{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2048",
  "legislation_title": "The Port Security Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“1972 Act” means the European Communities Act 1972;\n“AMSA” means the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 ;\n“AMSA facility” means a harbour area or a harbour operation that is subject to a direction of the Secretary of State under Part III of AMSA which is in force, and for this purpose “harbour area” has the meaning given in section 18 of AMSA and “harbour operation” has the meaning given in section 46 of AMSA;\n“controlled building” means a building or part of a building in a port that has been—\n(a)described as a controlled building in a port facility security plan that has been integrated into a port security plan, or\n(b)designated as a controlled building;\n“designated” means designated by the Secretary of State in an Order under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act or in regulations made under this definition;\n“directed party” means a person who has been served with a direction of the Secretary of State under Part III of AMSA, in relation to an AMSA facility, while that direction remains in force;\n“EC Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on enhancing ship and port facility security , as amended by the Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;\n“ISPS Code” means the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code as amended from time to time, (disregarding for this purpose any amendment so far as it is excluded by Article 10(1) or (2) of the EC Regulation);\n“owner of the port facility security plan” means the person who submits the port facility security plan (or the person on whose behalf that plan is submitted) to the Secretary of State for approval in accordance with section 16.2 of Part A of the ISPS Code;\n“port” means any specified area of land and water at a port facility locality in the United Kingdom within boundaries that are defined by the Secretary of State in an Order made under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act or in regulations made under this definition, and in the case of a port for which a port related area is designated, every reference to the port includes that port related area;\n“port facility” means a location where the ship/port interface takes place, and this includes areas such as anchorages, waiting berths and approaches from seaward, as appropriate and for this purpose “ship/port interface” means the interactions that occur when a ship is directly and immediately affected by actions involving the movement of persons or goods or the provision of port services to or from the ship;\n“port facility locality” means a locality in the United Kingdom in which one or more port facilities covered by an approved port facility security plan is or are situated;\n“port facility security officer” means a person identified as responsible for the development, implementation, revision and maintenance of a port facility security plan and for liaison with the ship security officers and company security officers in accordance with section 17.1 of Part A of the ISPS Code;\n“port facility security plan” means a plan developed under the EC Regulation in accordance with the provisions of section 16 of Part A of the ISPS Code, and “approved port facility security plan” means a plan that has been approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirements of section 16.2 of Part A of the ISPS Code;\n“port related area” means an area of land or property that is affecting or is likely to affect the security of a port and has been designated as a port related area in relation to that port;\n“port related area security plan” means a plan developed in accordance with Schedule 1;\n“port security assessment” means an assessment carried out under regulation 3A;\n“Port Security Authority” means a body that has been designated as a Port Security Authority for a port;\n“the Port Security Directive” means Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th October 2005 on enhancing port security;\n“port security officer” means a person appointed under regulation 12;\n“port security plan” means a plan prepared and maintained by a Port Security Authority under regulation 15;\n“prohibited article” means—\n(a)any firearm, or any article having the appearance of being a firearm, whether capable of being discharged or not,\n(b)any explosive, any article manufactured or adapted so as to have the appearance of being an explosive, whether it is capable of producing a practical effect by explosion or not, and any article marked or labelled so as to indicate that it is or contains an explosive, or\n(c)any article (not falling within paragraph (a) or (b)) which is capable of use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person or for destroying or damaging property, or intended by the person having it with them for such use, whether by that person or by any other person;\n“recognised security organisation” means an organisation that has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations under regulation 23;\n“restricted area” means an area that has been—\n(a)described, in accordance with section 16.3.2 of Part A of the ISPS Code, as a restricted area in a port facility security plan that has been integrated into a port security plan, or\n(b)designated as a restricted area;\n“security manager” means a person appointed under Schedule 1;\n“transport security inspector” means a person authorised in writing by the Secretary of State to act as an authorised person for the purposes of—\n(a)part III of AMSA,\n(b)part III of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 ,\n(c)part II of the Aviation Security Act 1982 , or\n(d)part III of the Railways Act 1993 ;\n“UK control authorities” means—\n(a)the Department for Transport, including the Maritime and Coastguard Agency,\n(b)Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,\n(c)the UK Border Agency, an executive agency of the Home Office,\n(d)the Serious Organised Crime Agency ,\n(e)the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and\n(f)any police service that has an interest in the port concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 19(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 19(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 19(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (29.11.2013) by The Port Security (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2815), regs. 1, 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 19(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.11.2013) by The Port Security (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2815), regs. 1, 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (29.11.2013) by The Port Security (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2815), regs. 1, 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.11.2013) by The Port Security (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2815), regs. 1, 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/570."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1982 c.36."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1993 c.43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Established by the Serious Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) section 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2048/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:37.619667+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}