Definitions
For the purpose of this Agreement, unless expressly provided otherwise:
1 "Piracy" means unlawful acts as defined in Article 101 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982.
2 "Armed robbery against ships" means unlawful acts within a State's jurisdiction.
3 "National waters[and airspace]" means the territorial sea and internal waters of regional States[and the air space over those States].
4 "Law enforcement vessels" mean ships of the Parties clearly marked and identifiable as being on government non-commercial service and authorized to that effect, including any boat and aircraft embarked on such ships, aboard which law enforcement officials are embarked.
[5 "Law enforcement aircraft" means aircraft of the Parties engaged in law enforcement operations or operations in support of law enforcement activities clearly marked and identifiable as being on non-commercial government service and authorized to that effect.]
5 [6] "Liaison officer" means one or more law enforcement officials, including boarding teams, of one Party authorized to embark on a law enforcement vessel of one or more other party.
6 [7] "Suspect vessel" means a vessel used for commercial or private purposes in respect of which there are reasonable grounds to suspect it is involved in piracy or armed robbery against ships.
7 [8] "Incident Command System" means a regional system for operational/tactical response to acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships providing common terminology, modular organization, integrated communications, unified command structure, consolidated action plans, manageable span of control, designated incident facilities and comprehensive resource management.
Nature and scope of the Agreement
1 The Parties shall cooperate in combating piracy and armed robbery at sea to the fullest extent possible, consistent with available law enforcement resources and related priorities.
2 The Parties undertake to agree on procedures for improving intelligence sharing.
Operations in[and over] national waters
Operations to suppress piracy and armed robbery in the waters of a Party are subject to the authority of that Party.
