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CurrentResponsibility for injuries to jetties
12 Responsibility for injuries to jetties
(1)
Where any injury is done by a vessel to any public jetty or bridge —
(a)
the owner of such vessel; and
(b)
in case the injury is caused through the wrongful act or negligence of the master of such vessel, the master also,
shall be answerable in damages to Her Majesty for the injury.
(2)
The Governor may make regulations under this Act for the prevention of such injury to any public jetty or bridge and may impose a penalty not exceeding a fine of $12 000 for the breach of any such regulations.
[Section 12 amended: No. 5 of 1976 s. 4; No. 2 of 2019 s. 14.]
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