New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 306

306 Matters to be complied with in requisitioning

1 Any person exercising any power conferred by section 305(1)(g) shall give to the owner or person in charge of the requisitioned property a written statement specifying the property being requisitioned and the person under whose control the property is to be placed.

2 Where the owner or person for the time being in control of any property that may be requisitioned under section 305(1)(g) cannot immediately be found, an on-scene commander, constable, or person so authorised by an on-scene commander may assume forthwith the control and direction of the requisitioned property.

3 Where any person assumes the control and direction of requisitioned property under subsection (2), that person shall ensure that, as soon as is reasonably practicable in all the circumstances, a written statement specifying the property that has been requisitioned and the person under whose control it has been placed is given to the owner or person formerly in charge of the requisitioned property.

Note: 1983 No 46 s 64(2)–(4)

History: Section 306(2): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).