S.L. 499.35 Art. 30Duties of port facility operators.

(1) A port facility operator must -

(a) act on the security level specified by the designated authority;

(b) apply security measures and procedures in a manner that minimises interference with, or delay to, passengers, ships, the personnel of ships, visitors, goods, and services;

(c) appoint port facility security officers in accordance with the provisions of these regulations; and

(d) comply with any requirements specified in these regulations for the security level specified for that port facility or class of port facility.

(2) A port facility operator required to have a port facility security plan must give to the designated authority, and each port service provider conducting operations within the port facility:

(a) name of the port facility operator;

(b) contact details for the port facility operator;

(c) name of location of the port facility;

(d) name of the port in which the facility is located;

(e) name or position of the person who is to be the port facility security officer for the facility;

(f) a single 24-hour fixed-line or mobile telephone number for the port facility security officer;

(g) the measures to be used by the port facility operator to inform persons of the location of any port security areas established within the boundaries of the port facility; and

(h) the measures to confirm the identity of persons who are authorised to have access to the port facility, to ships moored at the facility and to any port security areas established within the boundaries of the port facility.

(3) A port facility operator required to have a port facility security plan must also give to the designated authority details of the boundaries of the facility.

(4) The port facility security officer and the ship security officers must liaise and co-ordinate appropriate actions particularly when the -

(a) port facility security officer is advised that a ship is encountering difficulties in -

(i) complying with the requirements to these regulations; or

(ii) implementing the appropriate security measures and procedures specified in the ship security plan; or

(iii) in the case of security level 3, following any security measures; and

(b) ship has a higher security level than that of the port facility.

(5) If a ship has a higher security level than that of the port facility, the port facility security officer must report the matter to the designated authority.