Section 61.1(2)

In this Part— “admiralty claim” means a claim within the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court as set out in section 20 of the Supreme Court Act 1981; “the Admiralty Court” means the Admiralty Court of the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; “the Admiralty Judge” means the judge in charge of the Admiralty Court and any other judge authorised to sit in the Admiralty Court; “the Admiralty Registrar” means the holder of the office of this name listed in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Senior Courts Act 1981 or any person who is authorised to exercise the powers of this office in accordance with s.91(1) of the Act; “claim in personam” means an admiralty claim, other than a claim in rem, brought in accordance with section 21(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981; “claim in rem” means a claim in an admiralty action in rem brought in accordance with section 21(2) to (5) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;; “collision claim” means a claim within section 20(3)(b) of the Supreme Court Act 1981; “limitation claim” means a claim under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 for the limitation of liability in connection with a ship or other property; “salvage claim” means a claim— for or in the nature of salvage; for special compensation under Article 14 of Schedule 11 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; for the apportionment of salvage; and arising out of or connected with any contract for salvage services; “caution against arrest” means a caution entered in the Register under rule 61.7; “caution against release” means a caution entered in the Register under rule 61.8; “the Register” means the Register of cautions against arrest and release which is open to inspection as provided by Practice Direction 61; “the Marshal” means the Admiralty Marshal; “ship” includes any vessel used in navigation; ... “the Registrar” means the Admiralty Registrar; and “electronic track data” means a digital or electronic recording of the track of a vessel (including any associated visual or aural recordings) as recorded by, for example, ship or shore-based AIS (Automatic Identification System), ECDIS (Electronic Chart and Display Information System), or a voyage data recorder.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15