Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 31721

Boats

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Graeme Downie

LabourDunfermline and Dollar

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance exists to define (a) sunk", (b) stranded and (c) abandoned vessels for the under the terms of s.252 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

Answer

Mike Kane
Guidance can be found here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wreck-and-salvage-law. Local port acts may contain additional definitions that may vary from act to act.