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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Protection of marine environment from harmful substances - Powers of Director in relation to protection of marine environment from harmful substances

235A: Additional powers of Director

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"The Director's extra powers to protect the ocean"

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The Director is in charge of keeping the marine environment safe. You can think of the Director like a guardian of the ocean. The Director has extra powers to help with this job, especially when investigating something that is harming the marine environment, like an oil spill. The Director can stop people from going to the place where the harm is happening, so they can collect evidence and figure out what happened. The Director can also collect oil samples and take things that might help them understand what caused the problem.

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Part 19Protection of marine environment from harmful substances
Powers of Director in relation to protection of marine environment from harmful substances

235AAdditional powers of Director

  1. For the purposes of an investigation under section 235, but without limiting the powers conferred by that section, the Director (or a person authorised for the purpose by the Director) may—

  2. prohibit or restrict access of persons or classes of persons to the site of the discharge, escape, or pollution incident to which the investigation relates, if the Director believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to preserve or record evidence, or to prevent the tampering with or alteration, mutilation, or destruction of any thing involved in the discharge, escape, or pollution incident:
    1. collect oil samples:
      1. seize, detain, remove, preserve, protect, or test any thing that the Director believes on reasonable grounds will assist in establishing the cause of the discharge, escape, or pollution incident.

        Notes
        • Section 235A: inserted, on , by section 25 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).