The following claims, questions and proceedings, namely-
----(a) any claim to the possession or ownership of a ship or to the ownership of any share therein, including power to settle any account outstanding and unsettled between the parties in relation to the ship, and to direct that the ship, or any share thereof, must be sold, and to make such other order as the court thinks fit;
----(b) any question arising between the co-owners of a ship as to possession, employment or earnings of that ship;
----(c) any claim in respect of a mortgage of or charge on a ship or any share therein;
----(d) any claim for damage received by a ship;
----(e) any claim for damage done by a ship;
----(f) any claim for loss of life or personal injury sustained in consequence of any defect in a ship or in her apparel or equipment, or in consequence of the wrongful act, neglect or fault of-
--------(i) the owners, charterers or persons in possession or control of a ship; or
--------(ii) the master or crew of a ship, or any other person for whose wrongful acts, neglects or defaults the owners, charterers or persons in possession or control of a ship are responsible,
----being an act, neglect or default in the navigation or management of a ship, in the loading, carriage or disembarkation of persons on, in or from the ship;
----(g) all proceedings to enforce a claim for damage, loss of life or personal injury arising out of-
--------(i) a collision between ships;
--------(ii) the carrying out of or omission to carry out a manoeuvre in the case of one or more of two or more ships; or
--------(iii) non-compliance, on the part of one or more of two or more ships, with the collision regulations;
----(h) any claim for loss or damage to goods carried in a ship;
----(i) any claim arising out of any agreement relating to the carriage of goods in a ship or to the use or hire of a ship;
----(j) any claim-
--------(i) under the International Convention on Salvage 1989;
--------(ii) under any contract for or in relation to salvage services; or
--------(iii) in the nature of salvage not falling within (i) or (ii) above,
----or any corresponding claim in connection with an aircraft;
----(k) any claim in the nature of towage in respect of a ship or an aircraft;
----(l) any claim in the nature of pilotage in respect of a ship or an aircraft;
----(m) any claim in respect of goods or materials supplied to a ship for her operation or maintenance;
----(n) any claim in respect of the construction, repair or equipment of a ship or dock charges or dues;
----(o) subject to the limitations imposed by section 136 of the Act, any claim by a master or member of the crew of a ship for wages (including any sum allotted out of wages or adjudged by a superintendent to be due by way of wages);
----(p) any claim by a master, shipper, charterer or agent in respect of disbursements made on account of a ship;
----(q) any claim arising out of an act which is or is claimed to be a general average act;
----(r) any claim arising out of bottomry;
----(s) any claim for the forfeiture or condemnation of a ship or of goods which are being or have been carried, or have been attempted to be carried, in a ship, or for the restoration of a ship or any such goods after seizure, or for droits of admiralty;
----(t) any application to the court under the Act; and
----(u) every limitation claim, in relation to-
--------(i) all ships or aircraft whether Trinidadian or not and whether registered or not and wherever the residence or domicile of their owners may be;
--------(ii) all claims, wherever arising (including, in the case of cargo or wreck salvage, claims in respect of cargo or wreck found on land); and
--------(iii) (so far as they relate to mortgages or charges) all mortgages or charges, whether registered or not and whether legal or equitable including mortgages and charges created under foreign law,
are to be dealt with as admiralty claims.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 233 of 2005.
Amended by Legal Notice 140 of 2000.
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