17. Rights of third parties against insurers

Terms defined in this Act

• Convention area

  Convention area

  Defined · s 2

  “Convention area” means the exclusive economic zone of a State Party, established in accordance with international law or, if a State Party has not established such a zone, an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of that State determined by that State in accordance with international law and extending not more than 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of its territorial sea is measured;

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• covered by wreck removal insurance

  covered by wreck removal insurance

  Defined · s 14

  “covered by wreck removal insurance”, in respect of a ship, means that there is in force in respect of the ship wreck removal insurance;

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• Director

  Director

  Defined · s 2

  “Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine appointed under that section;

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• maritime casualty

  maritime casualty

  Defined · s 2

  “maritime casualty” means a collision of ships, stranding or other incident of navigation, or other occurrence on board a ship or external to it, resulting in material damage or imminent threat of material damage to a ship or its cargo;

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• registered owner

  registered owner

  Defined · s 2

  “registered owner”, in relation to a ship, means —(a)the person registered as the owner of the ship; or(b)in the absence of registration, the person owning the ship,except that, in relation to a ship owned by a State which is operated by a person registered in that State as the ship’s operator, it means the person registered as its operator;

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• ship

  ship

  Defined · s 2

  “ship” means a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and includes hydrofoil boats, air‑cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft and floating platforms, except when those platforms are on location engaged in the exploration, exploitation or production of seabed mineral resources;

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• wreck

  wreck

  Defined · s 2

  “wreck”, following upon a maritime casualty, means —(a)a sunken or stranded ship;(b)any part of a sunken or stranded ship, including any object that is or has been on board such a ship;(c)any object that is lost at sea from a ship and that is stranded, sunken or adrift at sea; or(d)a ship that is about, or may reasonably be expected, to sink or to strand, where effective measures to assist the ship or any property in danger are not already being taken.

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• wreck removal insurance

  wreck removal insurance

  Defined · s 14

  “wreck removal insurance” means a contract of insurance or other financial security satisfying the requirements of Article 12 of the Convention.

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