Section 387: Duties of owner, etc. master and salvor

(1)
The provisions of the International Convention on Salvage, 1989 shall apply to this part of this Act.
(2)
The owner and the master of a vessel in danger shall take timely and reasonable steps to arrange for salvage operations.
(3)
The owner and the master of the vessel or the owner of any property in danger shall:
(a)
co-operate fully with the salvor during the course of salvage operations;
(b)
exercise due care to prevent or minimize damage to the environment;
(c)
when the vessel or other property has been brought to a place of safety accept re-deliver when reasonably requested by the salvor to do so.
(4)
A salvor shall-
(a)
carry out the salvage operations in which he is engaged with due care;
(b)
in performing the salvage operations exercise due care to prevent or minimize danger to the environment;
(c)
accept the intervention of other salvors when reasonably requested to do so by the owner or master of the vessel or of other property in danger and the amount of the salvor's reward shall not be prejudiced if the request for other
salvors was unreasonable.