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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 accreditation test.
Example If a screening officer made an unsuccessful attempt at a maritime accreditation test on 1 July 2023, a second unsuccessful attempt on 2 July 2023, and a third unsuccessful attempt on 3 July 2023, the screening officer could not undertake a further attempt at that maritime accreditation test until 1 August 2023.

10 Continuing professional development
     (1) A screening officer who is engaged or employed 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, must complete at least 12 hours of continuing professional development training specific to the screening officer's role every 12 months from the date which the screening officer passed their first maritime accreditation test.
Example If a screening officer passed their first maritime accreditation test on 1 July 2023, the screening officer must complete 12 hours of continuing professional development before 1 July 2024. The screening officer must then complete 12 hours of continuing professional development every subsequent year within 12 months from 1 July of every subsequent year.
       (2) For subsection (1), the continuing professional development training may include receiving training on the following:
        (a) X-ray image interpretation software;
        (b) upgrades to existing equipment;
        (c) new and emerging threats, or a briefing on these;
        (d) detection and concealment techniques.

11 Maritime security identification cards
        A screening officer must:
        (a) hold an MSIC; and
        (b) properly display an MSIC at all times while on duty, or as otherwise required by the Regulations.

12 Uniforms
        A screening officer must wear a distinctive and recognisable uniform.

13 Record keeping
       (1) A port facility operator or a ship operator for a regulated Australian ship must make an electronic record of the following for each screening officer engaged or employed by the screening authority:
        (a) the date the screening officer is engaged or employed;
        (b) the qualifications held by the screening officer for section 6;
        (c) the training undertaken by the screening officer for section 7;
        (d) any continuing professional development activity undertaken by the screening officer for section 10;
        (e) the screening officer's unique individual MSIC number, the name of the issuing body that issued the MSIC and when the MSIC ceases to be in effect.
       (2) For a person to whom subsection 6(2) or 7(1) applies, the port facility operator or a ship operator for a regulated Australian ship responsible for screening must make an electronic record of any