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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally - Detention of ship and distress on ship

462: Cost of detention and inspection to be paid by owner

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"Ship owners must pay for detention and inspection costs"

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You own a ship detained in a New Zealand port under the Maritime Transport Act 1994. You are responsible for paying the costs of detention and inspection. These costs are a debt to the Authority or the Crown. You have to pay for the detention and any inspections or audits. The Authority or the Crown can recover these costs in court. This does not change the rules in section 56 or section 398. The costs include anything related to the detention and inspections. You are liable for these costs if you own the ship or are responsible for it. The Authority or the Crown will decide who to charge.

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Part 30Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally
Detention of ship and distress on ship

462Cost of detention and inspection to be paid by owner

  1. Where any ship is detained at a port in New Zealand under or pursuant to this Act, the owner of the ship, or other person for the time being responsible for the navigation and management of the ship, shall be liable to pay to—

  2. the Authority where the ship is detained by the Director; or
    1. the Crown in any other case—
        1. the costs of and incidental to the detention and to any inspection and audit under this Act; and those costs shall, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recoverable as a debt due to the Authority or the Crown, as the case may be, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

      1. Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 56 or section 398.

      Compare
      • 1952 No 49 s 492