New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 56

56 Costs of detention, etc

1 Where the Director acts under section 55 to detain a ship, the provisions of section 462 shall apply to the costs of and incidental to the detention.

2 Where the Director acts under section 55 to seize a maritime product, the Authority may recover from the owner of such maritime product all reasonable costs of and incidental to such seizure.

3 The Authority is liable to pay to the owner of a ship or a maritime product compensation for any loss resulting from the Director unduly detaining the ship or maintaining the seizure of a maritime product.

4 The Authority is liable to pay to the owner of a ship or maritime product compensation for any loss resulting from the Director unduly delaying the ship or the use of the maritime product.

5 Where the Director has taken action under section 55 on the information of a complainant and the information is subsequently found to be frivolous or vexatious, the complainant is liable to indemnify the Authority for all costs for which the Authority is liable under this section.

Note: 1952 No 49 s 306 ; 1987 No 184 s 14