Marine Transportation Security Regulations

503 Footnote ^*Every person shall be a holder of a security clearance if they

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: See Related Provisions, SOR/2006-269, s. 24.]

• (a) require access to a restricted area two and cannot enter the area under any of paragraphs 380(1)(b) to (f) or subsection 380(2) or (3);

• (b) are a licensed ship’s pilot;

• (c) are a harbour master or wharfinger appointed under subsection 69(1) of the Canada Marine Act;

• (d) have security responsibilities, including authorized screening and security guard functions;

• (e) take applications for security clearances and the applicants’ fingerprints and facial images, which functions are performed on behalf of the Minister and for the purposes of this Part;

• (f) have access to a cruise ship that is interfacing with a restricted area two to provide services, supplies or equipment to the cruise ship or a member of the complement of the cruise ship;

• (g) could cause the failure of a preventive measure, delay the response to a security incident or adversely affect the recovery from a security incident as a result of being assigned or performing any of the following duties, responsibilities or functions:

  • (i) access to security information at the marine facility or port,

  • (ii) the supervision of marine facility operations,

  • (iii) the creation, alteration, control or maintenance of cargo documentation or crew or passenger lists by a person who

    • (A) is present at the marine facility or port, or

    • (B) has advance access to the documentation or lists, or

  • (iv) the planning or directing of the movement of cargo or containers at a container terminal, including their loading and unloading into and from vessels; or

• (h) are a seafarer who has submitted an application for a Seafarer’s Identification Document.