# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1990, Article 4: Admiralty proceedings


After Order 75, rule 6(1), there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—
“(1A) Where a plaintiff in a limitation action has constituted a limitation fund in accordance with Article 11 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 (as set out in Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979) and rule 37A of this Order, and desires to prevent the arrest of any property for a claim which may be or has been made against the fund, he must file in the registry a praecipe, in Form No. 5A in Appendix B, signed by him or his solicitor—
(a) stating that a limitation fund in respect of damage arising from the relevant incident has been constituted, and
(b) undertaking to acknowledge issue or service (as may be appropriate) of the writ in any action that may be begun against the property described in the praecipe;
and on the filing of the praecipe a caveat against the issue of a warrant to arrest the property described in the praecipe shall be entered in the caveat book.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1689/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-2-1990/article-4
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