Merchant Shipping Act 2010
Definitions (Part 5).
74.— In this Part—
“Act of 1993” means Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993;
“Board” means Marine Casualty Investigation Board;
“investigator” means a person appointed under section 26(2) of the Act of 2000;
“relevant party” means an investigator, a tribunal or the Minister, as the case may be, who is causing a vessel to be raised;
“marine casualty” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 2000;
“tribunal” means a person or persons appointed under section 38(2)(a) of the Act of 2000 to hold an inquiry;
“vessel” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Act of 2000, and includes—
(a) a vessel which is sunk, partially sunk, wrecked, grounded, stranded or abandoned,
(b) any part of such a vessel, and
(c) any article, thing or collection of things being or forming part of the tackle, equipment, cargo, stores, bunkers, oils or ballast of a wrecked vessel.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C11
Prospective affecting provision: references to "Marine Casualty Investigation Board" construed by Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025 (2/2025), s. 40(2), not commenced as of date of revision.
2. (1) In this Act— ...
“MCIB” means the Marine Casualty Investigation Board established by section 7 of the Act of 2000;
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7. (1) There shall be a unit within the Department of Transport which shall be known as the Marine Accident Investigation Unit (in this Act referred to as the “MAIU”) to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act or any other enactment.
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40. (1) ...
(2) A reference to the MCIB in any enactment (other than this Act) or in the constitution of any company and relating to a function conferred on the MAIU by this Act shall, on and after the appointed day, be construed as a reference to the MAIU.