(1) To the extent to which a charge under this Part, payable by the owner of a
vessel, is not paid by the person who was the owner at the time the charge was
incurred, the charge is payable by the person who is the owner at the time
payment is demanded by the relevant port authority.
that agent is
liable, to the same extent as the owner of the vessel, for charges under this
Part incurred by the vessel while in port and which are unpaid.
(3) If, at
the time when a vessel left a port, there was an agent for the vessel other
than an agent for the berthing or working of the vessel, that agent is liable,
to the same extent as the owner of the vessel, for any such unpaid charges.