Marine Safety Act 1998 No 121
Current version for 26 November 2012 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 15:37)
Part 8Division 4Section 121

121   Identification of owner and master of vessel

(1)  An authorised officer may require information about the owner or master of a vessel under this section for the purpose of an investigation.
(2)  A person must, if an authorised officer requires the person to do so, supply all the information the person has regarding the identity and address of the owner or the master of a vessel.
(3)  Without limiting subsection (2), an authorised officer may require the owner of a vessel to supply a written statement containing the identity and address of the master of the vessel. Any such written statement is admissible in any proceedings as evidence (without proof of signature) of the identity and address of the master of the vessel concerned.
(4)  Without limiting subsection (2), an authorised officer may require the master of a vessel to supply a written statement containing the identity and address of the owner of the vessel. Any such written statement is admissible in any proceedings as evidence (without proof of signature) of the identity and address of the owner of the vessel concerned.
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