(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.