Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004Part 3 : Maritime Security PlansDivision 1 - Maritime industry participants required to have maritime security plans39. 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. |