Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00952:reg:8:p75
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00952
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 75/100)
Character Range: 238770–241472

and its boundaries.

6.70  Duties of port operator
 (1) If the Secretary gives notice of the establishment of a water‑side restricted zone, the port operator for the security regulated port in which the water‑side restricted zone is established must ensure that persons who are in, or in the vicinity of, the security regulated port are informed, in accordance with the maritime security plan, that:
 (a) access to the zone is controlled; and
 (b) any unauthorised entry into the zone is an offence under these Regulations.
 (2) The obligation in subregulation (1) has effect even if the zone has not yet come into force.
 (3) A port operator for a security regulated port must monitor access to any water‑side restricted zone established in the port.
Penalty: 200 penalty units.
 (4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.
 (5) A port operator must ensure that the security measures and procedures to control access to water‑side restricted zones detect and deter unauthorised access to those zones.

6.75  Offences—unauthorised entry
 (1) A person must not enter or remain in a water‑side restricted zone unless authorised to do so by the port operator, or a port facility operator acting on behalf of the port operator, of the security regulated port in which the zone is established.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) A person must not take a vessel or thing into, or leave a vessel or thing in, a water‑side restricted zone unless authorised to do so by the port operator for the security regulated port in which the zone is established.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Division 6.3—Ship security zones

6.80  Exclusion zones
  For subsection 107(1) of the Act, an exclusion zone is prescribed as a type of ship security zone.

6.85  Declaration of operation of zone
 (1) The port operator for a security regulated port may request the Secretary to declare that a ship security zone is to operate around a security regulated ship while the ship is in the port.
 (1A) The offshore facility operator for a security regulated offshore facility may request the Secretary to declare that a ship security zone is to operate around a security regulated ship while the ship is in the vicinity of the offshore facility and is engaged in any activity in relation to the facility.
 (2) A request under this regulation must be in writing and must set out:
 (a) the purpose for the proposed declaration; and
 (b) the boundaries of the ship security zone (that is, the distance from the security regulated ship in relation to which access is controlled); and
 (c) the security measures and procedures