59ALiability for costs of pilotage, treatment etc.

#### 59A Liability for costs of pilotage, treatment etc. (1) The master and owner of any vessel ordered into quarantine, or ordered to be treated, are jointly and severally liable to pay to the Commonwealth the cost of: (a) the piloting or towing of the vessel; or (b) the removal of cargo or other goods or things from the vessel; or (c) the treatment of the vessel or of cargo or other goods or things on the vessel or removed from it. (2) Subject to subsection 63AA(1), if: (a) a vessel is ordered into quarantine or ordered to be treated; and (b) a person is the agent of the master or owner of the vessel at the time when a service is provided as a result of the vessel’s having been so ordered into quarantine or ordered to be so treated; that agent is liable to pay to the Commonwealth, on behalf of that master or owner, the expenses connected with the performance of that service.