1983 Ed.] Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft) [CAP. 281
Regulations
Director. No fee shall be charged therefor unless the number has been obliterated or defaced, in which event the prescribed fee shall be charged.
6. (1) The Director may refuse to issue a licence, voyage permit or anchorage permit if he thinks that it is reasonable to do so.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Director to suspend or cancel any licence or permit for any breach of any conditions of a licence or permit or of any of these regulations.
(3) The Director may, at any time, make such additions or amendments to the conditions of any licence or permit as may appear to him to be necessary or advisable in the interest of discipline or safety.
7. Every licence or permit issued under these regulations shall, at all times, except where otherwise provided by law, be kept on board the vessel for which it is issued and shall be produced on demand to any marine, police or revenue officers. Failure to produce such licence or permit shall constitute an offence.
8. Where any licence or permit issued under these regulations is accidentally destroyed, defaced or lost, the Director may, if he is satisfied as to the destruction, defacement or loss of such licence or permit, issue a duplicate licence or permit and such duplicate shall have the same force and effect as the original licence or permit. The prescribed fees shall be payable in respect of the issue of such duplicates.
9. Any person who fraudulently alters or uses, or permits to be fraudulently altered or used, a licence or permit issued under these regulations, or a duplicate of any such licence or permit, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
10. (1) As from the date of coming into operation of these regulations, no new vessel coming under survey for the first time shall be accepted for the purpose of licensing if such vessel is installed with either a hot bulb or a petrol paraffin engine, whether for propulsion or for any other purpose.
(2) Vessels already licensed and fitted with hot bulb engines shall be permitted to renew their licences subject to undergoing a satisfactory survey.
(3) The owner of every vessel fitted with mechanical means of propulsion or other prime mover not connected with propulsion, applying for a licence, shall produce to the Director a certificate from a Government surveyor in the forms given in the Seventh Schedule, whichever may be appropriate, and certifying that—
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L.N. 86 of 1965.
Discretion to issue, suspend, cancel or amend.
Licence to be kept on board and produced.
Issue of duplicate licence if destroyed, etc.
L.N. 86 of 1965.
Penalty for fraudulent use. L.N. 258 of 1974.
Licensing of vessels fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, etc.
Seventh Schedule, Forms 1 and 2.