Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

For the purposes of this Act, operational interference with maritime transport or offshore facilities means:

committing, or attempting to commit, an act that results in a relevant interference with the operation of a maritime industry participant; or

committing, or attempting to commit, an act that results in a relevant interference with a maritime asset; or

the occurrence of a hazard that results in a relevant interference with the operation of a maritime industry participant; or

the occurrence of a hazard that results in a relevant interference with a maritime asset.

However, operational interference with maritime transport or offshore facilities does not include any of the following:

unlawful interference with maritime transport or offshore facilities;

lawful advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action.