Maritime Safety Queensland
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SEIZE AND REMOVE ABANDONED PROPERTY
Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994, section 175A(3)
Date of notice: 17 September 2024
I, Tanya Ferris, am appointed as a Shipping Inspector under part 13 of the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 (the Act).
Description of abandoned property:
A white 5 metre fibreglass Half Cabin Cruiser bearing registration numbers SH410Q. Current location Ritamada Beach, position is Latitude 23° 13.385'S, Longitude 150° 48.961'E
Where and when abandoned property was found:
The property was found washed up on Ritamada Beach, approximately 500m North West of the Rockhampton Grammer School’s Ritamada Outdoor Education Centre, Emu Park on the 16 August 2024.
I reasonably believe that ship is abandoned property.
When abandoned property may be seized and removed:
If the property described above is not claimed by 4pm on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, it may be seized and removed by Maritime Safety Queensland.
Statement for the purposes of section 175A(5) of the Act:
If no one claims the property within the time stated above and I seize and remove it, I may, having regard to the value and condition of the property and without further notice –
(a) sell the property by public auction; or
(b) destroy it.
If you wish to assert ownership in the property described above, you must attend in person at the Gladstone Maritime Safety Queensland Office at Floor 7, 21 Yarroon Street, Gladstone, Queensland, before 4pm on 16 October 2024.
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Tanya Ferris
Shipping Inspector, T323
Maritime Safety Queensland
Rockhampton 4700
