Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

A regulated Australian ship is ISSC verified if:

a maritime security inspector has inspected the ship; and

the maritime security inspector has verified that the ship meets the requirements determined in writing by the Secretary; and

the period, determined in writing by the Secretary, within which the ship must be next inspected has not ended.

Sections 138 and 139 set out the inspection powers of maritime security inspectors in relation to regulated Australian ships.

In making a determination under subsection (1), the Secretary must have regard to the obligations set out in the ISPS Code.

If:

there is an ISSC in force for a regulated Australian ship; and

a maritime security inspector inspects the ship; and

the inspector finds that the ship does not meet the requirements determined under paragraph (1)(b); and

the ship does not meet those requirements within any period allowed in writing by the inspector;