Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

Goods are screened when the goods undergo screening in accordance with regulations made under section 119 in preparation for:

being taken on board a vessel; or

being taken into an area within a security regulated port or an offshore security zone.

Goods receive clearance if:

after being screened, the goods are allowed, by a screening officer, to pass through the screening point; or

the goods pass through the screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the goods may pass through that screening point without being screened; or

the goods enter a cleared area or are taken on board a cleared vessel other than through a screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the goods may enter the area or be taken on board the vessel that way.

Goods are cleared at a particular time if:

the goods have received clearance; and

since receiving clearance, the goods have at all times been in a cleared area or on a cleared vessel.

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), goods are taken to be in a cleared area if the goods are under the supervision or control prescribed in the regulations.

To avoid doubt:

a notice under paragraph (2)(b) may provide that a class of goods may pass through a screening point without being screened; and

a notice under paragraph (2)(c) may provide that a class of goods may enter a cleared area or be taken on board a cleared vessel other than through a screening point.