Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The Safety Director must cancel the registration of a vessel if—
(a) the registered person requests the Safety Director in writing to cancel the registration of that vessel; or
(b) the Safety Director is satisfied that the vessel has been stolen and not recovered or has been destroyed; or
(c) the Safety Director is satisfied that false or misleading information has been provided in connection with the registration of the vessel.
(2) The Safety Director may, by written notice served on the registered person, suspend the registration of the vessel if—
(a) the Safety Director has considered a report in relation to the vessel prepared by a member of the police force or a transport safety officer; and
(b) based on the report, the Safety Director is satisfied that the vessel does not comply with this Act or the regulations.
(3) The Safety Director must specify in the notice served under subsection (2)—
(a) why the vessel does not comply with this Act or the regulations; and
(b) how the person may demonstrate to the Safety Director that the deficiencies and defects in the vessel have been remedied.
(4) If the registration of a vessel has been suspended under subsection (2), the Safety Director may during the current period of registration for that vessel, by written notice served on the registered person, withdraw the notice served under subsection (2) if—
(a) the registered person has demonstrated to the Safety Director that the deficiencies and defects in the vessel have been remedied; and
(b) the Safety Director is satisfied that the vessel complies with this Act and the regulations.