Victorian Numbered Regulations

SUPREME COURT ADMIRALTY RULES 2010 (SR NO 24 OF 2010) - REG 1.06

In these Rules—

"admiralty proceeding" means—

        (a)     a proceeding in the Court which is a Commonwealth proceeding; or

        (b)     a proceeding in the Court, other than a Commonwealth proceeding, which—

              (i)     arises out of or is in relation to loss of or damage to a ship;

              (ii)     is for loss or damage caused or occasioned by a ship;

              (iii)     arises out of or is in relation to the carriage of goods by sea;

              (iv)     is with respect to a maritime lien or other charge in respect of a ship or its cargo;

              (v)     arises out of or is in relation to a contract of marine insurance or any policy of insurance (including a policy of professional indemnity insurance) in respect of a marine adventure or a person or thing associated with a marine adventure;

              (vi)     arises out of or is in relation to the arbitration of a claim of a type which might be the subject of a proceeding referred to in any of the preceding subparagraphs;

              (vii)     is with respect to any other shipping claim for which management or trial in the List appears to be conducive to its effective, prompt and economical determination;

"Chapter I" means Chapter I of the Rules of the Supreme Court;

"Commonwealth proceeding" means a proceeding to which Order 2 applies;

limitation proceeding has the meaning it has in the Commonwealth Act;

the Commonwealth Act means the Admiralty Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;

"the Commonwealth Rules" means the Admiralty Rules 1988 of the Commonwealth;

"the Judge in Admiralty" means the Judge of the Court nominated under Rule 3.01 to be in charge of the Admiralty List;

"the List" means the Admiralty List.

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