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Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 61 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 5
61.1—(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 [F2King’s] Bench Division of the High Court of Justice;
[F3(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 [F4brought 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 [F5Practice Direction 61];
(j)“the Marshal” means the Admiralty Marshal;
(k)“ship” includes any vessel used in navigation; F6...
(l)“the Registrar” means the [F7Admiralty Registrar; and]
[F8(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.]
Textual Amendments
F2Word in rule 61.1(2)(b) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 33(1)
F3Rules 61.1(2)(ba)-(bc) inserted (6.4.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/342), rules 1(1), 10(a)
F4Words in rule 61.1(2)(c) inserted (6.4.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/342), rules 1(1), 10(b)
F5Words in rule 61.1(2)(i) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 36(a)
F6Word in rule 61.1(2)(k) omitted (6.4.2019) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/342), rules 1(1), 10(c)
F7Words in rule 61.1(2)(l) substituted (6.4.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/342), rules 1(1), 10(d)
F8Rule 61.1(m) inserted (28.2.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(a), 10(1)