The Act Schedule 1: Safety directions Paragraph 15
21.The purpose behind this provision on cost recovery is to ensure that the person in charge of land and premises to which directions under paragraph 2 relate, or in relation to which action is taken by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4, will be properly compensated. It is necessary to provide compensation in order to comply with the requirements of Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The owner of the ship is liable to the person in charge of the land or premises in respect of the costs of complying with the direction (where there has been a direction under paragraph 2), or the costs incurred by the person in charge as a result of action taken by the Secretary of State (where action is taken under paragraph 4).
22.The Secretary of State is given power to make payments on account of sums recoverable from the owner of the ship to persons who have been given directions or where action has been taken under paragraph 4.
23.The opportunity is also being taken to ensure that the Secretary of State is in a better position to recover costs as respects any action he takes in relation to a direction (sub-paragraphs (5) and (6)).