283Power of court to order repayment of bonds
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(1)This section applies where a notice of detention served under section 279(4) in respect of a vessel has been withdrawn in return for a bond given as security for the vessel under section 282.
(2)If, on an application to a magistrates’ court in England and Wales by the person who gave the bond, the court is satisfied that—
(a)the continued detention of the bond under section 282 is not necessary to secure that the master, owner or charterer of the vessel will attend court, or
(b)there are no grounds for believing that the court referred to in section 279(1)(b)(ii) would, in the absence of the bond, have ordered the vessel to be detained,
the court may order that the bond be returned to the person who gave it.