New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 256

256 Protection of Director and other persons

1 Where—

a) the Director has taken any measures under the provisions of section 248 or section 249 ; or

b) any person has complied with any instructions issued under either of those sections,—

then, subject to section 251 , neither the Director nor that person shall be under any criminal liability or any civil liability in respect thereof.

2 Section 121 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 does not limit this section.

3 Nothing in subsection (1) affects the liability of any person under section 344, 345, or 346 .

History: Section 256(2): added, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).   Section 256(3): inserted, on 23 October 2013, by section 51 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).