300Exercise of powers when receiver absent

#### 300 Exercise of powers when receiver absent (1) Where a receiver is not present, the following persons in succession (each in the absence of the other, in the order in which they are named) namely, an officer of Customs or an officer of police, may do anything authorized to be done by the receiver. (2) Any person so acting for a receiver shall with respect to any wreck be considered as the agent of the receiver, and shall place the wreck in his or her custody, but shall not be deprived, by reason of that person so acting, of any right to salvage to which he or she would otherwise be entitled.