Section 53.
1Where it is alleged by any person interested that a foreign aircraft, which is not an aircraft to which section fifty-three of this Act applies, and which is making a passage through or over the United Kingdom, infringes in itself or in any part of it any invention, design or model which is entitled to protection in the United Kingdom, it shall be lawful, subject to and in accordance with rules of court, to detain the aircraft until the owner thereof deposits or secures in respect of the alleged infringement a sum (in this Schedule .referred to as " the deposited sum ") and thereupon the aircraft shall not, during the continuance or in the course of the passage be subject to any hen, arrest, detention or prohibition, whether by order of a court or otherwise, in respect or on account of the alleged infringement.
2The deposited sum shall be such sum as may be agreed between the parties interested or, in default of agreement, fixed by the Minister or some person duly authorised on his behalf, and payment thereof shall be made or secured to him in such manner as he shall approve.
3The deposited sum shall be dealt with by such tribunal and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by rules of court, and such rules may provide generally for carrying this Schedule into effect.
4For the purposes of this Schedule, the expression " owner " shall include the actual owner of an aircraft, and any person claiming through or under him, and the expression " passage " shall include all reasonable landings and stoppages in the course or for the purpose of the passage.