Transport Co-ordination Act 1966

For the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Division or any regulation relating thereto are being contravened, any person authorised for the purpose by the Director General by instrument in writing and whether so authorised generally or in any particular case, may go on board any ship and may request the person in charge or apparently in charge of the ship —

to produce for inspection any licence or permit, if any, granted under this Division in respect of the ship, the manifest of the ship and any other document that the person so authorised requires to inspect for the purpose; and

to permit an inspection of the ship and the cargo loaded or being loaded into the ship; and

to state his name and address.

A person who goes on board a ship pursuant to this section —

may be accompanied and assisted by an interpreter where the records of the ship are kept in a language other than English; and

may cause any licence, permit, manifest of the ship or other document inspected by him pursuant to this section, to be copied.

A person who —

fails to produce the licence, permit, manifest of a ship or other document or does not allow any of them to be copied;

refuses to permit an inspection of a ship or its cargo;

refuses to state his name and address;

refuses to allow any person to go on board a ship who is authorised to do so under this Act,