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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 556

Agreement as to salvage.

556. Whenever the aggregate amount of salvage payable   in respect of salvage service rendered in the United Kingdom has been finally ascertained, and exceeds two hundred pounds, and whenever the aggregate amount of salvage payable in respect of salvage services rendered elsewhere has been finally ascertained, whatever that amount may be, then, if any delay or  dispute arises as to the apportionment thereof, any court having Admiralty jurisdiction may cause the same to be apportioned  amongst the persons entitled thereto in such manner as it thinks just, and may for that purpose, if it thinks fit, appoint any person to carry that apportionment into effect, and may compel  any person in whose hands or under whose control the amount  may be to distribute the same, or to bring the same into court  to be there dealt with as the court may direct, and may for the  purposes aforesaid issue such processes as it thinks fit.


Apportionment of salvage under #200 by receiver.



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