58Right to claim damages

58 Right to claim damages

(1)  In this section –

appropriate authority means –

(a) in relation to the area of a port as determined under any Act, the body that is responsible for constructing, improving, managing, regulating or maintaining the port; or

(b) in relation to an area not within a port, the Government department or State authority having jurisdiction over the area.

(2)  Nothing in this Act affects, or qualifies, the right of an appropriate authority or of any other person to claim or recover damages in respect of the consequences of a marine pollutant spill into State waters, whether from a ship or otherwise.