Part IX Wreck and Salvage C3
Vessels in Distress
F1510. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2511. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3512. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4513. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F5514. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6515. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7516. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8517. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dealing with Wreck
F9518. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10519. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F11520. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F12521. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F13522. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unclaimed Wreck
F14523. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F15524. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F16525. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F17526. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F18527. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F19528. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F20529. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Removal of Wrecks
F21530.
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F22531. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F23532. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F24533. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F25534. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Offences in respect of Wreck
F26535. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F27536. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F28537. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marine Store Dealers
538F29 Marine store dealer to have his name and trade painted on his shop.
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Every person dealing in, buying, or selling, any of the articles following, that is to say, anchors, cables, sails, old junk, or old iron, or other marine stores of any kind (in this Part of this Act called a marine store dealer) shall have his name, together with the words “dealer in marine stores,” distinctly painted, in letters of not less than six inches in length on every warehouse and place of deposit belonging to him.
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539F31 Marine store dealer to keep proper books. C1
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Every marine store dealer shall keep proper books, and enter therein an account of all marine stores of which he becomes possessed, stating in respect of each article the time at which and the person from whom he purchased or received the same, and a description of the business and place of abode of that person.
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540F33 Marine store dealer not to purchase from person under sixteen. C2
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A marine store dealer shall not by himself or his agents purchase marine stores of any description from any person apparently under the age of sixteen years.
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541F36 Marine store dealer not to cut up cable, &c.
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A marine store dealer shall not, on any pretence, cut up any cable or other like article exceeding five fathoms in length, or unlay the same into twine or paper stuff without obtaining a written permit as required by this section.
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In order to obtain a written permit a marine store dealer shall make a declaration before some justice of the peace having jurisdiction where the dealer resides, stating—
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the quality and description of the cable or other like article about to be cut up or unlaid;
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the name and description of the person from whom he purchased or received the same; and
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that he has purchased or otherwise acquired the same without fraud and without any knowledge or suspicion that it has been come by dishonestly:
and either the justice of the peace before whom the declaration is made, or the receiver of the district, upon the production of the declaration, may grant a permit authorising the marine store dealer to cut up or unlay the cable or other article.
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542F38 Permit to be advertised before dealer proceeds to act thereon.
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A marine store dealer who has obtained a permit as aforesaid shall not proceed by virtue thereof to cut up or unlay any cable or other article until he has for the space of one week, at the least, published in some newspaper circulating in the place where he resides one or more advertisements, notifying the fact of his having so obtained a permit, and specifying the nature of the cable or article mentioned in the permit, and the place where it is deposited, and the time at which it is intended to be so cut up or unlaid.
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If any person suspects or believes that the cable or other article is his property he may apply to a justice of the peace for a warrant, and that justice may, on the sworn statement of the applicant, grant a warrant entitling the applicant to require the production by the marine store dealer of the cable or article mentioned in the permit, and also of the books required under this Part of this Act to be kept by the marine store dealer, and authorising the applicant to inspect and examine the cable or article or books.
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Marking of Anchors
F40543. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Salvage
F41544. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F42545. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F43546. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Procedure in Salvage
F44547. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F45548. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F46549. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F47550. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F48551. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F49552. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F50553. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F51554. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F52555. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F53556. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Salvage by Her Majesty’s Ships
F54557. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F55558. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F56559. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F57560. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F58561. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F59562. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F60563. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F61564. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jurisdiction of High Court in Salvage
F62565. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Appointment of Receivers of Wreck
F63566. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fees of Receivers of Wreck
F64567. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F65568. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Duties on Wreck
569 Provisions as to duties, &c. on wrecked goods.
F661
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F672
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Pt. IX extended by S. R. & O. 1938/136 (Rev. I, p. 1329: 1938 I, p. 72), art. 2 and Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44), s. 8; amended by Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), s. 17