52Additional grounds for vessel registration certificates

52 Additional grounds for vessel registration certificates

52 Additional grounds for vessel registration certificates

(1) The responsible regulator may refuse to grant or transfer a vessel registration certificate for a vessel, or may suspend or cancel a vessel registration certificate for a vessel, if—

(a) the vessel causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, unreasonable noise or air or other pollution because of the vessel’s design, construction or equipment, or

(b) a statutory notice, other than a recreational vessel production notice, has been given in relation to the vessel within the previous 24 months that has not been complied with or withdrawn, or

(c) a recreational vessel production notice has been given in relation to the vessel that has not been complied with or withdrawn, or

(d) the vessel is an unsafe vessel.

(2) To avoid doubt, the circumstances in subsection (1) are additional to other circumstances in which the responsible regulator may, under this Act or the regulations—

(a) refuse to grant or transfer a vessel registration certificate, or

(b) suspend or cancel a vessel registration certificate.

s 52: Am 2014 No 38, Sch 1.1 [2]; 2016 No 28, Sch 1 [30]. Subst 2025 No 12, Sch 1[51].