Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00952:reg:8:p31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00952
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 31/100)
Character Range: 131044–133844

Division 6.1A—Control of maritime security zones

Subdivision 6.1A.1—Preliminary

6.07A  Purpose of Division 6.1A
 (1) This Division provides for a scheme under which:
 (a) an MSIC is issued to identify a person who has been the subject of a background check; and
 (b) a maritime industry participant must not allow a person to enter, or remain in, a maritime security zone unless the person:
 (i) is properly displaying a blue MSIC or a temporary MSIC; or
 (ii) is escorted by a person who is properly displaying a blue MSIC or a temporary MSIC; and
 (c) an issuing body must not allow a person to be directly involved in the issue of blue MSICs or white MSICs unless the person holds a blue MSIC or a white MSIC.
 (2) The Division includes requirements about:
 (a) the display of MSICs;  and
 (b) issuing bodies for MSICs; and
 (c) the issue of an MSIC to a person; and
 (d) the expiry, suspension and cancellation of MSICs; and
 (e) the issuing and display of temporary MSICs.

6.07B  Definitions for Division 6.1A
 (1) In this Division:
adverse criminal intelligence assessment has the same meaning as in section 36A of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.
adverse criminal record, in relation to a person, has the meaning given by subregulation (3).
AFP means the Australian Federal Police established under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation established under the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.
AusCheck facility means a facility made available by the Secretary AGD for the purposes of the AusCheck scheme.
AusCheck scheme means the scheme prescribed for the purposes of section 8 of the AusCheck Act 2007.
background check, for an individual, means an assessment, under the AusCheck scheme, of information about any of the matters mentioned in section 5 of the AusCheck Act 2007.
blue MSIC means a blue maritime security identification card, in a form approved under subregulation 6.08J(2), issued under this Division.
Category A identification document means:
 (a) for a person who was born in Australia—either of the following:
 (i) the person's Australian birth certificate;
 (ii) a notice given to the person under section 37 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007; or
 (b) for any other person—a valid document that provides evidence of the start of the person's identity in Australia.
Example 1: An Australian naturalisation certificate.
Example 2: A visa entitling the person to enter Australia.
Example 3: A movement record made available to the person by the Immigration Department.
Category B identification document, for a person, means a current and valid document issued to the person by a Commonwealth, State or Territory Department or agency, or by a government of a foreign country