Paragraph 1 Frequency and participants

(1)

Various types of training exercises (which may involve participation of port facility security officers, in conjunction with the UK control authorities, company security officers, and ship security officers, if available) must be carried out at least once in each calendar year with no more than 18 months elapsing between the training exercises.

(2)

Requests for the participation of company security officers or ship security officers in joint training exercises must be made bearing in mind the security and work implications for the ship.

(3)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“company” means the owner of the ship or any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner of the ship and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Safety Management (ISM) Code 2002 M1;

(b)

“company security officer” means a person designated by the company in accordance with the ISPS Code for ensuring that a ship security assessment is carried out; that a ship security plan is developed, submitted for approval, and thereafter implemented and maintained, and for liaison with port facility security officers and the ship security officer (as defined in section 2.1.7 of Part A of the ISPS Code);

(c)

“ship security officer” means the person on board a ship, accountable to the master, who has been designated by the company as responsible for the security of the ship, including implementation and maintenance of the ship security plan, and for liaison with the company security officer and port facility security officers (as defined in section 2.1.6 of Part A of the ISPS Code).

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: Published by the International Maritime Organisation Publishing Service (London, 2002, ISBN 9789280151237)