Ship security plans

(1) Every ship security plan or amendment thereto shall be submitted to IMMARBE, or to a recognised security organisation it authorises on its behalf, for approval in accordance with section 9 of Part A of the ISPS Code. (2) A recognised security organisation authorised under regulation 4(2) above, shall not be involved in the preparation of the ship security plan or the amendment in question. (3) IMMARBE shall determine which changes to an approved ship security plan or to any security equipment specified in an approved plan shall not be implemented unless Merchant Ships (Registration) 243 the relevant amendments to the plan are approved by IMMARBE and any such changes shall be at least as effective as those measures prescribed in this Part and in Part A of the ISPS Code. (4) Any company which does not comply with subregulation (1) above, or otherwise fails to comply with section 9 of Part A of the ISPS Code, shall be guilty of an offence.