(1) In the event of fire breaking out on board any ship or aircraft in a port, the General Manager may proceed on board such ship or aircraft with such assistance and persons as to him or her seem fit, and may give such orders as to him or her seem necessary for scuttling such ship or destroying such aircraft, or for removing such ship or aircraft or any other ship or aircraft, to such place as to him or her seems proper to prevent in either case danger to other ships or aircraft and for the taking of any other measures that appear to him or her expedient for the protection of life and property.
(2) If such orders are not carried out by the person in charge of such ship or aircraft the General Manager may himself or herself proceed to carry them into effect.
(3) Any expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) and (2) shall be recoverable from the person in charge or the owner of the ship or aircraft concerned as a civil debt.