New Zealand Legislation: Acts

22 Ship security plans

• (1) The company of a New Zealand ship must—

  • (a) develop, implement, and maintain a ship security plan for the ship based on the ship security assessment of that ship; and

  • (b) update that ship security plan as required by a review of that plan under section 21(4).

  (2) A recognised security organisation may prepare the New Zealand ship security plan.

  (3) A ship security plan or amendments to a previously approved ship security plan must be approved by the chief executive before effect may be given to that plan or amendments to that plan.

  (4) The chief executive may engage a recognised security organisation to review and approve a ship security plan if that recognised security organisation has not been involved in the preparation of that ship's—

  • (a) security assessment; or

  • (b) security plan; or

  • (c) security plan amendments.