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Marine Safety Act 1998
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#### 111 Action by Minister following report of investigation
111 Action by Minister following report of investigation
> > (1) The Minister may take any action that is available to the Minister in connection with a report submitted by an investigator.
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> > (2) In particular, the Minister may do any of the following—
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> > > (a) take no action,
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> > > (b) take action to improve marine safety procedures,
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> > > (c) suspend or cancel a marine safety licence, or impose conditions on any such licence,
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> > > (d) disqualify a person from holding or being granted a marine safety licence for a specified period,
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> > > (e) inform any other marine safety authority that has granted any similar licence to the person concerned of the report and action taken by the Minister on the report,
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> > > (f) in the case of an investigation concerning or related to a public passenger service provided by a ferry, inform Transport for NSW or the Chief Investigator of the report and the action taken by the Minister on the report.
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> > (3) If Transport for NSW is the responsible regulator for a marine safety licence rather than the Minister, the Minister may require Transport for NSW to take action for the purposes of subsection (2) in connection with that licence.
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> > (4) Any action taken under this section may extend to more than 1 marine safety licence held by a person.
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> > (5) The Minister or Transport for NSW (as the case requires) must give written notice to the holder of a marine safety licence of any action taken under this section against that holder.
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> **s 111:** Am 2003 No 65, Sch 2 \[6\]; 2005 No 55, Sch 4.2 \[6\]; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.33 \[2\]; 2008 No 59, Sch 1 \[53\]; 2011 No 41, Sch 5.22 \[5\]; 2011 No 62, Sch 2.20; 2014 No 38, Sch 1.1 \[7\]–\[9\]. Subst 2016 No 28, Sch 1 \[46\]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.42\[1\] \[8\]. Am 2025 No 12, Sch 1\[24\] \[66\].