225Security taken by Minister

225 Security taken by Minister

225 Security taken by Minister

(1) Any security taken by the Minister under this Act must be in a form acceptable to the Minister.

(2) The amount available under any security taken by the Minister under this Act is to be applied only as follows—

(a) in payment of any costs or expenses that have been ordered to be paid by the master or owner of a ship in the course of proceedings for an offence in respect of the discharge or that are recoverable under this Act against the master or owner of the ship as a debt due,

(b) in payment of any penalty imposed by a court in the course of proceedings for an offence in respect of the discharge.

s 225: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[211].