Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Assessment Inspectors) Regulation 2013 (Cth)

Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Assessment Inspectors) Regulation 2013

Select Legislative Instrument No. 120, 2013

I, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.

Dated 13 June 2013

Marie Bashir

Administrator

By Her Excellency’s Command

Anthony Albanese

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

Contents

1............ Name of regulation............................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority............................................................................................ 1

4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                            2

Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Regulations 2003        2

1Name of regulation

This regulation is the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Assessment Inspectors) Regulation 2013.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3Authority

This regulation is made under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.

4Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Regulations 2003

1  After Division 8.2

Insert:

Division 8.2A—Security assessment inspectors

8.25  Security assessment inspectors—criteria for appointment

For subsection 145D(1) of the Act, the criteria are:

                    (a)  the person is:

                             (i)  an APS employee in the Department; or

                            (ii)  a member of the Australian Federal Police; or

                           (iii)  a member of the police force of a State or a Territory; or

                           (iv)  a customs officer; or

                    (b)  the person:

                             (i)  has a good knowledge of the transport security environment; and

                            (ii)  has skills, experience or qualifications relevant to conduct a security assessment; and

                           (iii)  has a working knowledge, or the ability to acquire a working knowledge, of the Act and these Regulations; and

                           (iv)  is suitable to access and handle security information; and

                            (v)  is otherwise able to perform the duties of a security assessment inspector.