1988 Ed.] The Rules of the Supreme Court Order 75
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(3) The Court shall, on the application made ex parte by the Fund grant leave to the Fund to intervene in any proceedings to which the preceding paragraph applies, whether notice of such proceedings has been served on the Fund or not, and paragraphs (3) and (4) of rule 17 shall apply to such an application.
(4) Where judgment is given against the Fund in any proceedings under section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974, the Registrar shall cause a stamped copy of the judgment to be sent by post to the Fund.
(5) The Fund shall notify the Registrar of the matters set out in section 4(12)(b) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 by a notice in writing sent by post to, or delivered at, the Registry.
Issue of writ and acknowledgment of service (O. 75, r. 3)
3. (1) An action in rem must be begun by writ; and the writ must be in Form No. 1 in Appendix B.
(2) The writ by which an Admiralty action in personam is begun must be in Form No. 1 in Appendix A.
(3) The writ by which a limitation action is begun must be in Form No. 2 in Appendix B.
(4) Subject to the following paragraphs Order 6, rule 7, shall apply in relation to a writ by which an Admiralty action is begun.
(5) An acknowledgment of service in an action in rem or a limitation action shall be in Form No. 2B in Appendix B.
(6) A defendant to an action in rem in which the writ has not been served, or a defendant to a limitation action who has not been served with the writ, may, if he desires to take part in the proceedings, acknowledge the issue of the writ by handing in at, or sending to, the Registry an acknowledgment of issue in the same form as an acknowledgment of service but with the substitution for the references therein to service of references to issue of the writ.
(7) These rules shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to an acknowledgment of issue or service in Form 2B in Appendix B as they apply in relation to an acknowledgment of service in Form No. 14 in Appendix A which contains a statement to the effect that the defendant intends to contest the proceedings to which the acknowledgment relates.
Service of writ out of jurisdiction (O. 75, r. 4)
4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this rule, service out of the jurisdiction of a writ containing any claim for damage, loss of life or personal injury arising out of a collision between ships or the carrying out of or omission to carry out a manoeuvre in the case of one or more of two or more ships or non-compliance on the part of one or more of two or more ships with the collision regulations, every limitation action and every action to
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App. B. Form 1.
App. A. Form 1.
App. B. Form 2.
App. B. Form 2B.
App. B. Form 2B.
App. A. Form 14.