(1)

A person is screened when the person undergoes screening in accordance with regulations made under section 119 in preparation for:

(a) boarding a vessel; or
(b) entering an area within a security regulated port.

Note: Division 6 of Part 8 deals with the screening officers.

(2)

A person receives clearance if:

(a) after being screened, the person is allowed, by a screening officer, to pass through the screening point; or
(b) the person passes through the screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the person may pass through that screening point without being screened; or
(c) the person enters a cleared area or boards a cleared vessel other than through a screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the person may enter the area or board the vessel that way.

(3)

A person is cleared at a particular time if:

(a) the person has received clearance; and
(b) since receiving clearance, the person has at all times been in a cleared area or on a cleared vessel.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a person is taken to be in a cleared area if the person is under the supervision or control prescribed in the regulations.

(5)

To avoid doubt:

(a) a notice under paragraph (2)(b) may provide that a class of persons may pass through a screening point without being screened; and
(b) a notice under paragraph (2)(c) may provide that a class of persons may enter a cleared area or board a cleared vessel other than through a screening point.