Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454:section:139
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 139
Character Range: 238573–240084

139  Maritime security inspector powers—security regulated ships
 (1) A maritime security inspector may exercise the powers set out in subsection (2) for the following purposes:
 (a) determining whether a person or a ship is complying with this Act;
 (b) investigating a possible contravention of this Act.
 (2) For the purposes set out in subsection (1), a maritime security inspector may do one or more of the following:
 (a) board and inspect a security regulated ship (including any restricted access area on the ship);
 (b) inspect equipment on the ship;
 (ba) make any still or moving image or any recording of equipment on the ship;
 (c) observe and record operating procedures for the ship (whether carried out by the crew or some other person);
 (d) discuss those procedures with a person carrying them out or with another maritime industry participant;
 (e) inspect, photograph or copy one or more of the following:
 (i) the ship's ISSC;
 (ii) a ship security record for the ship;
 (iii) a document or record held on the ship that relates to a passenger or an item of cargo;
 (iv) in the case of a regulated Australian ship—any document that relates to the security of the ship;
 (f) operate equipment on a security regulated ship for the purposes of gaining access to a document or record relating to the ship.
 (3) In exercising a power under this section, a maritime security inspector must not subject a person to greater indignity than is necessary and reasonable for the exercise of the power.