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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Safety offences

64: Unnecessary danger caused by holder of maritime document

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"Be careful with your maritime document or you might get in trouble for putting others at risk"

If you have a maritime document, you must be careful. You can get in trouble if you do something or don't do something that puts others or property at risk. This is true even if no one gets hurt or nothing gets damaged. You can do something that causes unnecessary danger, or you can let someone else do it. Either way, you can get in trouble. If you break this rule, you might have to pay a fine or go to prison, depending on who you are and what you did.

If you are an individual, you could go to prison for up to 12 months or pay a fine of up to $10,000. If you are a company, you could pay a fine of up to $100,000. You might also have to pay an extra penalty under section 409.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Safety offences

64Unnecessary danger caused by holder of maritime document

  1. Every holder of a maritime document commits an offence who, in respect of any activity or service to which the document relates, does or omits to do any act, or causes or permits any act or omission, if the act or omission causes unnecessary danger or risk to any other person or to any property, irrespective of whether or not in fact any injury or damage occurs.

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

  3. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100,000:
      1. in any case, to an additional penalty under section 409.

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        Notes
        • Section 64(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).