Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454:section:156
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 156
Character Range: 271394–272225

156  Requests to leave ships or zones
 (1) If a law enforcement officer reasonably suspects that a person on a security regulated ship or on a ship regulated as an offshore facility is committing, or has committed, an offence against this Act, the officer may request the person to leave:
 (a) the ship; or
 (b) if the ship is within a maritime security zone—the zone.
 (2) If a law enforcement officer reasonably suspects that a person within a maritime security zone is committing, or has committed, an offence against this Act, the officer may request the person to leave the zone.
 (3) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) a request has been made to the person under subsection (1) or (2); and
 (b) the person fails to comply with the request.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (4) Subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.