Model Port
Facility Security Plan
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Model Port Facility Operator Security
Plan
SOLAS Convention measures to enhance maritime security
Amendments to the International Convention on the Safety of
Life at Sea Convention 1974 are due to come into effect on
1 July 2004. If those amendments come into effect, Australia
will be obliged to implement a comprehensive security framework
to ensure that the maritime sector is prepared and protected
from acts of unlawful interference.
New security framework for Australia
The new security framework will be encapsulated in special
Commonwealth legislation, with The Maritime Transport Security
Bill 2003 (the Bill) being tabled in Parliament on 18 September
2003. To assist with the implementation of the new security
requirements the Department has developed, in consultation
with the maritime industry, draft guidance materials in the
form of model port operator, port facility and ship security
plans and a guidance paper on the conduct of security assessments.
Copies of these materials available through the Department’s
web site http://www.dotars.gov.au/transsec/index.aspx.
Purpose of this Plan
The purpose of the model Port Facility Operator Security Plan
is to provide interim guidance to port facility operators
who under the Bill, which is scheduled for passage by the
end of 2003, will be required to prepare and present security
plans for approval by the Department.
The draft plan should not, however, be relied on as the Commonwealth’s
final position, as the security framework it describes could
differ substantially from that which may ultimately be implemented
by the Commonwealth.
NOTE –
Under Part 6 of the Maritime Transport Security Bill 3003
the Secretary may establish port security zones within a security
regulated port. The purpose of such zones is to subject the
specified areas to strict regulatory requirements, such as
access control, in order to prevent and deter acts of unlawful
interference with the maritime transport.
However, where the Secretary chooses not to establish a security
zone for a port facility, after considering the facility’s
security assessment findings, the facility operator will be
required, under the proposed Maritime Transport Security Regulations,
to prepare a security plan based on less stringent regulatory
requirements.
This model plan provides interim guidance for the former of
the two plans mentioned.
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