The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1Scope and interpretationE+W

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.]

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