Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454:section:140a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 140A
Character Range: 241504–243167

140A  Maritime security inspector powers—security regulated offshore facilities
 (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) enter and inspect a security regulated offshore facility (including any restricted access area on the facility);
 (b) inspect equipment on the facility;
 (ba) make any still or moving image or any recording of equipment on the facility;
 (c) observe and record operating procedures for the facility (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 a document or record made or kept by a maritime industry participant that relates to the security of the facility;
 (f) operate equipment on the facility for the purposes of gaining access to a document or record relating to the facility.
 (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.
 (4) Also, in exercising a power under this section within the boundaries of a security regulated offshore facility, a maritime security inspector must take account of occupational health and safety requirements under the laws of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory applying at the facility.