Repealed1984 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1984 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Merchant Shipping Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VII
Merchant Shipping Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VII
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
( 1) There shall be paid to every receiver the expenses properly incurred by hin1 in the performance of his duties, and also, in respect of such other matters as may be pre-scribed, such fees, not exceeding such amounts, as may be prescribed, but a receiver shall not be entitled to any remun-eration other than those payments.
The receiver shall, in addition to all other rights and remedies for the recovery of those expenses or fees, have the same rights and remedies in respect thereof as a salvor has in respect of salvage due to him.
Whenever any dispute arises as to the amount payable to any receiver in respect of expenses or fees, that 119
Apportion-ment of sal-vage amongst owners, etc., of foreign vessel
Jurisdiction in salvage
Receiver's fees
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Merchant Shipping dispute shall be determined by His Majesty, or such person as he may appoint in that behalf, whose decision shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal to or review in any court.
( 4) All fees received by a receiver in respect of any services perforn1ed by him as receiver shall be accounted for the Government, and shall be applied in defraying any ex-penses duly incurred in carrying this Act into effect, and, subject to such application, shall form part of the Consoli-dated Fund.
Part IX