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Navigation Act 1912
211Costs of detention
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#### 211 Costs of detention
(1) If it appears that there was no reasonable and probable cause for the provisional detention of the ship, the Authority shall be liable to pay to the owner of the ship his or her costs of and incidental to the detention and survey of the ship, and also compensation for any loss or damage sustained by the owner by reason of the detention or survey.
(2) If:
(a) a ship is finally detained under this Division;
(b) a ship is provisionally detained under this Division and the ship was, at the time of detention, unseaworthy or substandard; or
(c) a ship is detained in pursuance of a provision of this Part which provides for the detention of a ship until a certain event occurs;
the owner of the ship is liable to pay to the Authority the costs of and incidental to the detention and survey of the ship and those costs are recoverable by the Authority in a Court of summary jurisdiction.