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ADMIRALTY ACT 1988 - SECT 5

Application

  (1)   Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, this Act applies in relation to:

  (a)   all ships, irrespective of the places of residence or domicile of their owners; and

  (b)   all maritime claims, wherever arising.

  (2)   This Act does not apply in relation to a proceeding commenced before the commencement of this Act.

  (3)   This Act does not apply in relation to a cause of action that arose:

  (a)   in respect of an inland waterways vessel; or

  (b)   in respect of the use or intended use of a ship on inland waters.

  (4)   Paragraph   ( 3)(b) does not have effect in relation to a cause of action if, at the time when the cause of action arose, the ship concerned was a foreign ship.


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