Maritime Transport Act 1994

Salvage

219: Apportionment between salvors

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"How the court splits payment between people who helped with a salvage operation"

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If more than one person is owed money for a salvage operation, the court decides how to split the payment between them. The court makes this decision based on what it thinks is fair, considering the terms of the Convention. You can find more information about this by looking at the Convention and other related laws.

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Part 17Salvage

219Apportionment between salvors

  1. A payment in respect of a salvage operation that is due to more than 1 person shall, in the absence of agreement between those persons, be apportioned among those persons in such manner as the court thinks fit, having regard to the terms of the Convention.

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  • 1952 No 49 s 366