Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act Notice About How Incident Reports Are To Be Made (No.3) (Cth)

Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

NOTICE ABOUT HOW INCIDENT REPORTS ARE TO BE MADE (No. 3)

as amended

made under subsection 182(1) of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

This compilation was prepared on 30 October 2008 taking into account amendments up to Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act Notice About How Incident Reports Are To Be Made (No. 3) (Amendment No. 1 of 2008)

Prepared by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

1. Name of Notice

This Notice is the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act Notice About How Incident Reports Are To Be Made (No.3).

1. Commencement and Duration

This Notice takes effect on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments and remains in force until revoked.

3              Revocation

All previous notices published under subsection 182(1) of the Act are revoked.

4              Information that must be included

Reports of maritime transport or offshore facility security incidents required to be made to the Secretary of the Department under Part 9 of the Act must include the following information:

(a)the maritime industry participant to whom the report relates;

(b)the date and time of the incident;

(c)the location of the incident;

(d)if the incident involved a ship, information regarding the ship including (if known):  name, type, size, flag, IMO number, ISSC number, and type of cargo;

(e)if the incident involved a building or offshore facility or other infrastructure, information sufficient to identify the building or offshore facility or other infrastructure, such as the building number or other identifier;

(f)the nature of the incident;

(g)if the incident involved any other maritime industry participants, details of the other maritime industry participant(s) involved;

(h)a description of the incident;

(i)if the report is being made on behalf of (including as a result of being notified by) another person or organisation, the name of the person on whose behalf the report is being made;

(j)if the person reporting the incident is aware that the incident has previously been reported to the Department, the approximate time at which the incident was reported.

(k)an indication of whether the person reporting the maritime transport or offshore facility security incident is aware that the incident has been reported to the Police and other maritime or offshore industry participants involved as identified in (g);

(l)the name of the person reporting the incident;

(m)the title or position of the person reporting the incident;

(n)the name of the employer of the person reporting the incident, where applicable; and

(o)the date of the report.

5              Way in which report is to be made

The maritime industry participant or person with incident reporting responsibilities must, on becoming aware of a maritime transport or offshore facility security incident, report the incident to the Department’s Transport Security Coordination Centre.  A written report including all the information set out in section 4 of this notice must be provided to the Department’s Transport Security Coordination Centre as soon as possible. 

Reports made in accordance with this notice should be directed to the Department’s  Transport Security Coordination Centre using one of the following means of communication:

Online:  [phone]

E-mail:          [email protected]

Mail:             GPO Box 594
CANBERRA   ACT   2601
AUSTRALIA

Notes to the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act Notice About How Incident Reports Are To Be Made (No. 3)

Note 1

The Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act Notice About How Incident Reports Are To Be Made (No.3) (in force under subsection 182(1) of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

Title	Date of FRLI registration	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act Notice About How Incident Reports Are To Be Made (No. 3)	08/09/2008 - See F2008L03423	09/09/2008	-
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act Notice About How Incident Reports Are To Be Made (No. 3) (Amendment No. 1 of 2008)	29/10/2008 - See F2008L04122	30/10/2008	-

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Section 5	am. F2008L04122