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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Regulation of alcohol consumption by seafarers

40T: Power to stop and board ships

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"Police can stop and check ships if they think a law has been broken or there's a safety problem"

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You can be stopped by an enforcement officer if you are on a ship. The officer must be in uniform or wearing a special hat with a badge. They can stop you if they think someone on the ship has broken the law, like the rules in section 40C. You can also be stopped if something has gone wrong with the ship. This could be because of a safety or environmental problem. The officer must think that alcohol was part of the problem. If you are stopped, you must stay stopped until the officer has finished. They need to do their job and use the powers they have been given.

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Part 4ARegulation of alcohol consumption by seafarers

40TPower to stop and board ships

  1. An enforcement officer who is in uniform, or wearing a distinctive cap, hat, or helmet with a badge of authority affixed to it, may signal or request the master or an officer of a ship to stop and bring the ship to for boarding as soon as is reasonably practicable if—

  2. the enforcement officer has good cause to suspect that a seafarer on board the ship has recently committed an offence against section 40C; or
    1. a safety, security, or environmental incident has occurred involving the use of the ship while the seafarer was performing designated safety, security, or marine environmental duties and the enforcement officer has good cause to suspect that alcohol was a contributing factor.

      1. A ship that is stopped by an enforcement officer under subsection (1) must remain stopped for as long as is reasonably necessary for the enforcement officer to complete the exercise of any powers conferred, or duties imposed, on an enforcement officer by this Part.

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      • Section 40T: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).