Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Before requesting the Secretary to approve a ship security plan, the ship operator for a regulated Australian ship must designate, in writing, a person within the ship operator's organisation as security officer ( company security officer or CSO ) for the ship.
(2) A CSO may be designated by name or by reference to a position.
(3) The duties and responsibilities of a CSO include:
(a) answering any questions about the ship security plan, and acting as contact officer, during the approval process; and
(b) implementing and maintaining the ship security plan for the ship; and
(c) liaising with the SSO for the ship and with port, port service provider and port facility security officers; and
(d) performing:
(i) the duties and responsibilities in section 11.2 of Part A of the ISPS Code; and
(ii) any additional duties and responsibilities set out in the ship security plan.
(4) The ship operator must ensure that a CSO:
(a) has the knowledge and ability to perform the duties of a CSO; and
(b) is given the training set out in the ship security plan; and
(c) is a suitable person to access and handle security information; and
(d) has the authority to act on instructions received from the Secretary.
Example
A CSO must have the authority to implement security directions or a change in the security level.