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Admiralty jurisdiction of Recorders of Cork and Belfast.
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3. The district within which Admiralty jurisdiction may be exercised by the Court of the Recorder of the borough of Cork shall be the county of Cork, with the parts of the sea adjacent to the same to a distance of three miles from the shore thereof; and the district within which Admiralty jurisdiction may be exercised by the Court of the Recorder of the borough of Belfast shall be the counties of Antrim and Down, with the parts of the sea adjacent to the same to a distance of three miles from the shore thereof.
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In addition to any jurisdiction conferred by the principal Act upon these courts, each of them shall have all such jurisdiction, power, and authority as may be necessary for the trial and determination of any clause relating to all or any of the matters following (in this Act referred to as an “Admiralty cause”):
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(1.) As to any claim for salvage, any cause in which the value of the property saved does not exceed one thousand four hundred pounds, or in which the amount claimed does not exceed four hundred pounds:
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(2.) As to any claim arising out of any agreement made for or in relation to the use or hire of any ship, or for or in relation to the carriage of goods in any ship, and also as to any claim in tort in respect of goods carried in any ship, provided the amount claimed does not exceed four hundred pounds:
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(3.) In all cases where jurisdiction is given by the principal Act to the local court, and where the amount claimed does not exceed four hundred pounds:
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(4.) Any cause in respect of any such claims as aforesaid, in which the value of the property saved or the amount claimed is beyond the amount limited as above-mentioned, when the parties agree by a memorandum, signed by them or by their attorneys or agents, that the court shall have jurisdiction, and hear and determine the same.
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