(1) Where Ghana enters into an alternative security agreement with a flag state in accordance with the Convention, the Director-General of the Authority shall supervise security arrangements for the respective ship or port facility covered by that agreement.

(2) The master of a ship covered by an alternative security agreement may not conduct any ship-to-ship activity with a ship that is not covered by the same agreement unless the ship-to-ship activity is part of a search and rescue operation.

(3) The Director-General shall review each alternative security agreement

(a) periodically

(i) at an interval specified in writing by the Authority; or

(ii) at an interval specified by the alternative security agreement, under review, in the absence of a specified interval under paragraph (i); or

(b) every 5 years.

(4) The Director-General shall in reviewing an alternative agreement under subsection (3) consider the following:

(a) any experiences arising out of the agreement;

(b) any change in the particular circumstances of a ship, port facility or route covered by the agreement; and

(c) any change in the assessed threats to the security of a ship, port facility, or route covered by the agreement.