New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL VESSELS ACT 1979 - SECT 23

23 Action after suspension

(1) Where a permit is suspended, an officer of the Minister may, at any time while the suspension is effective, remove from the vessel or motor to which the permit relates the permit plate that corresponds to the permit.

(2) Where a temporary permit is suspended, an officer of the Minister may, at any time while the suspension is effective, affix to the vessel or motor to which the temporary permit relates a notice to the effect that the temporary permit has been suspended.

(3) A person who obstructs an officer of the Minister in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(4) Where a notice is affixed under subsection (2):

(a) to a vessel-the owner and the master of the vessel are each guilty of an offence against this Act, or

(b) to a motor-the owner of the motor is guilty of an offence against this Act,

and liable to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units if the notice does not remain affixed to the vessel or motor, as the case may be, while the suspension is effective.

(5) Where a permit plate has been removed from a vessel or motor under subsection (1) and the suspension of the permit to which that permit plate corresponds:

(a) terminates under section 22 (2), or

(b) is terminated by the Minister,

the Minister shall cause the permit plate to be returned to the owner of the vessel or motor to which the permit relates.