Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules, 2011

1.

These Rules may be cited as the Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules.

Application of Rules.

2.

These Rules shall apply to every admiralty cause or matter brought in the Court.

Interpretation.

3.

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

"admiralty" shall bear the same meaning as in the Admiralty Jurisdiction Act 1991;

"amount claimed" includes an amount in respect of interest or cost;

"arrest warrant" means a warrant for the arrest of a ship or other property;

"caveat" means an undertaking filed in the Registry by the owner of, or person interested in, a ship or property, to appear to any action in rem filed against that ship or property and provide bail even though the ship or property is not arrested;

"caveator" means the person by whom or on whose behalf the caveat was filed;

"Court" means the Federal High Court;

"Decree" means the Admiralty jurisdiction Decree 1991;

"interested person" in relation to a proceeding or in relation to a ship or other property that is under arrest, includes an underwriter or insurer of the ship or property or of a liability in relation to the ship or property or intervener;

'"Marshal" means the Admiralty Marshal;

"Registrar" means an officer of the Court authorised by the Rules of Court to exercise the power or function or to perform the duty of Registrar;

"ship" includes any description of vessel used in navigation.

1.

The Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules 1993 are hereby revoked.

Citation and Commencement

2.

These Rules may be cited as the Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules 2011 and shall come into force on the 14th day of March, 2011.