Article 7 Power to detain dangerously unsafe watercraftI1

United Kingdom

The following provisions of the 1995 Act apply in relation to watercraft as they apply in relation to ships—

(a)

section 94^f1 (meaning of “dangerously unsafe ship”), as if in subsection (1) for “96, 97 and 98” there were substituted “96 and 97”;

(b)

section 95^f2 (power to detain dangerously unsafe ship), as if—

(i)

in subsection (2), the reference to United Kingdom ships includes a reference to watercraft whether unregistered or registered in the United Kingdom;

(ii)

in the introductory words to subsection (3), the reference to the master of the ship includes a reference to the owner of the watercraft;

(c)

section 96^f3 (references of detention notice to arbitration);

(d)

section 97 (compensation in connection with invalid detention of ship);

(e)

section 284^f4 (enforcing detention of ship), as if each reference to a master of a ship includes a reference to an operator of a watercraft.

Annotations

f1: Section 94 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997.
f2: Section 95 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997.
f3: Section 96 was amended by Schedule 4 to the Arbitration Act 1996 (c. 23) and paragraph 26 of Schedule 10 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).
f4: Section 284 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 and S.I. 2015/664.