EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by Authority of the Minister for Transport and Regional Services
Subject: Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Plans and Other Measures) Act 2006
Item 2 of subsection 2(1) of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Plans and Other Measures) Act 2006 (the Act) provides that each provision of Schedule 1 commences on either a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation or, if any of those provisions do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which the Act received Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. The Act received Royal Assent on 27 September 2006.
The purpose of the Proclamation is to fix 6 November 2006 as the day on which Schedule 1 of the Act commences.
Provisions in Schedule 1 of the Act amended the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 (“the original Act”) to:
- require that the contact details for all security officers responsible for implementing or maintaining a maritime, ship or offshore facility security plan be included in that plan;
- simplify procedures for making changes to maritime, ship and offshore facility security plans;
- clarify the processes in place for the establishment of security zones;
- shorten the time allowed for the Secretary of the Department of Transport and Regional Services to approve security plans to 60 days, while providing for a further period of 45 days to request and receive additional information; and
- clarify when the security plan approval period commences.
The commencement date allowed the Department of Transport and Regional Services to put in place appropriate administrative procedures for the plan approval process, in accordance with the amendments set out in Schedule 1.
This Proclamation is a legislative instrument for the purpose of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
This Proclamation commenced on the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.