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Marine Pollution (Control and Civil Liability) Act, 1981 (Act No. 6 of 1981)

26. Income and expenditure

 

(1) There shall be paid into the National Revenue Fund—
(a) any amount deposited in terms of section 16 representing a sum deemed to be sufficient in terms of section 9(2)(b)(ii); and;
(b) any other money which may become payable to the State by virtue of the provisions of this Act.

 

(2) Expenses incurred—
(a) to undertake or promote the research determined by the Minister, on any matter which, in the opinion of the Minister, is connected with the pollution of the sea by harmful substances;
(b) when the Minister deems it necessary or expedient in the public interest, for defraying expenditure incurred in preventing or removing the pollution of the sea by harmful substances in or discharged from ships, tankers or offshore installations and in connection with matters incidental thereto;
(c) for the payment of remuneration and allowances of persons engaged in terms of section 27(1) and persons referred to in section 27(3)(b);
(d) for the defraying of expenses incurred in removing, or in taking steps to prevent, pollution of the sea by harmful substances, in terms of section 27(6);
(e) for the hire or purchase of equipment, buildings, machinery and accessories, apparatus, seagoing vessels, vehicles, aircraft and any other movable or immovable property deemed by the Minister to be necessary for or conducive to the achievement of the objects of this Act;
(f) for the defraying of expenses incurred in the instruction of officers of the State and other persons in connection with pollution of the sea by harmful substances and in the training of such officers and persons in the prevention and removal of such pollution and in activities incidental thereto;
(g) for any purpose connected with the performance by the Authority of its functions in terms of the provisions of this Act,

shall be defrayed out of money appropriated by Parliament for such purpose: Provided that, for the purposes of paragraph (b), the defraying of expenditure incurred in preventing or removing pollution of the sea by harmful substances in or discharged from any ship, tanker or offshore installation shall not exempt the owner of such ship, tanker or offshore installation from liability under this Act for payment of such expenditure.

 

(3) There shall be paid to the Authority—
(a) any amount deposited in terms of section 16 other than an amount deemed to be sufficient in terms of section 9(2)(b)(ii);
(b) the proceeds of the realization of any goods, property or assets in terms of section 19;
(c) all money paid to or recovered by the Authority in consequence of a removal in terms of section 27(6); and
(d) any other money which may become payable to the Authority by virtue of the provisions of this Act.

 

[Section 26 substituted by section 2(2) (item 64 Sch) of Act No. 5 of 1998]