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Marine Safety Act 2010
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109 Authorised persons
In exercising powers under section 106, 108 or 130, a police officer may authorise any person to assist him or her to—
(a) board or enter a recreational vessel, using reasonable force if necessary;
(b) if the recreational vessel is on water—
(i) operate or move a recreational vessel by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by towing the vessel;
(ii) move the recreational vessel on land or onto a trailer, motor vehicle or other thing on land;
(c) if the recreational vessel is on land or on any thing that is on land, move by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by means of a trailer or towing vehicle—
(i) the recreational vessel; or
(ii) 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—
in order to move the recreational vessel to a holding yard;
(d) cause any locking device or other feature of the recreational vessel that is impeding the exercise of powers under this Part to be removed, dismantled or neutralised;
(e) operate or move a trailer, vessel, motor vehicle or other thing on which the recreational vessel is resting or by which the recreational vessel is transported by the master, owner or registered person;
(f) cause a recreational vessel to be immobilised at a safe landing place or on land by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by immobilising a trailer or other thing on which the recreational vessel is resting;
(g) store a recreational vessel and, if applicable, a trailer or other thing on which the recreational vessel is resting, in a holding yard;
S. 109(h) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 107.6).
(h) release a recreational vessel and, if applicable, a trailer or other thing on which the recreational vessel is resting, when authorised by a police officer to do so.