Part XIII Supplemental

Financial Provisions

304 Expenses charged on money provided by Parliament.

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.