Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

Maritime security zones are used to subject areas within ports, on and around ships, and on and around offshore facilities to additional security requirements.

Division 2 allows the Secretary to establish one or more port security zones within a security regulated port.

Division 3 allows the Secretary to declare that a ship security zone is to operate around a security regulated ship while it is in a security regulated port or near a security regulated offshore facility.

Division 4 allows the Secretary to establish one or more on‑board security zones on a regulated Australian ship.

Division 5 allows the Secretary to establish one or more offshore security zones on and around a security regulated offshore facility.

Division 6 allows regulations to prescribe requirements for the purposes of preventing the use of maritime transport or offshore facilities in connection with serious and organised crime.

The regulations may prescribe different types of port, ship, on‑board and offshore security zones and the requirements to be met in relation to each type of zone.