Merchant Shipping Act 1979

The M1Crown Proceedings Act 1947U.K.

Marginal Citations

3For section 5 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, including that Act as it applies in Northern Ireland, there shall be substituted—

5(1)The provisions of sections 17 and 18 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 and of Schedule 4 to that Act (liability of shipowners and salvors) shall apply in relation to His Majesty’s ships as they apply in relation to other ships.

(2)In this section “ships” has the same meaning as in those provisions.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Sch. 5 paras. 3–6 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.