Permit to operate water taxi and offence of operating a vessel as a water taxi without valid permit

(1) No person shall operate a vessel as a water taxi unlessvessel a water (a) the person is the holder of a valid permit; and (b) the vessel, is in conformity with the requirements specified in regulation 32, for a (2) A person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction– (a) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine of five thousand dollars; or 98 (b) in the case of an individual, to a fine of two thousand and five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for two years or to both. (3) Notwithstanding subregulation (2), the Ports Commissioner may, prior to the institution of criminal proceedings under this regulation, make and issue a prohibition order to a person who operates a vessel as a water taxi while not being the holder of a valid permit. Schedule I.