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Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 61 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 5
61.2—(1) The following claims must be started in the Admiralty Court—
(a)a claim—
(i)in rem;
(ii)for damage done by a ship;
(iii)concerning the ownership of a ship;
(iv)under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
(v)for loss of life or personal injury specified in section 20(2)(f) of the Supreme Court Act 1981;
(vi)by a master or member of a crew for wages;
(vii)in the nature of towage; or
(viii)in the nature of pilotage;
(b)a collision claim;
(c)a limitation claim; or
(d)a salvage claim.
(2) Any other admiralty claim may be started in the Admiralty Court.
(3) Rule [F230.5] applies to claims in the Admiralty Court except that the Admiralty Court may order the transfer of a claim to—
(a)the Commercial list;
(b)a Mercantile Court;
(c)the Mercantile list at the Central London County Court; or
(d)any other appropriate court.]
Textual Amendments
F2Word in rule 61.2(3) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/3515), rules 1, 16