16Defences

16 Defences

It is a defence to a prosecution of a person for an offence against section 13, for an offence against a regulation made for the purposes of section 14, or for an offence against subsection 15(5), if the act that constituted the offence was done for the purpose of: (a) saving human life; (b) securing the safety of a ship (including a hovercraft or any similar craft) where the ship was endangered by stress of weather or by navigational hazards; or (c) dealing with an emergency involving a serious threat to the environment; or was done with any other reasonable excuse.