Victorian Numbered Acts

TRANSPORT (SAFETY SCHEMES COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT 2014 (NO. 27 OF 2014) - SECT 10

    (1)     A transport safety officer who enters marine premises or boards, or proposes to board, a vessel under section 6 may do any of the following—

        (a)     direct the master of a vessel or the person operating a vessel to do anything necessary to enable the effective and safe detention of the vessel;

        (b)     direct the master or owner of a vessel or the person operating a vessel to supply information, answer questions or produce documents for the purpose of determining whether the vessel is a domestic commercial vessel within the meaning of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law.

    (2)     A transport safety officer, for compliance and investigative purposes, may direct the master of the vessel, or person operating the vessel, to—

        (a)     stop the vessel; or

        (b)     manoeuvre the vessel in a specified manner or to a specified place; or

        (c)     secure the vessel in a specified manner; or

        (d)     produce, for inspection, equipment specified in the direction.

Example

A direction under subsection (2) may be a direction to manoeuvre the vessel to a berth.

    (3)     A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a direction under subsection (1) or (2) unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty:     $10 000.