Section 153 Notifiable events under other Acts

(1) This section applies if the holder of a marine licence—

(a) has an obligation under the Act to notify the administering agency of a notifiable event; and

(b) has an obligation under a prescribed smartcard Act to notify the chief executive of the same notifiable event; and

(c) complies with the obligation under the prescribed smartcard Act.

(2) The obligation under the Act to notify the administering agency of a notifiable event is taken to have been reasonably satisfied if any time allowed to make the notification under the Act has not expired.

(3) In this section—

notifiable event, for the holder of a marine licence, means any of the following—

(a) a change of the holder’s name;

(b) a change of the holder’s address;

(c) if there is a current postal address for the holder—a change of the postal address.

prescribed smartcard Act means any of the following Acts—

(a) the Photo Identification Card Act 2008;

(b) the Tow Truck Act 2023;

(c) the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994;

(d) the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.