10 Ships used for commercial purposes
State Immunity Act 1978 (1978 c 33) | Legislation

10  Ships used for commercial purposes

(1)     This section applies to—

(a)     Admiralty proceedings; and

(b)     proceedings on any claim which could be made the subject of Admiralty proceedings.

(2)     A State is not immune as respects—

(a)     an action in rem against a ship belonging to that State; or

(b)     an action in personam for enforcing a claim in connection with such a ship,

if, at the time when the cause of action arose, the ship was in use or intended

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