New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARITIME SERVICES ACT 1935 - SECT 13JG

13JG Removal of unauthorised works

(1) A person who makes use of any work carried out in contravention of section 13JE (a) or 13JF (2) (a) after the expiration of the time specified in a notice from the Board served upon the person requiring the person to remove the work is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 4 penalty units.

(2) The Board may remove, or authorise the removal of, any work carried out in contravention of section 13JE (a) or 13JF (2) (a).

(3) The Board may at its option cause or authorise any work or any part thereof removed in pursuance of subsection (2) to be destroyed, stored or sold, or may sell the work on condition that it be removed.

(4) The Board may recover as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction the costs and expenses incurred by it in the removal, destruction, storage or sale of any work or part thereof under this section from the person who carried out the work or who has made use of it after service upon the person of a notice referred to in subsection (1).