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

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Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004

Part 3 : Maritime Security Plans

Division 1 - Maritime industry participants required to have maritime security plans

39. Who must have maritime security plans

 

(1) Each of the following maritime industry participants must have a maritime security plan:
(a) a port operator,
(b) a port facility operator ,
(c) a port service provider that operates within a security reguIted port;
(d) a port service provider that operates outside a security regulated port for the purpose of ship/port interface between a security regulated ship and a security regulated port.

 

(2) However, a port service provider of a kind mentioned in subregulation (1)(c) or (d) need not have a maritime security plan if—
(a) the activities of the port service provider are covered by a maritime security plan (the covering plan within the meaning of regulation 42(3)) for another maritime industry participant; and
(b) the port service provider has agreed in writing to those activities being covered by the covering plan.