Section 115: Detention of unseaworthy pleasure craft
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
115. Detention of unseaworthy pleasure craft
(1) Where an authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe that any
pleasure craft is unfit to proceed in a navigational area, he may detain the
pleasure craft until he is satisfied that the pleasure craft is fit to so proceed.
(2) Where a pleasure craft is detained under this section, the owner of
the pleasure craft shall be liable to pay to the Authority the cost of, and incidental to, the detention and survey of the pleasure craft.
(3) Where a dispute arises as to the amount payable under subsection (2), the dispute shall be determined by the Tribunal.
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