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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Plans and responses to protect marine environment from marine oil spills - Miscellaneous provisions relating to responses to marine oil spills

326: Proof of identity

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"Showing who you are when using special powers"

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When you use a power from section 305, you must carry proof of who you are. You have to show this proof if someone asks you to. You also have to show or explain why you have the power to do something if someone asks you to.

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Part 23Plans and responses to protect marine environment from marine oil spills
Miscellaneous provisions relating to responses to marine oil spills

326Proof of identity

  1. Any person exercising any power conferred by section 305 shall—

  2. carry, and produce if requested to do so, evidence of his or her identity; and
    1. if requested to do so, produce evidence of, or give a general explanation of, the authority under which he or she is acting and the powers he or she is exercising.