Part XIII

Supplemental

Financial Provisions

Expenses charged on money provided by Parliament.
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1
The following expenses and other amounts shall be payable out of money provided by Parliament—
a
the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under this Act;
b
the salaries, pensions, gratuities and allowances of surveyors of ships, Departmental inspectors and superintendents;
c
the sums required for the contribution from the United Kingdom towards maintaining, in accordance with the Safety Convention, a service in the North Atlantic for the study and observation of ice and for the ice patrol;
d
the expenses of obtaining depositions, reports and returns respecting wrecks and casualties;
e
such sums as the Secretary of State may, in his discretion, think fit to pay in respect of claims on account of the proceeds of wreck;
f
the expenses incurred in respect of receivers of wrecks and the performance of their duties;
g
such expenses as the Secretary of State directs for—
i
establishing and maintaining on the coasts of the United Kingdom proper lifeboats with the necessary crews and equipment;
ii
affording assistance towards the preservation of life and property in cases of shipwreck and distress at sea; or
iii
rewarding the preservation of life in such cases;
h
any other amounts which are by virtue of any provision of this Act payable out of money provided by Parliament.
2
In subsection (1)(c) above “the Safety Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 1st November 1974.