s.3Establishment of the Coast Guard
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Section 3Part 2 — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COAST GUARD

Establishment of the Coast Guard

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3. (1) The Cayman Islands Coast Guard, in this Act referred to as “the Coast Guard”, is hereby established as a uniformed and disciplined department of Government, which is responsible for —
the maritime enforcement of local laws relating to ensuring the preservation of the safety and security of the Islands;
subject to section 6(3)(b)(ix) of the Maritime Authority Act (2013 Revision) —
the coordination of all maritime search and rescue response occurring within the territorial sea of the Islands and the Islands’ internationally agreed search and rescue region; and the territorial sea of the Islands and the Islands’ internationally agreed search and rescue region, provided it is within the Coast Guard’s operational capability to do so;
the delivery of maritime search and rescue response occurring within
ensuring compliance with any applicable international law, conventions and treaties relating to ensuring the safety of life at sea and pollution prevention; and
enforcing local laws and any applicable international law, conventions and treaties addressing the prevention, detection and disruption of illicit activity within the territorial sea of the Islands or on the high seas, provided that the enforcement does not extend into the territorial waters of another jurisdiction or breach the established protocols of any applicable international law, convention or treaty.
The Coast Guard shall consist of —
a regular Coast Guard to be known as the Coast Guard; and
a reserve Coast Guard to be known as the Coast Guard Reserve.
Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed so as to permit the Coast Guard to be organized as a military establishment or a military organization, or to function as a military establishment or a military organization.
Notwithstanding subsection (3), the members of the Coast Guard may receive training and other items of support from military organizations recognized as being allied to the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Section 4 Cayman Islands Coast Guard Act, 2021 Page 10 Act 2 of 2021 c

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