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← Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 s 205

s 205 Powers of Director, etc.

205.—(1) The Director, the Port Master, a Port Health Officer, a surveyor of ships or a police officer may, at any time, for the purposes of this Act —(a) go on board any ship and inspect and examine the ship or any part of the ship or its equipment; (b) enter and inspect any premises; (c) require and enforce the production of any book, certificate or document relating to any ship or persons on board the ship; (d) muster all persons on board any ship; (e) summon any person before him or her and require the person to answer questions; and (f) require any ship to be taken into a dock for the purpose of surveying the hull.[6/2014] (2) The Director may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:(a) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; (b) $2,000.[3/2019] (3) On payment of the sum of money under subsection (2), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.[3/2019]

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