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Marine Safety Act 2010
178Use of effective statement to avoid liability
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178 Use of effective statement to avoid liability
(1) A person is not guilty of an offence by force of section 176 if—
(a) within the prescribed period the person gives one of the following statements to an enforcement official—
(i) an illegal user statement;
(ii) a known user statement;
(iii) a sold vessel statement;
(iv) an unknown user statement; and
(b) the statement is an effective statement for the purposes of this Part.
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