Regulation 5 New regulation 3AI1

After regulation 3, insert—

“Port security assessment

3A.

(1)

The Secretary of State must ensure that a port security assessment is carried out for every port facility locality.

(2)

Each port security assessment must take into account—

(a)

the specificities of different sections of—

(i)

the port facility locality; and

(ii)

any area adjacent to the port facility locality which has an impact on security in the port facility locality if the Secretary of State considers that area to be relevant;

(b)

the port facility security assessments carried out for the port facilities situated within the port facility locality; and

(c)

the detailed requirements in Schedule 3.

(3)

Port security assessments may be carried out by a recognised security organisation.

(4)

Each port security assessment (including the identification of the boundaries to be defined, for the purposes of the definition in these Regulations of “port”, by the Secretary of State in an Order made under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act) must be approved by the Secretary of State.

(5)

Where international maritime transport services operate from a port facility locality, the Secretary of State must ensure that the port security assessment is carried out in co-operation with the authorities of the other Member States to and from which those services operate.

(6)

As soon as reasonably practicable after a Port Security Authority has been designated for a port, the Secretary of State must supply to the Port Security Authority designated for that port the port security assessment carried out under this regulation for the port facility locality in which that port is located.

(7)

In this regulation, “port facility security assessment” means an assessment of a port facility carried out pursuant to the EC Regulation.”.