{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/submarine-telegraph-act-1885/schedule/part-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/48-49/49",
  "legislation_title": "Submarine Telegraph Act 1885",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/submarine-telegraph-act-1885",
  "path": "schedule/part/7",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "ARTICLE VII",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Owners of ships or vessels who can prove that they have sacrificed an anchor, a net, or other fishing gear in order to avoid injuring a submarine cable shall receive compensation from the owner of the cable.\nIn order to establish a claim to such compensation, a statement supported by the evidence of the crew, should, whenever possible, be drawn up immediately after the occurrence; and the master must, within twenty-four hours after his return to, or next putting into port, make a declaration to the proper authorities.\nThe latter shall communicate the information to the consular authorities of the country to which the owner of the cable belongs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. VII para. 1 amended and extended by Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29), s. 8(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/48-49/49/schedule/part/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:18.208518+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}