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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Safety offences

67: Communicating false information affecting safety

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"Telling lies about ship safety is against the law"

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You commit an offence if you give someone false information about the safety of a ship or something used in maritime activities, and you know it is false or do not care if it is false. If you do this, you can be punished with a fine or imprisonment. The punishment is different for individuals and companies. You can get a fine of up to $10,000 or be imprisoned for up to 12 months if you are an individual. A company can be fined up to $100,000. If someone suffers financial loss because of the false information, the court can order that part of the fine be given to that person. If you give false information and it causes financial loss, the court can order that some of the fine you pay goes to the person who suffered the loss. This can be up to half of the fine you pay.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Safety offences

67Communicating false information affecting safety

  1. Every person commits an offence who by any means provides to another person information relating to the safety of a ship, maritime product, or any other facility or product used in or connected with maritime activities, or any person associated therewith, knowing the information to be false or in a manner reckless as to whether it is false.

  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. Where the commission of an offence against subsection (1) causes financial loss to any person and the court imposes a fine under subsection (2) in respect of that offence, the court may order that such part of the fine as it thinks fit, but in any event not more than one-half of the fine, be awarded to that person.

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      • Section 67(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).