Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

A vessel is screened when the vessel undergoes screening in accordance with regulations made under section 119 in preparation for:

being taken on board another vessel; or

entering an area within a security regulated port or an offshore security zone.

A vessel receives clearance if:

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

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

the vessel enters a cleared area or is 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 vessel may enter the area or be taken on board the other vessel that way.

A vessel is cleared at a particular time if:

the vessel has received clearance; and

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

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

To avoid doubt:

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

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