Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CONTROL OF NAVAL WATERS AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 8 of 1978 - SECT 9

9. (1) An instrument defining the limits of any naval waters made by the
Governor-General under section 3 of the Principal Act and in force immediately
before the commencement of this Act continues in force after that commencement
as if it had been a Proclamation made by the Governor-General under section 3B
of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2) Regulations made under the Principal Act and in force immediately before
the commencement of this Act continue in force after that commencement as if
made under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(3) Where, before the commencement of this Act, a Senior Naval Officer
incurred expenses in the execution of any power conferred upon him by section
6 or 7 of the Principal Act, section 8 of the Principal Act continues to apply
to and in relation to-

   (a)  the repayment of those expenses;

   (b)  the detention and sale of a vessel, wreck, thing or timber;

   (c)  the recovery of any deficiency from the owner of the vessel, wreck,
        thing or timber; and

   (d)  the payment to the owner of any surplus.
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