(1) The owner of a
registered vessel commits an offence if the owner does not —
(a)
produce to an officer of the Department or a member of the police force the
certificate of registration of the vessel within the time specified by the
officer or member; and
(b)
notify the Department in a form approved by the Minister of any change in any
of the registered particulars of the vessel or the address of the owner or any
of the nominated persons referred to in regulation 45B(3)(aa), within
15 days of any such change occurring.
(2) Where a
certificate of registration or a boat registration label issued under this
Part in respect of a vessel has been lost, stolen, destroyed, mislaid,
defaced, mutilated or rendered illegible, the owner of the vessel commits an
offence if the person does not, as soon as practicable, notify the Department
of that fact and of the circumstances which gave rise to that fact.
(3) On being notified
under subregulation (2), the Department may issue a duplicate certificate
of registration or a replacement boat registration label, as the case
requires.
[Regulation 45D inserted: Gazette
16 Dec 1971 p. 5232; amended: Gazette 21 Feb 1986
p. 567; 1 Aug 1990 p. 3647; 10 Apr 1992
p. 1597‑8; 30 Jun 1992 p. 2901;
28 Aug 1992 p. 4240; 27 Jun 1997 p. 3151;
12 May 1998 p. 2796; 20 Jun 2000 p. 3039;
1 Dec 2000 p. 6766; SL 2024/191 r. 41.]