Victorian Numbered Acts

MARINE (DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL VESSEL NATIONAL LAW APPLICATION) ACT 2013 (NO. 36 OF 2013) - SECT 87

After section 28A of the Marine (Drug, Alcohol and Pollution Control) Act 1988 insert —

        " 28AB     Recommendation about cancellation or disqualification—certificates of competency

    (1)     A court may recommend to the National Regulator or a delegate of the National Regulator that the National Regulator take any of the following actions in relation to a person convicted of an offence under section 28(1)—

        (a)     cancel a certificate of competency that the person holds;

        (b)     disqualify the person from obtaining a certificate of competency for a specified period.

    (2)     A recommendation must not be made under this section unless a similar action could be taken under section 28A to cancel a marine licence of a person convicted of the same offence or disqualify such a person from holding a marine licence.

    (3)     A court may make a recommendation under this section in addition to imposing any penalty for the offence concerned.".