New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 68

68 Acting without necessary maritime document

1 Every person commits an offence who—

a) operates, maintains, or services; or

b) does any other act in respect of—

any ship or maritime product, without holding the appropriate current maritime document.

2 Every person commits an offence who—

a) operates, maintains, or services; or

b) does any other act in respect of—

any ship or maritime product knowing that a current maritime document is required to be held in respect of that ship or product before that act may lawfully be done and knowing that the appropriate document is not held.

3 Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) or subsection (2) is liable on conviction,—

a) in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000:

b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100,000:

c) in any case, to an additional penalty under section 409 .

4 For the purposes of this section,—

a) a maritime document is not a current maritime document if it is for the time being suspended under this Act:

b) a maritime document is not a current maritime document in relation to an act if the endorsement that is required to authorise that act is for the time being suspended under this Act.

Note: 1990 No 98 s 46

History: Section 68(3): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).   Section 68(4): added, on 9 June 1999, by section 10 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).