Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

The Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that areas of a port comprise a security regulated port if the areas are intended for use either wholly or partly in connection with one or more of the following:

the movement, loading, unloading, maintenance or provisioning of security regulated ships;

the movement of goods that have been, or are intended to be, transported by security regulated ship;

the storage of goods that have been, or are intended to be, transported by security regulated ship;

the loading of goods that have been transported by security regulated ship on to another mode of transport;

the unloading of goods that are intended to be transported by security regulated ship from another mode of transport;

any other activity or thing that is critical to ensuring the security and reliability of an activity mentioned in any of the above paragraphs.

The notice must include a map of the port that shows the boundaries of the security regulated port.

An area controlled exclusively by the Australian Defence Force must not be included as part of a security regulated port.