329BSalvage claims against the Crown

#### 329B Salvage claims against the Crown (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Part, other than Division 2, applies in relation to salvage operations conducted: (a) to save life from, or to assist, a Government ship; or (b) to save a wreck, or any cargo or equipment, which belongs to the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; in the same manner as if the ship, wreck, cargo or equipment belonged to a private person. (2) A claim does not lie against the Commonwealth or the Australian Postal Corporation by virtue of this section in respect of anything done or suffered in relation to an article in the course of post, or the contents of an article in the course of post, while the article is being carried by sea. (3) In this section: > article in the course of post means an article that is being carried by or through the Australian Postal Corporation, and includes an article that has been collected or received by the Australian Postal Corporation for carriage by post, but has not been delivered by the Australian Postal Corporation.