sec.122How discharge expenses may be recovered

### sec.122 How discharge expenses may be recovered The State or a prescribed entity may recover discharge expenses as a debt. See also the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981 (Cwlth) and the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993 (Cwlth) . The chief executive may elect to recover a prescribed entity’s discharge expenses if the prescribed entity asks. If the chief executive makes an election under subsection (2) , the reasonable costs of the prescribed entity are taken to be a debt payable to the State and may be recovered accordingly. An amount recovered for a prescribed entity by the chief executive must be reimbursed to the prescribed entity. This section does not limit the general manager’s power to recover discharge expenses by making a demand against a security as mentioned in section 115 (4) . In this section— discharge expenses has the meaning given in part 13 . prescribed entity has the meaning given in part 13 . s 122 amd 2001 No. 79 s 64 ; 2006 No. 21 s 34 ; 2010 No. 13 s 88 sch ; 2010 No. 19 s 140 ; 2019 No. 25 s 30 (sec.122-ssec.1) The State or a prescribed entity may recover discharge expenses as a debt. See also the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981 (Cwlth) and the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993 (Cwlth) . (sec.122-ssec.2) The chief executive may elect to recover a prescribed entity’s discharge expenses if the prescribed entity asks. (sec.122-ssec.3) If the chief executive makes an election under subsection (2) , the reasonable costs of the prescribed entity are taken to be a debt payable to the State and may be recovered accordingly. (sec.122-ssec.4) An amount recovered for a prescribed entity by the chief executive must be reimbursed to the prescribed entity. (sec.122-ssec.5) This section does not limit the general manager’s power to recover discharge expenses by making a demand against a security as mentioned in section 115 (4) . (sec.122-ssec.6) In this section— discharge expenses has the meaning given in part 13 . prescribed entity has the meaning given in part 13 .