Paragraph 1 General

(1)

The port security assessment is the basis for the port security plan and its implementation.

(2)

The port security assessment must cover at least—

(a)

identification and evaluation of important assets and infrastructure which it is important to protect;

(b)

identification of possible threats to the assets and infrastructure and the likelihood of their occurrence, in order to establish and prioritise security measures;

(c)

identification, selection and prioritisation of counter-measures and procedural changes and their level of effectiveness in reducing vulnerability; and

(d)

identification of weaknesses, including human factors in the infrastructure, policies and procedures.

Notes on Schedule 3

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 substituted (29.11.2013) by The Port Security (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2815), regs. 1, 11(2)