72.2 Claims to be dealt with under this Part
The following claims, questions and proceedings, namely —
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(a) all proceedings to enforce a claim for damage, loss of life or personal injury arising out of —
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(i) a collision between ships,
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(ii) the carrying out of or omission to carry out a manoeuvre in the case of one or more of two or more ships, or
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(iii) compliance, on the part of one or more of two or more ships, with the collision regulations;
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(b) any application to the court under the Act;
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(c) any claim arising out of an act which is or is claimed to be a general average act;
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(d) any claim arising out of any agreement relating to the carriage of goods in a ship or to the use or hire of a ship;
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(e) any claim arising out of bottomry;
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(f) any claim by a master, shipper, charterer or agent in respect of disbursements made on account of a ship;
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(g) any claim for damage done by a ship;
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(h) any claim for damage received by a ship;
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(i) any claim for loss of life or personal injury sustained in consequence of any defect in a ship or in her apparel or equipment, or in consequence of the wrongful act, neglect or fault of —
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(i) the owners, charterers or persons in possession or control of a ship, or
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(ii) the master or crew of a ship, or any other person for whose wrongful acts, neglects or defaults the owners, charterers or persons in possession or control of a ship are responsible,
being an act, neglect or default in the navigation or management of a ship or in the loading, carriage or disembarkation of persons on, in or from the ship;
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(j) any claim for loss or damage to goods carried in a ship;
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(k) any claim for the forfeiture or condemnation of a ship or of goods which are being or have been carried, or have been attempted to be carried, in a ship, or for the restoration of a ship or any such goods after seizure, or for droits of Admiralty;
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(l) any claim in respect of a mortgage of or charge on a ship or any share therein;
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(m) any claim in respect of goods or materials supplied to a ship for her operation or maintenance;
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(n) any claim in respect of the construction, repair or equipment of a ship or dock charges or dues;
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(o) any claim in the nature of pilotage in respect of a ship or an aircraft;
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(p) any claim in the nature of towage in respect of a ship or an aircraft;
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(q) any claim to the possession or ownership of a ship or to the ownership of any share therein, including power —
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(i) to settle any account outstanding and unsettled between the parties in relation to the ship, and
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(ii) to direct that the ship, or any share thereof, must be sold, and to make such other order as the court thinks fit;
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(r) any claim —
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(i) under the International Convention on Salvage 1989, or
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(ii) under any contract for or in relation to salvage services, or
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(iii) the nature of salvage not falling within (i) or (ii) above, or
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(iv) any corresponding claim in connection with an aircraft;
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(s) any question arising between the co-owners of a ship as to possession, employment or earnings of that ship;
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(t) every limitation claim, in relation to —
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(i) all ships or aircraft whether of any Member State or Territory or not and whether registered or not and wherever the residence or domicile of their owners may be,
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(ii) all claims, wherever arising (including, in the case of cargo or wreck salvage, claims in respect of cargo or wreck found on land), and
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(iii) (so far as they relate to ships or aircraft) all mortgages or charges, whether registered or not and whether legal or equitable including mortgages and charges created under foreign law;
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(u) subject to any limitations imposed by the Act, any claim by a master or member of the crew of a ship for wages (including any sum allotted out of wages or adjudged by a superintendent to be due by way of wages), are to be dealt with as Admiralty claims.