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Merchant Shipping Act 1995

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Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Paragraph 4 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F14U.K.“Wreck”, following upon a maritime casualty, means:

(a)a sunken or stranded ship; or

(b)any part of a sunken or stranded ship, including any object that is or has been on board such a ship; or

(c)any object that is lost at sea from a ship and that is stranded, sunken or adrift at sea; or

(d)a ship that is about, or may reasonably be expected, to sink or to strand, where effective measures to assist the ship or any property in danger are not already being taken.]

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F1Sch. 11ZA inserted (5.2.2015 for specified purposes, 14.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 (c. 8), ss. 1(4), 2(2), Sch.; S.I. 2015/133, arts. 2, 3

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