(1) An authorised officer may require information about the owner, operator or
master of a vessel under this section for the purpose of an investigation.
(2) A person must, if an authorised officer requires the person to do so,
supply all the information the person has regarding the identity and address
of the owner, operator or master of a vessel.
(3) Without limiting subsection
(2), an authorised officer may require the owner of a vessel to supply a
written statement containing the identity and address of the master or
operator of the vessel. Any such written statement is admissible in any
proceedings as evidence (without proof of signature) of the identity and
address of the master or operator of the vessel concerned.
(4) Without
limiting subsection (2), an authorised officer may require the master of a
vessel to supply a written statement containing the identity and address of
the owner or operator of the vessel. Any such written statement is admissible
in any proceedings as evidence (without proof of signature) of the identity
and address of the owner or operator of the vessel concerned.
(5) Without
limiting subsection (2), an authorised officer may require the operator of a
vessel to supply a written statement containing the identity and address of
the owner or master of the vessel. Any such written statement is admissible in
any proceedings as evidence (without proof of signature) of the identity and
address of the owner or master of the vessel concerned.
