Section 2 Powers of Commission appointed under Declaration.

Any commission appointed by the Board of Trade in pursuance of Article One of the Scheduled Declaration shall, for the purpose of its duties, have the same powers as an inspector appointed by the Board of Trade F1under section 256 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and Part X of that Act of that Act shall apply as if the commission were such an inspector.

Any such commission may take security, in such form as the Board of Trade may by rule prescribe, for the attendance of a witness before a court of justice in Belgium, and any sum which may become due in pursuance of such a security may be recovered in like manner as a sum due in pursuance of a security given under the M1Summary Jurisdiction Act 1879.