Admiralty Jurisdiction Act

be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of the High Court to refuse to entertain an action for wages by the master or a member of the crew of a ship, not being a Brunei Darussalam ship;

affect the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Order, 2002

authorise proceedings in rem in respect of —

any claim against the Government; or

the arrest, detention or sale of any of —

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan’s ships or aircraft; or

any cargo or other property belonging to the

jurisdiction to hear and determine any of the questions and claims mentioned in subsection (2);

jurisdiction in relation to any of the proceedings mentioned in subsection (3);

any other Admiralty jurisdiction which it had immediately before the commencement of this Act; and

any jurisdiction connected with ships or aircraft which is vested in the High Court apart from this section.

any claim to the possession or ownership of a ship or to the ownership of any share therein;

any question arising between the co-owners of a ship as to possession, employment or earnings of that ship;

any claim in respect of a mortgage of or charge on a ship or any share therein;

any claim for damage received by a ship;

any claim for damage done by a ship;

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 default of —

the owners, charterers or persons in possession or control of a ship; or

the master or crew of 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, in the loading, carriage or discharge of goods on, in or from the ship, or in the embarkation, carriage or disembarkation of persons on, in or from the ship;

any claim for loss of or damage to goods carried in a ship;

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;

any claim in the nature of salvage (including any claim arising by virtue of the application, by or under any law, of the law relating to salvage to aircraft and their apparel and cargo);

any claim in the nature of towage in respect of a ship or an aircraft;

any claim in the nature of pilotage in respect of a ship or an aircraft;

any claim in respect of goods or materials supplied to a ship for her operation or maintenance;

any claim in respect of the construction, repair or equipment of a ship or dock charges or dues;

any claim by a master or member of the crew of a ship for wages (including any sum alloted out of wages or adjudged by a superintendent to be due by way of wages);

any claim by a master, shipper, charterer or agent in respect of disbursements made on account of a ship;

any claim arising out of an act which is or is claimed to be a general average act;

any claim arising out of bottomry;

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.

any application to the High Court under the Merchant

any action to enforce a claim for damage, loss of life or personal injury arising out of —

a collision between ships;

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;

any action by shipowners or other persons under the Merchant

in relation to all ships or aircraft, whether a Brunei Darussalam ship or not and whether registered or not and wherever the residence or domicile of their owners may be;

in relation to all claims, wherever arising (including, in the case of cargo or wreck salvage, claims in respect of cargo or wreck found on land); and

so far as they relate to mortgages and charges, to all mortgages or charges, whether registered or not and whether legal or equitable, including mortgages and charges created under foreign law.

, where —

the claim arises in connection with a ship; and

the person who would be liable on the claim in an action in personam (in this subsection referred to as the relevant person) was, when the cause of action arose, the owner or charterer of, or in possession or in control of, the ship,

that ship, if at the time when the action is brought the relevant person is either the beneficially owner of that ship as respects all the shares in it or the charterer of it under a charter by demise; or

any other ship of which, at the time when the action is brought, the relevant person is the beneficial owner as respects all the shares in it.

a collision between ships;

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.

the defendant has his habitual residence or a place of business within Brunei Darussalam;

the cause of action arose within inland waters of Brunei

an action arising out of the same incident or series of incidents is a proceeding in the court or has been heard and determined in the court.