10Power of sheriff to order release of wellboatsS
(1)This section applies where a wellboat is being detained under section 8.
(2)If, on an application to a sheriff by the master, an owner or a charterer of the wellboat, the sheriff is satisfied as to either of the matters mentioned in subsection (4), the sheriff may order that the wellboat be released.
(3)An application under subsection (2) is to be made by way of summary application.
(4)Those matters are that—
(a)the continued detention of the wellboat under section 8 is not necessary to secure that the master, an owner or a charterer of the wellboat will attend court, or
(b)there are no grounds for believing that the court referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ii) of that section will order the vessel to be detained.
Commencement Information
I1S. 10 in force at 16.9.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2