Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

The regulations may prescribe different types of on‑board security zones.

The purposes for which different types of on‑board security zones may be prescribed include, but are not limited to, the following:

controlling access to areas or parts of regulated Australian ships;

maintaining the security of areas or parts of regulated Australian ships;

providing cleared areas on regulated Australian ships;

preventing interference with the operation of regulated Australian ships;

preventing interference with people or goods that are being, have been, or are to be, transported by regulated Australian ships.