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THE
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1995
Whereas
on or about the 9th day of September 1980 the ore/bulk/oil
motor vessel DERBYSHIRE, registered at Liverpool Official Number 364425,
sank in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa with the loss of 44 lives and
whereas a shipping casualty has occurred;
And
whereas a Formal Investigation was held into the said casualty, pursuant
to an order of the Secretary of State made on 11th June 1987;
And
whereas the Wreck Commissioner made a report to the Secretary of State,
by Report of Court No. 8075;
And
whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied that new and important
evidence which could not be produced at the investigation has been
discovered;
Now
the Secretary of the State for the Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions in pursuance of the powers conferred by
section 269 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 hereby orders that the
whole of the case shall be reheard by Her Majesty’s High Court of
Justice.
17th December 1998
Dated
John
Prescott
Secretary
of State for The
Department of Environment,
Transport and the Regions
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