Domestic Ferries Security Regulations (SOR/2009-321)

Marginal note:Security officer and master

73. A security plan in respect of a domestic ferry shall

• (a) identify the ferry security officer by name or, if they hold another position, by position, and provide 24-hour contact information for the officer; and

• (b) specify that the ferry’s master has the overriding authority and responsibility to make decisions with respect to the security of the ferry and to request the assistance of the ferry operator or the Minister when necessary.

Marginal note:Security officer

74. A security plan in respect of a domestic ferry facility shall identify the ferry facility security officer by name or, if they hold another position, by position, and provide 24-hour contact information for the officer.

Marginal note:Objectives

• 75. (1) Security procedures for controlling access to a domestic ferry and a domestic ferry facility shall be established in their respective security plans for all MARSEC levels, as appropriate to their operations, in order to

  • (a) prevent persons from introducing unauthorized weapons, explosives, incendiaries, and other dangerous substances and devices on the ferry or at the ferry facility;

  • (b) secure weapons, explosives, incendiaries, and other dangerous substances and devices that are authorized to be on the ferry or at the ferry facility;

  • (c) verify the identity of ferry personnel, ferry facility personnel and any other authorized personnel;

  • (d) indicate the frequency of access controls, particularly if they are carried out on a random or occasional basis;

  • (e) verify that passengers have valid tickets; and

  • (f) ensure that unattended goods do not pose an immediate threat to marine security.

• Marginal note:Domestic ferry

  (2) In the case of a domestic ferry,

  • (a) security procedures shall be established in the security plan in respect of the ferry, for all MARSEC levels, as appropriate to its operations, to control access to ladders, access gangways, access ramps, access doors, side scuttles, windows and ports, hatches, mooring lines, anchor chains and hoisting gear; and

  • (b) at all MARSEC levels, the ferry security officer shall, after any period during which the ferry was unattended, ensure that security sweeps are performed in order to confirm the absence of security threats or dangerous substances or devices before the ferry gets under way.

• Marginal note:Domestic ferry facility

  (3) In the case of a domestic ferry facility, security procedures shall be established in the security plan in respect of the ferry facility for all MARSEC levels, as appropriate to its operations, to identify

  • (a) the locations at which restrictions or prohibitions preventing unauthorized access are to be applied; and

  • (b) the types of restrictions or prohibitions to be applied and the means of applying them.