Marine Transportation Security Regulations

310 (1) A security drill is conducted

• (a) at least once every three months; or

• (b) within one month after operations resume at a marine facility that has been out of service or inactive for more than three months.

(2) Security drills shall test individual elements of the marine facility security plan, including the response to security threats, breaches of security and security incidents, and shall take into account, in respect of the marine facility, the types of operations, personnel changes, the types of vessels interfacing with it and other relevant circumstances.

(3) If a marine facility is involved in the implementation of MARSEC level 2 or MARSEC level 3 following a security incident, the implementation of the MARSEC level shall be equivalent to a drill.