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Marine Safety Act 2010
108Impoundment or immobilisation of a recreational vessel
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108 Impoundment or immobilisation of a recreational vessel
If a recreational vessel is seized or surrendered in accordance with this Part, a police officer may do any one or more of the following—
(a) move, or cause to be moved, the recreational vessel to a holding yard by any reasonable means and impound it there for the balance of the designated period;
(b) move, or cause to be moved, a trailer, motor vehicle or other thing by which the recreational vessel is transported by the master, owner or registered person or on which the recreational vessel is resting to a holding yard and impound it there for the balance of the designated period;
(c) cause the recreational vessel to be immobilised at a safe landing place or on land or on anything on land (including, but not limited to, a trailer) for the balance of the designated period;
(d) cause a trailer or other thing on which the recreational vessel is resting to be immobilised for the balance of the designated period;
(e) do anything else reasonably necessary to impound or immobilise the recreational vessel.
S. 109 amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 107.6).