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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Administration and enforcement - Administration - Safety zone officers

110: Powers of safety zone officers

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"What safety zone officers can do to keep people safe"

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If you are a safety zone officer, you can take action if you think someone is breaking the law. You can stop the master of a ship from entering a safety zone or make them leave one. You can also tell a person to leave a safety zone or not to enter one. If someone is doing something in a safety zone that they are not allowed to do, you can tell them to stop, as per the rules outlined in section 63.

When you are exercising your powers, you can have other people with you to help. These people can also use the powers that you have, such as telling someone to leave a safety zone. You can use these powers if you have a good reason to think that someone is breaking the law, like if they are committing an offence under section 148 or 153.

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Part 4Administration and enforcement
Administration: Safety zone officers

110Powers of safety zone officers

  1. This section applies if a safety zone officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the master of a ship or any other person is committing, has committed, or is attempting to commit an offence under section 148 or 153.

  2. The safety zone officer may require the master of the ship—

  3. to remove the ship from a safety zone; or
    1. not to enter a safety zone.

      1. The safety zone officer may require a person—

      2. to leave a safety zone; or
        1. not to enter a safety zone; or
          1. not to carry out activities in the safety zone that contravene the restrictions declared under section 63 in relation to the safety zone.

            1. A safety zone officer who exercises a power under this section may be accompanied by any person or persons reasonably necessary to assist the safety zone officer to exercise the power.

            2. A person who provides assistance under subsection (4) may exercise the powers provided to a safety zone officer under subsections (2) and (3).