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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Safety offences

65: Dangerous activity involving ships or maritime products

You could also call this:

"Rules to keep people safe from dangerous things done with ships or boat equipment"

If you operate, maintain, or service a ship or maritime product in a way that puts others at risk, you can get in trouble. You can also get in trouble if you do something else with a ship or maritime product that causes unnecessary danger to people or property. It does not matter if someone actually gets hurt or if something gets damaged.

If you cause or let someone else operate, maintain, or service a ship or maritime product in a way that puts others at risk, you can get in trouble too. This also applies if you cause or let someone else do something else with a ship or maritime product that causes unnecessary danger to people or property.

If you break these rules, you can face penalties, such as imprisonment or a fine, depending on whether you are an individual or a company. You may also have to pay an additional penalty under section 409.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Safety offences

65Dangerous activity involving ships or maritime products

  1. Every person commits an offence who—

  2. operates, maintains, or services; or
    1. does any other act in respect of—
        1. any ship or maritime product in a manner which 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.

      1. Every person commits an offence who—

      2. causes or permits any ship or maritime product to be operated, maintained, or serviced; or
        1. causes or permits any other act to be done in respect of any ship or maritime product,—
            1. in a manner which 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.

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

          2. 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 65(3): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).