Schedule SECOND PROVISIONS OF PART I OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT 1956 EXTENDED TO BERMUDA AND ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THERETO

In subsections (1), (3), (5), (6) and (7), the words “the High Court, the Liverpool Court of Passage”,

in subsection (2) the words “the High Court”, and

in subsection (4) the words “the High Court and (where there is such jurisdiction) the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Liverpool Court of Passage”,

shall be deleted and in each case the words “the Supreme Court of Bermuda” shall be substituted;

In subsection (8) the words “England and Wales” shall be deleted and the word “Bermuda” shall be substituted.

Subsection (1) shall be deleted and the following subsection shall be substituted:—

“(1)

No court in Bermuda shall entertain an action in personam to enforce a claim to which this section applies unless—

(a)

the defendant has his habitual residence or a place of business in Bermuda; or

(b)

the cause of action arose within the territorial waters of Bermuda; or

(c)

an action arising out of the same incident or series of incidents is proceeding in the court or has been heard and determined in the court.

In this subsection “territorial waters of Bermuda” include any port, dock or harbour in Bermuda. ”

In subsection (2) the words “in England and Wales” shall be deleted and the words “in Bermuda” shall be substituted, and the words “outside England and Wales” shall be deleted and the words “outside Bermuda” shall be substituted;

In subsection (5) the words “the High Court” shall be deleted and the words “the Supreme Court of Bermuda” shall be substituted;

Subsection (6) shall be omitted.

Subsection (1) shall be deleted and the following subsection shall be substituted:—

“(1)

Section six hundred and eighty-eight of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (which relates to the detention of ships by customs officers in certain cases) shall cease to have effect, but nothing in this Part of this Act affects the provisions of section twenty-three of the Wreck and Salvage Act 1959 of Bermuda (which relates to the power of a receiver of wreck to detain a ship in respect of a salvage claim).”;

Subsection (2) shall be omitted.