Section 127A: Points system for suspension of skipper’s licence

127A. Points system for suspension of skipper’s licence (1) The Minister may make regulations— (a) establishing a system of recording points against a skipper convicted of an offence under this Act or regulations made under it; (b) specifying the minimum number of points to be accumulated by the skipper before his licence may be suspended for such period not exceeding one month. (2) Where the points accumulated by a licensee under subsection (1) reach 50 per cent of the minimum number of points at which the Authority may suspend the skipper’s licence under this section, the Authority shall give written notice thereof to the licensee. (3) Where a Court, in the exercise of its powers under section 107, suspends the skipper’s licence of a person convicted of an offence in connection with the operation of a pleasure craft or an exempt pleasure craft, points shall not be recorded against the person in respect of that offence. (4) Where the holder of a skipper’s licence commits on a single occasion more than one offence under this Act or regulations made under it, points shall be recorded against him only for the offence having the largest number of points. (5) No points shall be accumulated by any licensee in respect of any act or omission for which his licence has been suspended under section 85. [S. 127A inserted by s. 40 of Act 3 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 June 2008.]