# The Sea Fisheries (Isle of Man) Order 1971, Paragraph 10


For section 17 there shall be substituted the following section:—
“17 Fishing boats or fishing gear lost or abandoned at sea and either—
(a) found or taken possession of within the territorial waters of the Isle of Man; or
(b) found or taken possession of beyond these waters and brought within those waters;
shall be treated as wreck for the purposes of the Shipping Casualties Act 1894 (an Act of Tynwald).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/1747/schedule/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fisheries-isle-of-man-order-1971/schedule/paragraph-10
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