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MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 112 Review by a senior police officer

MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 112

Review by a senior police officer

    (1)     A member of the police force who impounds or immobilises a recreational vessel under section 108, or who authorises another person to do so, must, as soon as is practicable and in any event within 48 hours after the recreational vessel is impounded or immobilised, notify a senior police officer of the grounds on which he or she relied in forming the belief that the recreational vessel was used in the commission of a relevant offence.

    (2)     A senior police officer who is notified in accordance with subsection (1) must make inquiries into the circumstances of the impoundment or immobilisation and if, after making those inquiries, he or she is not satisfied that there were reasonable grounds to impound or immobilise the recreational vessel, must ensure that the recreational vessel is released and returned to the owner or registered person as soon as is practicable.