Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004Part 4 : Ship Security Plans and ISSC's etcDivision 6 - Ship security records84. Ship security records |
| (1) | A South African regulated ship must keep a record of the following information in relation to the ship: |
| (a) | the approved ship security plan for the ship; |
| (b) | whether the ship possesses a valid ISSC; |
| (c) | the period of validity, and the name of the issuing authority, of the ISSCs possessed by the ship; |
| (d) | the security level at which the ship is operating; |
| (e) | the security levels at which the ship operated at ports, and specific periods during which the ship operated at those levels, while conducting ship/port interfaces; |
| (f) | any special or additional security measures that were implemented by the ship in any port where it conducted ship/port interface; |
| (g) | whether appropriate ship security procedures were maintained during any ship to ship activity; |
| (h) | if ship security procedures mentioned in paragraph (g) were maintained, the procedures and the specific periods during which those procedures were maintained. |
| (2) | Ship security records must be kept on board the ship an must be made available for inspection at the request of the government of a port state, in the circumstances described in regulation XI-2/9 of the Safety Convention, if the port state is a Convention State. |
| (3) | Ship security records must be kept for a period of 7 years beginning on— |
| (a) | in the case of a document, the date of the document or, if the document consists of a series of entries, the date when the latest entry is made on the document; or |
| (b) | in the case of information, the date when the information was obtained or, if the information is part of a document that consists of a series of entries, the date when the latest entry is made on the document. |