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In forceExpenses of returning foreign seafarers left behind
Chapter 2Seafarers
Part 7General matters relating to seafarers of regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels
92 Expenses of returning foreign seafarers left behind
If:
(a)
a seafarer of a foreign vessel is left behind at an Australian port or dies in Australia; and
(b)
the Commonwealth incurs expense in sending the seafarer, the seafarer’s body or any property of the seafarer outside Australia;
the Commonwealth may recover the amount of those expenses from the owner, agent or master of the vessel in an eligible court as a debt due and payable by the owner, agent or master to the Commonwealth.
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