SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 SALVAGE: CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS

County Courts Act 1984

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1

Section 27 of the M1County Courts Act 1984 shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for paragraph (f) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

f

any claim—

i

under the Salvage Convention 1989;

ii

under any contract for or in relation to salvage services; or

iii

in the nature of salvage not falling within (i) or (ii) above;

or any corresponding claim in connection with an aircraft;

3

In subsection (2), for the words “in the nature of salvage” there shall be substituted the words “ falling within paragraph (f) of that subsection ”.

4

For subsection (3), there shall be substituted the following subsection—

3

In subsection (1)(f)—

a

the “Salvage Convention 1989” means the International Convention on Salvage, 1989 as it has effect under section 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994;

b

the reference to salvage services includes services rendered in saving life from a ship and the reference to any claim under any contract for or in relation to salvage services includes any claim arising out of such a contract whether or not arising during the provision of the services;

c

the reference to a corresponding claim in connection with an aircraft is a reference to any claim corresponding to any claim mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) which is available under section 87 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982.