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[s. 478 contd.]
Appeal from decision on
as to
shipping casualties.
COLONIAL PROVISIONS OF
to the same matter shall not be held, under this section, in a British possession.
(5) The Court or tribunal holding an inquiry under this section shall have the same powers of cancelling and suspending certificates, and shall exercise those powers in the same manner as a Court holding a similar investigation or inquiry in the United Kingdom.
(6) The Board of Trade may order the re-hearing of any inquiry under this section in like manner as they may order the re-hearing of a similar investigation or inquiry in the United Kingdom, but if an application for re-hearing either is not made or is refused, an appeal shall lie from any order or finding of the Court or tribunal holding the inquiry to the High Court in England: Provided an appeal shall not lie-
(a) from any order or finding on an inquiry into a casualty affecting a ship registered in a British possession, or
(b) from a decision affecting the certificate of a master, mate, or engineer, if that certificate has not been granted, either in the United Kingdom or in a British possession, under the authority of this Act.
(7) The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with such conditions and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by rules made in relation thereto under the powers contained in this Part [Part VI] of this Act.
M. S. ACT, 1906, (6 Ed. VII c. 48 s. 66).
66. Where, on any investigation or inquiry under the provisions of Part VI of the principal Act, the court find that a shipping casualty has been caused or contributed to by the wrongful act or default of any person, and an application for rehearing has not been made under section 475 or section 478 of the principal Act, or has been refused, the owner of the ship, or any other person who, having an interest in the investigation or inquiry, has appeared at the hearing and is affected by the decision of the court, may appeal from that decision in the same manner and subject to the same conditions in and subject to which a master may appeal under those sections against a decision with respect to the cancelling or suspension of his certificate.
Right of Crown to unclaimed wreck.
Right of Crown to Unclaimed Wreck.
M. S. ACT, 1894, (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 s. 523).
523. Her Majesty and Her Royal successors are entitled to all unclaimed wreck found in any part of Her Majesty's dominions, except in places where Her Majesty or any of Her Royal predecessors has granted to any other person the right to that wreck.