Section 7Part 0 —
Powers and duties of the competent authority
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The competent authority shall -
co-ordinate with IMPACS on all matters relating to the APIS;
if requested, allow a crew member or a passenger from an aircraft or vessel access to the crew member's or the passenger's personal identifiable information maintained in the APIS to ensure its correctness; but no crew member or passenger shall have access to any information provided by IMPACS or JRCC through the screening of API by IMPACS and JRCC against a Watch List for any API hit;
determine, after consultation with IMPACS, the admissibility or otherwise of any crew member or passenger into the Islands;
withhold clearance for the departure of an aircraft whose captain has not provided the API required pursuant to section 3, pending submission of the API; and
assess the sufficiency of API information provided for each journey of an aircraft or vessel and review API transmissions to assess error rates.
Notwithstanding section 7(a) and (c), any decision with respect to the admissibility or inadmissibility of a crew member or a passenger from an aircraft or vessel into the Islands shall be made solely by the competent authority.
A pilot or master in control of an aircraft or a vessel or a local agent, respectively may, at the discretion of the authority, be required to provide a manifest and any other passenger or crew data which may be requested by the competent authority and if such a request is made, the pilot, master or local agent shall satisfy the request.