting government to the SOLAS Convention.
"CSO or company security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.10.
exclusion zone means a ship security zone, declared by the Secretary to operate under subsection 106 (1) or (1A) of the Act, that comprises an area of water, at and below the water level:
(a) within a security regulated port, being an area to which access is controlled and that surrounds a security regulated ship; or
(b) in the vicinity of a security regulated offshore facility, being an area to which access is controlled and that surrounds a security regulated ship which is engaged in any activity in relation to the facility.
"HSO or head security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.32.
"land-side restricted zone" means a type of port security zone, established by the Secretary under subsection 102 (1) of the Act, that comprises an area of land or a structure connected directly or indirectly to land, to which access is controlled, within the boundaries of a port facility or of land under the control of a port operator or port service provider.
"maritime security outcome" means an outcome set out in subsection 3 (4) of the Act.
"member of the Australian Federal Police" has the same meaning as in subsection 4 (1) of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 .
"offshore facility zone" means a type of offshore security zone, established by the Secretary under subsection 113A (1) of the Act, that comprises the space occupied by an offshore facility.
"offshore service provider" means a person prescribed by regulation 1.06.
"offshore water-side zone" means a type of offshore security zone established by the Secretary under subsection 113A (1) of the Act, that comprises an area of water surrounding an offshore facility at the distance from the facility specified by the Secretary.
"OFSO or offshore facility security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.33.
"on-board restricted area" means an on-board security zone, established by the Secretary under subsection 110 (1) of the Act, that comprises an area, to which access is controlled, on board a regulated Australian ship.
"OSPSO or offshore service provider security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.34.
"PFSO or port facility security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.25.
"pleasure craft" means a ship that is used, or intended to be used, wholly for recreational or sporting activities.
"port of call" includes an offshore facility.
"port service provider" means a maritime industry participant prescribed under regulation 1.05.
"pre-entry information" has the meaning given by subregulation 4.80 (2).
"PSO or port security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.20.
"PSPSO or port service provider security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.30.
RFSSO or regulated foreign ship security officer means:
(a) the master of a regulated foreign ship; or
(b) an officer on board a regulated foreign ship who is accountable to the master of the ship for:
(i) ensuring that the ship complies with section 97 of the Act; and
(ii) liaising with company, ship, port, port service provider and port facility security officers before the ship enters, or while the ship is in, a security regulated port.
"security barrier" has the meaning given by regulation 6.25.
"security plan audit" means an examination of security measures or procedures to determine if a maritime security plan or a ship security plan has been implemented correctly.
"security plan review" means an evaluation of security measures or procedures to determine if a maritime security plan or a ship security plan is effective and adequate.
"ship/facility interface" means the interaction that occurs when a ship interacts with an offshore facility so that the facility is directly and immediately affected by activities involving the movement of persons or goods.
ship/port interface means the interaction that occurs when a security regulated ship is directly and immediately affected by activities involving:
(a) the movement of persons or goods; or
(b) the provision of port services to or from the ship.
"shore-based personnel" , in relation to a regulated Australian ship, means the body of persons (other than crew) employed by the ship operator for the ship.
"SSO or ship security officer" has the meaning given by regulation 1.15.
supply base means a place, at a port or airport, where goods or passengers are loaded on to a vessel or aircraft for transport directly from the place to an offshore facility.
"water-side restricted zone" has the meaning given by regulation 1.70.
"working day , " in relation to the operations of a maritime industry participant, means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day that is a public holiday in the State or Territory where the operations are conducted.
(2) An expression used in these Regulations and in the ISPS Code has in these Regulations the same meaning as in the ISPS Code, unless the contrary intention appears.