(a) If your passenger vessel is subject to this part, you must amend your Vessel Security Plan when directed by the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center, and may amend it on your own initiative.
(b) You must submit each proposed amendment to the Vessel Security Plan you initiate, including changes to any appendix required by Sec. 120.300(a)(3), to the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center, for review, at least 30 days before the amendment is to take effect, unless he or she allows a shorter period. He or she will examine the amendment and respond according to Sec. 120.305.
(c) The Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center, may direct you to amend your Vessel Security Plan if he or she determines that implementation of the Plan is not providing effective security. Except in an emergency, he or she will issue you a written notice of matters to address and will allow you at least 60 days to submit proposed amendments.
(d) If there is an emergency or other circumstance where the COTP determines that implementation of the Plan is not providing effective security, and the procedures in paragraph (c) of this section are impracticable, the COTP may give you an order to implement increases in security immediately. The order will incorporate a statement of the reasons for it. [CGD91-012, 63 FR 53591, Oct. 6, 1998, as amended by USCG-2001-9286, 66 FR 33641, June 25, 2001]