New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 349

349 Reduction of shipowner’s liability for pollution damage where contributory negligence

1 A court may reduce, to such extent as it thinks just and equitable, the damages for which the owner of a ship is liable to a claimant under section 345 or section 346 if it is proved that the pollution damage suffered by that claimant was partly caused either by the act or omission of that claimant with intent to cause damage or by the negligence of that claimant.

2 For the purposes of subsection (1), the term
"claimant" includes any employee or agent of the claimant.

Note: 1974 No 14 s 33(4)