New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 322

322 Distribution and responsibility for maintenance of purchases under section 321

1 Where it considers appropriate, the Authority may distribute anything purchased under section 321 to regional councils or other persons in accordance with the New Zealand marine oil spill response strategy.

2 Where anything is distributed to a regional council or another person under subsection (1), it shall remain the property of the Authority and the regional council or that person, as the case may be, shall maintain it in good order in accordance with any instructions issued by the Authority.

3 The Authority shall meet the reasonable costs incurred by a regional authority or another person in maintaining anything in accordance with the Authority’s instructions under subsection (2).