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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 567



567.(1) There shall be paid to every receiver the expenses properly incurred
by him in the performance of his duties, and also, in respect of the several
matters specified in the Twentieth Schedule to this Act, such fees.... as may
be directed by the Board of Trade, but a receiver shall not be entitled to any
remuneration other than those payments.

(2) 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.

(3) Whenever any dispute arises in any part of the United Kingdom as to the
amount payable to any receiver in respect of expenses or fees, that dispute
shall be determined by the Board of Trade, and the decision of that Board
shall be final.

(4) All fees received by a receiver in respect of any services performed by
him as receiver shall be carried to and form part of the Mercantile Marine
Fund, but a separate account shall be kept of those fees, and the moneys
arising from them shall be applied in defraying any expenses duly incurred in
carrying into effect this Act in such manner as the Board of Trade direct.


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