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Shipping Licence Amendment Act 1986

COOK ISLANDS

SHIPPING LICENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1986

1986, No. 8

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Services beyond the Cook Islands
3. Penalty for not obtaining a licence or approval

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1986, No. 8

An Act to amend the Shipping Licence Ordinance 1963.

(24 July 1986

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title - This Act may be cited as the Shipping Licence (Amendment) Act 1986, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Shipping Licence Ordinance 1963 (herein referred to as "the Ordinance").

2. Services beyond the Cook Islands - The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting after Part I the following new Parts:

"PART 1A

10.A. Minister to approve certain ships - (1) No ship shall ply between any port in the Cook Islands and any port in New Zealand, or any port in New Zealand and any port in the Cook islands, directly or indirectly, with out the prior approval of the Minister.

(2) Such approval may be granted in respect of a single voyage or a series of voyages and may be of such duration as the Minister deems fit.

(3) Such approval may be granted subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister deems fit.

(4) The terms "ship" and "Minister" in this Act shall have the same meaning as are ascribed to those terms in the Shipping Registry Act 1985.

(5) This section shall not apply to a ship, having as its principal purpose the carriage of passengers."

3. Penalty for not obtaining a licence or approval - The Ordinance is hereby further amended by repealing section 11 and substituting the following new section:

"11. Penalty for not obtaining a licence or approval - Any person and any agent of any person who operates a ship to, from, or in the Cook Islands without obtaining a licence or approval in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in addition, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues."

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This Act is administered in the Department of Trade, Labour and Transport.