New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL VESSELS ACT 1979 - SECT 29

29 Defects and deficiencies

(1) Where a vessel is submitted for survey as provided by its survey schedule or pursuant to a requirement under this section, or a motor is submitted for checking under section 28 or pursuant to such a requirement, the Minister or a surveyor may require the owner of the vessel or motor, as the case may be:

(a) to make good a specified defect or deficiency in the vessel disclosed by the survey or in the motor disclosed by the check, and

(b) to submit the vessel for survey or the motor for checking when the defect or deficiency is made good.

(2) Where any part of a vessel or motor the subject of a permit sustains structural damage, the owner of the vessel or motor is guilty of an offence against this Act unless the owner forthwith notifies the Minister in writing of the damage suffered.

(3) Where the Minister receives a notification under subsection (2) with respect to a vessel or motor the Minister may require the owner of the vessel to submit it to a surveyor for survey or, as the case may be, the owner of the motor to submit it to a surveyor for checking.

(4) Where the Minister is of the opinion that the condition of a vessel or motor the subject of a permit may not be satisfactory, it may require the owner of the vessel to submit it to a surveyor for survey or, as the case may be, the owner of the motor to submit it to a surveyor for checking.