# Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 (repealed 1.1.1996), Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Payment of a reward fixed according to paragraph 1 shall be made by all of the vessel and other property interests in proportion to their respective salved values. However, a State Party may in its national law provide that the payment of a reward has to be made by one of these interests, subject to a right of recourse of this interest against the other interests for their respective shares. Nothing in this article shall prevent any right of defence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/28/schedule/1/part/I/chapter/Article/13/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-salvage-and-pollution-act-1994-repealed-111996/schedule-1/part-I/chapter-Article/13/paragraph-2
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