Part II JURISDICTION
The High Court
Other particular fields of jurisdiction
27 Prize jurisdiction of High Court.
The High Court shall, in accordance with section 19(2), have as a prize court—
a
all such jurisdiction as is conferred on it by the Prize Acts 1864 to 1944 (in which references to the High Court of Admiralty are by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act to be construed as references to the High Court); and
b
all such other jurisdiction on the high seas and elsewhere as it had as a prize court immediately before the commencement of this Act.