(1) The Chief Commissioner of Police may make an application for an impoundment or immobilisation order or a forfeiture order to the relevant court if the Chief Commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that—
(a) the recreational vessel—
(i) was used in the commission of the relevant offence; and
(ii) at the time the relevant offence was committed, was not stolen or used in prescribed circumstances; and
(b) the master has been found guilty of another relevant offence or other relevant offences (as the case requires) committed within the period of 3 years before the commission of the relevant offence.
(2) An application under subsection (1) may be made at any time after a charge-sheet is filed charging a relevant offence, but may not be made later than 28 days after the master is sentenced for that relevant offence.