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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 547

547.(1) Disputes as to the amount of salvage whether of life or property, and
whether rendered within or without the United Kingdom arising between the
salvor and the owners of any vessel, cargo, apparel, or wreck, shall, if not
settled by agreement, arbitration, or otherwise, be determined summarily in
manner provided by this Act, in the following cases; namely:

(a)In any case where the parties to the dispute consent:

(b)In any case where the value of the property saved does not exceed one
thousand pounds:

(c)In any case where the amount claimed does not exceed ... in Ireland two
hundred pounds.

(2) Subject as aforesaid, disputes as to salvage shall be determined by the
High Court in ... Ireland ... but if the claimant does not recover ... in any
such court in Ireland more than two hundred pounds, he shall not be entitled
to recover any costs, charges, or expenses incurred by him in the prosecution
of his claim, unless the court before which the case is tried certify that the
case is a fit one to be tried otherwise than summarily in manner provided by
this Act.

(3) Disputes relating to salvage may be determined on the application either
of the salvor or of the owner of the property saved, or of their respective
agents.

(4) Where a dispute as to salvage is to be determined summarily under this
section it shall be referred and determined as follows:

(c)In Ireland it shall be referred to the arbitration of and determined by two
justices of the peace, or a stipendiary magistrate, or the recorder of any
borough having a recorder, or the chairman of quarter sessions in any county,
and any such justices, stipendiary magistrate, recorder, or chairman are
hereinafter included in the expression "arbitrators."

(5) Nothing in this Act relating to the procedure in salvage cases shall
affect the jurisdiction or procedure in salvage cases of a county court having
Admiralty jurisdiction by virtue of ... the Court of Admiralty (Ireland) Act,
1867, or any Act amending either of those Acts.

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