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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1982

* UNREGISTERED DEALERS'

REPRESENTATIVES

A FINE OF $10 000 AND A DAILY PENALTY OF $100

(2) ON SUMMARY CONVICTION, A FINE OF $50 000, IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE YEAR AND A DAILY PENALTY OF $1.000

(1) ON

INDICTMENT. A FINE OF $100 000,

IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS AND A DAILY PENALTY OF

$2 500

(2) ON SUMMARY CONVICTION.

A FINE OF $20 000 AND A DAILY PENALTY OF $500

TO DISCOURAGE OFFENDERS FROM OBSTRUCTING INVESTIGATIONS, THE BILL ALSO SEEKS TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR THIS OFFENCE FROM A FINE OF $20 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS TO A FINE OF $100 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.

NEW RULE FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT

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OPERATORS OF LICENSED PLEASURE VESSELS NOT EXCEEDING THREE METRES IN LENGTH AND HAVING AN ENGINE NOT EXCEEDING THREE KILOWATTS

IN POWER WILL NOW BE EXEMPTED FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO HOLD A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY, A MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXEMPTION CAME WITH A DECISION BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR PERCY DAVY, UNDER THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (PLEASURE VESSELS) REGULATIONS.

+THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXEMPTION IS TO RELIEVE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF SUCH A SMALL CRAFT FROM THE NECESSITY OF OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY.

+THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE CRAFT, HOWEVER, MUST NOT BE LESS THAN 16 YEARS OF AGE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.