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9 Testing screening officers
       (1) This section applies to screening officers employed or engaged by a port facility operator or a ship operator for a regulated Australian ship that has been served a notice under regulation 7.30 of the Regulations.
       (2) Before undertaking a maritime accreditation test, a screening officer must comply with sections 6 and 7.
       (3) A person engaged or employed as a screening officer after 30 June 2023 must:
        (a) before making any independent screening decision—pass a maritime accreditation test for the power or screening function; and
        (b) at least once every 12 months—pass a maritime accreditation test for each power and screening function the screening officer exercises or performs as a screening officer.
       (4)  A person engaged or employed as a screening officer before 1 July 2023 must pass a maritime accreditation test for each power and screening function the person will exercise or perform as screening officer:
       (a)      within 12 months of 30 June 2023; and
       (b)      at least once every 12 months after complying with paragraph (a).
Note 1 A person who was engaged or employed as a screening officer before 1 July 2023 is taken to hold accreditation in all screening functions until 1 July 2024, or until they attempt and fail a maritime accreditation test for a particular screening power or function, whichever occurs sooner.
       (5) If no maritime accreditation test relates to a particular screening function or a power that the person may use, the person must have passed the maritime accreditation test for any other power or function before exercising the power or performing the screening function for which there is no maritime accreditation test.
       (6) If a screening officer fails a maritime accreditation test related to a screening function or power, until the screening officer passes the maritime accreditation test, the screening officer:
       (a)      must be supervised by a screening officer who has completed and passed the maritime accreditation test; and
       (b)      must not make an independent screening decision in relation to that screening function or power.
      Note 2   Failing a maritime accreditation test will only prevent a screening officer from exercising the powers or performing the functions related to the specific test, and will not prevent a screening officer from exercising other powers or performing other functions for which the screening officer has passed the maritime accreditation tests for those other powers and functions.
     (7) A screening officer who fails a maritime accreditation test may re-take the test at any time, but may not take the test more than 3 times in any 30-day period.
 Note 3 The 30-day period would commence from the date of a screening officer's first unsuccessful attempt at a specified maritime