MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 677 1882 c.22

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 677

1882 c.22

677. Subject to the provisions of this Act and to any prior charges that may
be subsisting on the Mercantile Marine Fund under any Act of Parliament or
otherwise there shall be charged on and payable out of that fund the following
expenses so far as they are not paid by any private person:

[(a)The salaries and other expenses connected with local marine boards and
mercantile marine offices, and with the examinations conducted under the
Second and Fourth Parts of this Act:]

(b)The salaries of all surveyors of ships and officers appointed under
this Act and all expenses incurred in connexion with the survey and
measurement of ships under this Act, [and the remuneration of medical
inspectors of seamen under the Second Part of this Act:]

(c)The salaries and expenses of persons employed under the Third Part of
this Act:

(d)The superannuation allowances, gratuities, pensions and other allowances
granted either before or after the passing of this Act to any of the said
surveyors, officers, or persons:

[(e)The allowances and expenses paid for the relief of distressed British
seamen and apprentices, including the expenses declared under this Act to be
payable as such expenses, and any contributions to seamen's refuges and
hospitals:]

(f)Any sums which the Board of Trade, in their discretion, think fit to pay in
respect of claims to moneys carried to the Mercantile Marine Fund on account
of the property of deceased seamen, or on account of the proceeds of wreck:

(g)All expenses of obtaining depositions, reports, and returns respecting
wrecks and casualties:

(h)All expenses incurred in carrying into effect the provisions of this Act
with regard to receivers of wrecks and the performance of their duties under
this Act:

(i)All expenses incurred by the general lighthouse authorities in the works
and services of lighthouses, buoys, and beacons, or in the execution of any
works necessary or expedient for the purpose of permanently reducing the
expense of those works and services:

(l)Such expenses for establishing and maintaining on the coasts of the United
Kingdom proper lifeboats with the necessary crews and equipments, and for
affording assistance towards the preservation of life and property in cases of
shipwreck and distress at sea, and for rewarding the preservation of life in
such cases, as the Board of Trade direct:

Para.(m) rep. by 1979 c.39 s.50(4) sch.7 Pt.II

(n)All costs and expenses incurred by the Board of Trade under the Boiler
Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890 (so far as not otherwise provided for),
including any remuneration paid in pursuance of section seven of the
Boiler Explosions Act, 1882, and any costs and expenses ordered by the court
in pursuance of those Acts to be paid by the Board of Trade:

(o)Any expenses which are charged on or payable out of the Mercantile Marine
Fund under this or any other Act of Parliament.

S.678 rep. by 1898 c.44 s.8 sch.4

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 677