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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Obligations and powers in relation to marine protection documents - General offences

277: Acting without necessary marine protection document

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"Breaking the law by not having the right marine protection papers for a ship"

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You commit an offence if you operate, maintain, or service a ship or marine protection product without the right marine protection document. You also commit an offence if you do something to a ship or product knowing you need a document to do it, but you do not have one. A marine protection document is not current if it is suspended under the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

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Part 22Obligations and powers in relation to marine protection documents
General offences

277Acting without necessary marine protection document

  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 marine protection product, without holding the appropriate current marine protection document.

      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 marine protection product knowing that a current marine protection document is required to be held in respect of that ship or product before that act may lawfully be done and knowing that the appropriate document is not held.

          1. For the purposes of this section,—

          2. a marine protection document is not a current marine protection document if it is for the time being suspended under this Act:
            1. a marine protection document is not a current marine protection document in relation to an act if the endorsement that is required to authorise that act is for the time being suspended under this Act.

              Notes
              • Section 277(3): added, on , by section 31 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).