Gold Magazine June - July 2013, Issue 27 | Page 71

THE ANTI-PIRACY LAW

750 passages in high-risk areas with a relevant professional background in Special
Forces Units.
And the need for companies such as
MASS has arisen from the extremely
serious problems caused by piracy in
certain areas of the world?
Yes, although the scope of the law extends beyond acts and attempts of piracy
and purports to address all unlawful acts
against a ship or attempts to violate the
security of the ship. It includes a broad
definition of ‘unlawful acts’ to include
any act or suspicious act or circumstance
which, by its nature or context, threatens
the security of the ship or may cause damage to the ship, to persons on board or to
the cargo.
What does the law say about the need
to protect ships from pirates or any
other threat?
The law provides that Cyprus ships
navigating through high-risk areas must
implement compulsory security measures
over and above those set out in Chapter
XI-2 of the International Convention