6. Locating and marking of wrecks

Terms defined in s 2

• Convention

  Convention

  Defined · s 2

  “Convention” means the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007, the text of which is in the First Schedule;

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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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• 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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