ADMIRALTY ACT 1988 - SECT 19 Right to proceed in rem against surrogate ship

ADMIRALTY ACT 1988 - SECT 19

    A proceeding on a general maritime claim concerning a ship may be commenced as an action in rem against some other ship if:

  (a)   a relevant person in relation to the claim was, when the cause of action arose, the owner or charterer of, or in possession or control of, the first - mentioned ship; and

  (b)   that person is, when the proceeding is commenced, the owner of the second - mentioned ship.