Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Wreck and Salvage
165. Summary procedure for concealment of wreck
Feedback & supportWhere a receiver suspects or receives information that any wreck is secreted or in the possession of some person who is not the owner thereof or that any wreck is otherwise improperly dealt with, the receiver may apply to a Magistrate’s Court for a search warrant.
The Magistrate’s Court may grant the search warrant, and the receiver, by virtue thereof, may enter any house or other place wherever situate and also any ship and search for, seize and detain any such wreck found therein.
court
“court”, in relation to any proceedings, includes any court having jurisdiction in the matter to which the proceedings relate;
If any such seizure of wreck is made in consequence of information given by any person to the receiver, the informer is entitled, by way of salvage, to such sum as the receiver allows.
wreck
“wreck” includes jetsam, flotsam, lagan and derelict found in or on the shores of the sea or any tidal water.