Part VII

Liability of Shipowners and Others

Application to Crown and its ships

Application to Crown and its ships
192
1
Sections 185, 186, 187, 188, 189 and 190 (except subsection (6)) apply in the case of Her Majesty’s ships as they apply in relation to other ships and section 191 applies to the Crown in its capacity as an authority or person specified in subsection (1).
2
In this section “Her Majesty’s ships” means—
a
ships of which the beneficial interest is vested in Her Majesty;
b
ships which are registered as Government ships;
c
ships which are for the time being demised or sub-demised to or in the exclusive possession of the Crown;
except that it does not include any ship in which Her Majesty is interested otherwise than in right of Her Government in the United Kingdom unless that ship is for the time being demised or sub-demised to Her Majesty in right of Her Government in the United Kingdom or in the exclusive possession of Her Majesty in that right.
3
In the application of subsection (2) above to Northern Ireland, any reference to Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom includes a reference to Her Government in Northern Ireland.