Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

A maritime security plan for a maritime industry participant must:

include a security assessment for:

the participant’s operation; or

if the participant has more than one maritime security plan—the operations or locations covered by the plan; and

set out the participant’s measures and procedures for addressing the outcomes of the security assessment included in the plan; and

set out the participant’s measures and procedures for complying with the minimum requirements (if any) for the participant prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of subsection (4); and

set out how the participant will respond to maritime transport or offshore facility security incidents; and

set out the security activities or measures to be undertaken or implemented by the participant under the plan for maritime security levels 1, 2 and 3; and

designate, by name or by reference to a position, all security officers responsible for implementing and maintaining the plan; and

make provision for the use of declarations of security; and

demonstrate that the implementation of the plan will make an appropriate contribution towards the achievement of the maritime security outcomes.

The maritime security outcomes are set out in subsection 3(4).

The security assessment under paragraph (1)(a) must:

take into account any documents required in writing by the Secretary to be taken into account; and

address any matters prescribed in the regulations.

Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) may prescribe matters for one or more of the following:

each security assessment;

each security assessment for a particular kind of maritime industry participant;

each security assessment for a particular class of a particular kind of maritime industry participant.

The regulations may prescribe minimum requirements for one or more of the following:

all maritime industry participants;

a particular kind of maritime industry participant;

a particular class of a particular kind of maritime industry participant;

unlawful interference with maritime transport or offshore facilities; or

operational interference with maritime transport of offshore facilities.

Despite subsection 14(2) of the Legislation Act 2003, regulations made for the purposes of this section and section 48 of this Act may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in a document as in force or existing from time to time.