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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004

Annexes

Annex 2 - Security plans

Part 2 - Maritime Security Plans

Division 3 - Port facility operators

Subdivision 1 - Matters to be dealt with in plan

 

28. Port facility operator details

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must be accompanied by a document setting out the following information:

(a) name of the port facility operator;
(b) contact details for the port facility operator;
(c) name of the Chief Executive Officer of the port facility operator;
(d) name and location of the port facility;
(e) name of the port in which the facility is located;
(f) name or position of the person who is to be the PFSO for the facility;
(g) a single 24-hour fixed -line or mobile telephone number for the PFSO.

 

29. Details of other maritime industry participants

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must be accompanied by a document setting out the name of, and contact details for—

(a) the PSO of the security regulated port in which the facility is located; and
(b) each port service provider conducting operations within the facility.

 

30. Security assessments

 

(1) In addition to the matters required by item 11, a security assessment for a port facility operator's operation must include the following matters:
(a) a statement outlining the risk context or threat situation for the port facility;
(b) identification and evaluation of important assets, infrastructure and operations that need to be protected;
(c) identification of possible risks or threats to assets, infrastructure and operations, and the likelihood and consequences of their occurrence;
(d) identification of existing security measures, procedures and operations;
(e) identification of weaknesses (including human factors) in the infrastructure, policies and procedures;
(f) identification, selection and prioritisation of possible risk treatments (for example, counter-measures and procedural changes that need to be implemented) and their effectiveness in reducing risk levels and vulnerabilities.

 

(2) A security assessment for a port facility operator's operation must consider—
(a) the types of ships, and the types of cargoes transported by ships, served by the port facility; and
(b) any special risks or threats associated with such ships and cargoes.

 

 

31. PFSO qualifications and responsibilities

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must set out—

(a) the knowledge, skills and other requirements for the PFSO;
(b) the training or qualifications that satisfy the requirements mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c) the training that must be given to the PFSO.

 

32. Other personnel with security roles

 

(1) A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must identify, by reference to their positions, port facility personnel with, or who have been assigned, security duties and responsibilities in addition to those of the PFSO.

 

(2) The security duties and responsibilities of personnel so identified must beset out in the plan, together with—
(a) the knowledge, skills and other requirements for the security-related aspects of their positions;
(b) the training or qualifications that satisfy the requirements mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c) the training that must be given to such personnel.

 

33. Matters that must be in plan

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must address, in addition to the matters required by item 12, the following matters:

(a) measures to prevent unauthorised carriage or possession of weapons or prohibited items in the facility or on board ships being loaded or unloaded at the facility;
(b) measures to prevent unauthorised access to the port facility, to ships moored at the facility and to any security zones established within the boundaries of the facility;
(c) procedures for responding to security threats or breaches of security, including procedures for maintaining critical operations in the port facility or ship/port interface;
(d) procedures for responding to any security directions given by the Director-General;
(e) procedures for evacuation of the port facility in case of security threats or breathes of security;
(f) procedures for drills and exercises associated with the plan;
(g) procedures for interfacing with ship security activities;
(h) procedures for modifying the plan to correct deficiencies or to update the plan to take into account changes to the port facility;
(i) procedures for reporting occurrences that threaten the security of the port facility;
(j) measures to ensure the security of the information contained in the plan;
(k) measures to ensure security of cargo and of cargo handling equipment at the facility;
(l) procedures in case the ship security alert system of a ship is activated while in the security regulated port;
(m) procedures for facilitating—
(i) shore leave or relief of crew; and
(ii) access by visitors (including representatives of seafarers welfare and of labour organisations).

 

34. Consultation

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must set out, for the purpose of coordinating security-related activities, a mechanism for consultation—

(a) between the port facility operator and the port operator;
(b) between the port facility operator and each port service provider conducting operations within the security regulated port, and any other stakeholder, who may be affected by the implementation of the plan; and
(c) between the port facility operator and its employees (or their representatives) regarding security measures and procedures to be implemented.

 

35. Maritime security level 1

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must set out, in relation to maritime security level 1—

(a) the security measures, identified in the security assessment for the operation, for implementation at that level;
(b) the measures that have been implemented;
(c) a schedule for implementing the measures that have not been implemented; and

(d)        any interim measures that will be implemented until the measures mentioned in paragraph (c) are fully implemented.

 

36. Maritime security levels 2 and 3

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must set out, in relation to maritime security levels 2 and 3, the additional security measures that the operator will implement if the Director-General declares that maritime security level 2 of 3 is in force for the port.

 

37. Declarations of security

 

A maritime security plan for a port facility operator must provide for -

(a) the circumstances in which the operator will request a declaration of security with a ship;
(b) the procedures for negotiating the security measures and responsibilities of the operator and of the ship in those circumstances; and
(c) how security measures identified in a declaration will be implemented to ensure compliance by the operator and the ship with their security plans and with the declaration.