Section 27Part 7 — GENERAL
ICT licensee's duties in respect of the Coast Guard
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27. (1) Upon the written request of an officer of the Coast Guard of the rank of Lieutenant or above, a licensee shall provide to the Coast Guard in such form as required, and within the timeframe referred to in subsection (2), information relating to the current or last known location of an ICT device known or likely to be on board a vessel, for the purposes of the enforcement of any local laws, and other international maritime conventions, treaties and instruments relating to the maritime jurisdiction of the Islands.
The timeframes within which the information requested under subsection (1) is to be provided to the Coast Guard are as follows —
where the request is headed “ROUTINE”, the licensee shall provide the information no later than ten working days after the date on which the request is sent;
where the request is headed “URGENT”, the licensee shall provide the information no later than twenty-four hours after the time at which the request is sent; and
where the request is headed “PRIORITY”, the licensee shall provide the information no later than fifteen minutes after the time at which the request is sent.
For the purposes of subsection (1), a licensee shall ensure that there are at least two designated persons in the Islands, one being the primary contact and the other being the secondary contact, whose responsibility it is to provide the Coast Guard with —
the information requested under subsection (1) in the timeframe referred to in subsection (2); and
any other information requested in accordance with any other lawful authority. Section 28 Cayman Islands Coast Guard Act, 2021 Page 26 Act 2 of 2021 c
A licensee shall provide the details of the persons so designated under subsection (3) to the Coast Guard, and the appointment of such designated persons shall be subject to satisfactory security clearance by the Coast Guard.
A licensee who —
without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to provide the information required under subsection (1) in the timeframe referred to in subsection (2); or
knowingly gives false or misleading information to an officer of the Coast Guard of the rank of Lieutenant or above requiring the information, commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of ten thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for a term of one year, or to both.
For the purposes of this section — “ICT” has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision); and “licensee” has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision).