Section 10 - Power of sheriff to order release of wellboats
31.Section 10 provides a process allowing the owners of a wellboat detained under section 8 to apply to a sheriff for an order releasing the vessel from detention. A master, an owner or charterer of a wellboat may apply under section 10(2) to a sheriff seeking the release of the wellboat from detention. A sheriff may order the release of the vessel if satisfied that any of the grounds given in section 10(4) apply. These are that the continued detention of the wellboat is no longer necessary to secure the attendance of the master, owner, or charterer at court, or that there are no grounds for believing that the court would order the wellboat to be detained at any court proceedings as envisaged under section 8(1)(b)(ii).
