3. Application

Terms defined in s 2

• 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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• 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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