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
 
 
1  Name of regulation
                   This regulation is the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Assessment Inspectors) Regulation 2013.
2  Commencement
                   This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.
3  Authority
                   This regulation is made under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.
4  Schedule(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                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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.