128Directions as to passengers

128 Directions as to passengers (1) The Director may, by notice in writing served on the master of a vessel, give such directions as the Director thinks fit for or with respect to the manner in which the vessel is equipped or manned or the carriage of cargo, livestock or ballast or the manner in which it is provided with passenger or hospital accommodation or sanitary, health or medical services or food, water or stores, if the Director is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so to prevent danger to the safety or health of the passengers on the vessel. (2) The master of a vessel must not contravene a direction in a notice served under subsection (1). Marine Act 1981 27