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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Offences in relation to maritime document

69: Applying for maritime document while disqualified

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"What happens if you apply for a boat licence when you're not allowed to"

If you apply for a maritime document while a court has disqualified you from getting one, you commit an offence. Any document you get while disqualified is not valid. You can be punished if you break this rule. If you are an individual, you could go to prison for up to 6 months or pay a fine of up to $2,000, and if you are a company, you could pay a fine of up to $20,000.

The court can also stop you from holding or getting a maritime document for up to 12 months. This rule is part of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, which you can find more information about on the New Zealand legislation website. You should look at the Maritime Transport Act 1994 for more details about maritime documents and the rules around them.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Offences in relation to maritime document

69Applying for maritime document while disqualified

  1. Every person commits an offence who applies for or obtains a maritime document while disqualified by an order of a court from obtaining such a document and any such document so obtained shall be of no effect.

  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 6 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $20,000;—
        1. and the court may order the person to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a maritime document for such period not exceeding 12 months as the court thinks fit.

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      • Section 69(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).