Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act, 1993
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PART IV Wrecked and Stranded Vessels | ||
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Interpretation ( Part IV ). |
39.—(1) In this Part, except where the context otherwise requires— | |
“Director of the National Museum” includes any person who is for the time being performing the functions of the Director; | ||
“district”, in relation to a receiver, has the meaning assigned to it by section 41 (1); | ||
“receiver” means a receiver of wreck. | ||
(2) A reference in this Part to a wrecked or stranded vessel 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, | ||
and, without prejudice to section 2 (1), references to wreck shall be construed as including a wrecked or stranded vessel. |