Part VI
Additional powers of officers in relation to coasting ships. 72.—(1) The proper officer may examine any goods carried or to be carried in a coasting ship—
- (a) at any time while they are on board the ship; or
- (b) at any place in the United Kingdom to which the goods have been brought for shipment in, or at which they have been unloaded from, the ship.
(2) For the purpose of examining any goods in pursuance of subsection (1) above, the proper officer may require any container to be opened or unpacked; and any such opening or unpacking and any repacking shall be done by or at the expense of the proprietor of the goods.
(3) The proper officer—
- (a) may board and search a coasting ship at any time during its voyage;
- (b) may at any time require any document which should properly be on board a coasting ship to be produced or brought to him for examination;
and if the master of the ship fails to produce or bring any such document to the proper officer when required, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £50.
Power to make regulations as to carriage of goods coastwise, etc. 73.—(1) The Commissioners may make regulations as to the carriage of goods coastwise—
- (a) regulating the loading and unloading and the making waterborne for loading of the goods;
- (b) requiring the keeping and production by the master of a coasting ship of such record of the cargo carried in that ship as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(2) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made under this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £50 and any goods in respect of which the offence was committed shall be liable to forfeiture.
Offences in connection with carriage of goods coastwise. 74.—(1) If in the case of any coasting ship—
- (a) any goods are taken on board or removed therefrom at sea or at any place outside the United Kingdom; or
- (b) except for some unavoidable cause, the ship touches at any place outside the United Kingdom or deviates from her voyage; or
- (c) the ship touches at any place outside the United Kingdom and the master does not report that fact in writing to the proper officer at the first port at which the ship arrives thereafter,
the master of the ship shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £100.
