110Issuing improvement notices

110 Issuing improvement notices

(1) If a marine safety inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a person:

(a) is contravening a provision of this Law; or

(b) has contravened a provision of this Law and is likely to contravene that provision again;

the inspector may issue an improvement notice, in writing, to the person.

(2) The notice must:

(a) specify the contravention of this Law that the marine safety inspector believes is occurring or is likely to occur; and

(b) set out the reasons for that belief; and

(c) specify a period within which the person is to take the action necessary to prevent any further contravention, or to prevent the likely contravention, as the case may be.

(3) The period specified in the notice must be reasonable.

(4) The notice may specify action that the person is to take, or is not to take, during the period specified in the notice.

(5) Before the end of the specified period, the marine safety inspector may extend that period in writing.

(6) The person must ensure that the notice is complied with to the extent that it relates to any matter over which the person has control.

(7) A person subject to a requirement under subsection (6) commits an offence if an act or omission of the person breaches the requirement.

(8) An offence against subsection (7) is an offence of strict liability.