Regulation 1 - Definitions
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Regulation 1 - Definitions

  1 For the purpose of this chapter, unless expressly provided otherwise:

  • .1 Bulk carrier means a bulk carrier as defined in regulation IX/1.6.

  • .2 Chemical tanker means a chemical tanker as defined in regulation VII/8.2.

  • .3 Gas carrier means a gas carrier as defined in regulation VII/11.2.

  • .4 High-speed craft means a craft as defined in regulation X/1.2.

  • .5 Mobile offshore drilling unit means a mechanically propelled mobile offshore drilling unit, as defined in regulation IX/1, not on location.

  • .6 Oil tanker means an oil tanker as defined in regulation II-1/2.22.

  • .7 Company means a Company as defined in regulation IX/1.

  • .8 Ship/port interface means the interactions that occur when a ship is directly and immediately affected by actions involving the movement of persons, goods or the provisions of port services to or from the ship.

  • .9 Port facility is a location, as determined by the Contracting Government or by the Designated Authority, where the ship/port interface takes place. This includes areas such as anchorages, waiting berths and approaches from seaward, as appropriate.

  • .10 Ship-to-ship activity means any activity not related to a port facility that involves the transfer of goods or persons from one ship to another.

  • .11 Designated Authority means the organization(s) or the administration(s) identified, within the Contracting Government, as responsible for ensuring the implementation of the provisions of this chapter pertaining to port facility security and ship/port interface, from the point of view of the port facility.

  • .12 International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code means the International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities consisting of Part A (the provisions of which shall be treated as mandatory) and part B (the provisions of which shall be treated as recommendatory), as adopted, on 12 December 2002, by resolution 2 of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as may be amended by the Organization, provided that:

    • .1 amendments to part A of the Code are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than chapter I; and

    • .2 amendments to part B of the Code are adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee in accordance with its Rules of Procedure.

  • .13 Security incident means any suspicious act or circumstance threatening the security of a ship, including a mobile offshore drilling unit and a high-speed craft, or of a port facility or of any ship/port interface or any ship-to-ship activity.

  • .14 Security level means the qualification of the degree of risk that a security incident will be attempted or will occur.

  • .15 Declaration of Security means an agreement reached between a ship and either a port facility or another ship with which it interfaces, specifying the security measures each will implement.

  • .16 Recognized security organization means an organization with appropriate expertise in security matters and with appropriate knowledge of ship and port operations authorized to carry out an assessment, or a verification, or an approval or a certification activity, required by this chapter or by part A of the ISPS Code.

  2 The term "ship", when used in regulations 3 to 13, includes mobile offshore drilling units and high-speed craft.

  3 The term "all ships", when used in this chapter, means any ship to which this chapter applies.

  4 The term "Contracting Government", when used in regulations 3, 4, 7 and 10 to 13 includes a reference to the Designated Authority.

Parent topic: Chapter XI-2 - Special measures to enhance maritime security
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