674Requirement to move vessel etc.

674 Requirement to move vessel etc.

An authorised person may—

(a) require the master of a vessel to take the vessel outside the area to be avoided if—

(i) the vessel is a relevant vessel, or the authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel is a relevant vessel; and

(ii) the vessel is in the area to be avoided otherwise than in accordance with an authorisation in force in relation to the vessel under section 672(3); and

(iii) the vessel is not an exempt vessel in relation to a prescribed safety zone;

(b) require the master of a vessel to take the vessel outside the safety zone if—

(i) the vessel is in a safety zone; and

(ii) the vessel is not an exempt vessel in relation to the safety zone;

(c) require the master of a disabled vessel to permit the vessel to be towed away from the area to be avoided or the safety zone, as the case requires, or to accept the giving of such other assistance to the vessel as the authorised person considers necessary if—

(i) the vessel is in the area to be avoided, and either the vessel is a relevant vessel or the authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel is a relevant vessel; and

(ii) the vessel is in a safety zone; and

(iii) the vessel is a relevant vessel (or the authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel is a relevant vessel), and the authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel is likely to cause damage to any well, pipeline, structure or equipment in the area to be avoided or in a safety zone.