Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (POWERS OF INTERVENTION) ACT 1981 No. 33, 1981 - SECT 17

17. (1) A direction under this Act to a person shall be served on the person
in accordance with this section and shall, for the purposes of section 19, be
deemed to have been issued to the person at the time when it is served on the
person in accordance with this section.

(2) Service of a direction under this Act on the owner or the owners of a ship
may be effected -

   (a)  by serving it personally on the owner or on all or any of the owners,
        as the case may be, of the ship or, if an owner who is to be served is
        a body corporate, on a director, secretary or other officer of the
        body corporate;

   (b)  by serving it personally on any agent of the ship or, if an agent who
        is to be served is a body corporate, on a director, secretary or other
        officer of the body corporate; or

   (c)  by serving it on the master of the ship.

(3) Where there is more than one owner of a ship, a direction under this Act
that is served on any of the owners of the ship shall be deemed, for the
purposes of this Act, to be served on all those owners.

(4) Service of a direction under this Act on the master of a ship may be
effected by serving it personally on the master of the ship or, if for any
reason (including the absence of the master from the ship) it is not
practicable to serve the notice on the master, by delivering it to any person
on board the ship who appears to be an officer of the ship.

(5) Service of a direction under this Act on a salvor in possession of a ship
may be effected by serving it personally on the person who appears to be in
charge of salvage operations.

(6) Where it is not reasonably practicable to serve a direction under this Act
in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section, the direction
shall be deemed to have been served on the person or persons to whom it is
issued if the contents are transmitted to the ship concerned by any means and
receipt of the transmission is acknowledged by a person on board the ship.

(7) A person authorized in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this
section may go on board a ship for the purpose of serving a direction under
this Act on a person on board the ship.