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The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 3) 1986

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Admiralty proceedings: Merchant Shipping Act 1979(1)

8.  Order 75 shall be amended as follows.

(1) In rule 1(2) for the words “the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1981” there shall be substituted the words “the Merchant Shipping Act 1979”.

(2) In rule 37A(1) for the words “the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1981 and may also pay into Court interest” there shall be substituted the words “the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 together with interest”.

(3) In rule 37A(4) for the words “and the amount and, where interest is also paid in, the amount of such interest, the rate” there shall be substituted the words, “the amount paid in, the amount of interest included therein, the rate of such interest”.

(4) For rule 39(5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“Save as aforesaid, on the making of any decree limiting the plaintiff's liability arising out of an occurrence the Court may distribute the limitation fund and may stay any proceedings relating to any claim arising out of that occurrence which are pending against the plaintiff.”.

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1979 c. 39.

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