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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Disqualification

76: Retention and custody of documents

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"What happens to your maritime documents if you're not allowed to have one"

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You have to give back your maritime document if a court says you cannot hold or get one. You must give it to the court that made the order or the Authority. The document will then be sent to the Director. The Director will write the disqualification details on the document and keep it. The document will be kept until the disqualification ends or is removed. It will only be returned when you ask for it in writing. If a specific rule applies to you, as stated in section 74(2), you will not get your document back until you pass the required tests and meet the necessary conditions.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Disqualification

76Retention and custody of documents

  1. Where, by an order of a court, the holder of a maritime document is disqualified from holding or obtaining a document, the person in respect of whom the order is made shall forthwith, and whether or not demand is made, surrender the document to—

  2. the court where the order was made; or
    1. the Authority.

      1. Where a maritime document is so surrendered, it shall forthwith be forwarded to the Director who shall endorse the terms of the disqualification on the document and retain it until the disqualification has expired or been removed and the person entitled to the document has made a request in writing for its return.

      2. If the person entitled to the document is a person to whom section 74(2) applies, the document shall not be returned to that person until that person has passed the tests and fulfilled the requirements referred to in that provision.

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