S.L. 234.53 Art. 4Removal by registered owner.

(1) This regulation shall apply where -

(a) a ship has been involved in an accident as a result of which it or anything from it has become a wreck in the Convention area; and

(b) the competent authority has determined that the wreck poses a hazard.

(2) The competent authority must take all reasonable steps to give a notice (a ‘wreck removal notice’) requiring the registered owner to comply with the obligations imposed on registered owners by paragraph 2 and 3 of Article 9 of the Convention.

(3) The notice must be in writing and must -

(a) specify the deadline set under paragraph 6(a) of Article 9 of the Convention for the removal of the wreck; and

(b) inform the registered owner of the other matters set out in paragraph 6(b) and 6(c) of Article 9 of the Convention.