36Ancillary police powers

36 Ancillary police powers

(1)  For the purposes of enforcing this Act, a police officer may, according to circumstance, do any one or any combination of the following:

(a) hail or signal a vessel;

(b) direct a person on a vessel to alter its speed or direction;

(c) direct a person on a vessel to bring it to a halt (with or without casting anchor or securing a line to anything and with or without shutting off any engines or taking in any sails);

(d) direct a person not to move a vessel for a period specified by the police officer;

(e) direct a person to take a vessel to a place nominated by the police officer;

(f) bring a police vessel alongside a vessel (with or without securing lines to the vessel);

(g) board and remain on a vessel;

(h) inspect, for the presence of an engine, a vessel boarded by the police officer;

(i) direct a person to temporarily surrender any key or lanyard required to start or operate an engine on a vessel;

(j) request a person to produce a mariners certificate, certificate of survey or other document for the police officer's inspection;

(k) direct a person to produce a mariners certificate, certificate of survey or other document within such period, of not less than 7 days, and at such reasonable place as the police officer specifies;

(l) direct a person to do (if necessary or expedient, by or within a specified time) one or more of the following:

(i) board, or disembark from, a police vessel or other vessel;

(ii) go onto, or get off, a jetty or other structure;

(iii) go to, or leave, a place ashore;

(m) direct a person to remain (either for a specified time or until further notice) –

(i) on a police vessel or other vessel; or

(ii) on a jetty or other structure; or