F1PART 61ADMIRALTY CLAIMS

Scope and interpretation61.1

(1)

This Part applies to admiralty claims.

(2)

In this Part—

(a)

“admiralty claim” means a claim within the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court as set out in section 20 of the Supreme Court Act 1981;

(b)

“the Admiralty Court” means the Admiralty Court of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice;

F2(ba)

“the Admiralty Judge” means the judge in charge of the Admiralty Court and any other judge authorised to sit in the Admiralty Court;

(bb)

“the Admiralty Registrar” means the holder of the office of this name listed in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Senior Courts Act 1981 or any person who is authorised to exercise the powers of this office in accordance with s.91(1) of the Act;

(bc)

“claim in personam” means an admiralty claim, other than a claim in rem, brought in accordance with section 21(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

(c)

“claim in rem” means a claim in an admiralty action in rem F3brought in accordance with section 21(2) to (5) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;;

(d)

“collision claim” means a claim within section 20(3)(b) of the Supreme Court Act 1981;

(e)

“limitation claim” means a claim under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 for the limitation of liability in connection with a ship or other property;

(f)

“salvage claim” means a claim—

(i)

for or in the nature of salvage;

(ii)

for special compensation under Article 14 of Schedule 11 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

(iii)

for the apportionment of salvage; and

(iv)

arising out of or connected with any contract for salvage services;

(g)

“caution against arrest” means a caution entered in the Register under rule 61.7;

(h)

“caution against release” means a caution entered in the Register under rule 61.8;

(i)

“the Register” means the Register of cautions against arrest and release which is open to inspection as provided by F4Practice Direction 61;

(j)

“the Marshal” means the Admiralty Marshal;

(k)

“ship” includes any vessel used in navigation; F5...

(l)

“the Registrar” means the F6Admiralty Registrar; and

F7(m)

“electronic track data” means a digital or electronic recording of the track of a vessel (including any associated visual or aural recordings) as recorded by, for example, ship or shore-based AIS (Automatic Identification System), ECDIS (Electronic Chart and Display Information System), or a voyage data recorder.

(3)

Part 58 (Commercial Court) applies to claims in the Admiralty Court except where this Part provides otherwise.

(4)

The Registrar has all the powers of the Admiralty judge except where a rule or practice direction provides otherwise.