Valid from 01/07/2010
The term “admiralty action”S
4SIn section 47 of the 1956 Act—
(a)in subsection (2)(h), after “bond” insert “ or contract of respondentia ”;
(b)after subsection (2), insert—
“(2A)An action having a conclusion appropriate for the enforcement of a claim to which subsection (2) above applies shall be known as an “admiralty action”.”;
(c)in subsection (3), for “the last preceding subsection” substitute “ subsection (2) above ”.
5(1)In paragraph 7 of schedule 5 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements Act 1982 (c. 27), for “Admiralty cause” substitute “ admiralty action ”.S
(2)In paragraph 6 of schedule 9 to that Act, for “causes” substitute “ actions ”.