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Purpose

  1.1 This document is intended to provide basic guidance on the conduct of control and compliance measures, in accordance with the provisions of regulation XI-2/9 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “SOLAS”), in order to afford consistency. It is also the goal of this document to assist in the recognition and rectification of perceived deficiencies in the ship's security plan, its security equipment, its interface with the port facility, or the ship's personnel. The impact of such perceived deficiencies on the ability of the ship to conform to its security plan and, where clear grounds exist for suspecting that such deficiencies exist, to provide guidance concerning the application of control and compliance measures for ships in port and for ships intending to enter ports.

  1.2 Nothing in this Guidance prejudices Contracting Governments to SOLAS (hereinafter referred to as “Contracting Government”) from taking measures having a basis in, and consistent with, international law to ensure the safety or security of persons, ships, port facilities and other property in cases where the ship, although in compliance with SOLAS chapter XI-2 and part A of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (hereinafter referred to as the “ISPS Code”), is still considered to present an unacceptable security risk (ISPS Code paragraph B/4.34).

Parent topic: Chapter 1 - Introduction
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