New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 354

354 Ships owned by Convention States

1 In any action under section 345 or 346 for damages for pollution damage in respect of a ship owned by a convention State, that State is to be taken to have waived any defence based on its status as a sovereign State, and to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, if the State is—

a) a CLC State and the pollution damage is in respect of the discharge or escape of oil:

b) a Bunker Oil Convention State and the pollution damage is in respect of the discharge or escape of bunker oil.

2 This section does not permit enforcement against the property of any convention State.

History: Section 354: replaced, on 1 October 2014, by section 93 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).