193Dispensing power of Administrator

193 Dispensing power of Administrator (1) Where the Administrator is satisfied, as regards any vessel or class of vessels: (a) that a specified requirement of this Act has been substantially complied with; or (b) that compliance with a specified requirement of this Act is, in the circumstances of the case, unnecessary; or (c) that the action taken or provision made as regards the subject-matter of the requirement is as effective as, or more effective than, actual compliance with the requirement; the Administrator may, by order, direct that compliance on the part of that vessel or that class of vessels with that requirement may be dispensed with. Marine Act 1981 46 (2) Where the Administrator is satisfied, as regards a vessel or class of vessels, that such circumstances exist as render compliance with a specified requirement of this Act impracticable, or make insistence upon compliance with that requirement undesirable in the public interest, the Administrator may, by order, direct that the vessel or class of vessels is not required to comply with that requirement. (3) Any dispensation or direction under this section may be unconditional or subject to such conditions, limitations and restrictions as are expressed in the order. (4) The Minister must present to the Assembly at least once in each year a special report stating the cases in which the Administrator has exercised the Administrator's power under this section during the preceding year.