225   Security taken by Minister

(cf former Act s 52B)

(1)  Any security taken by the Minister under this Act must be in a form acceptable to the Minister.

(2)  The amount available under any security taken by the Minister under this Act is to be applied only as follows:

(a)  in payment of any costs or expenses that have been ordered to be paid by the master or owner of a ship in the course of proceedings for an offence in respect of the discharge or that are recoverable under this Act against the master or owner of the ship as a debt due,

(b)  in payment of any penalty imposed by a court in the course of proceedings for an offence in respect of the discharge.