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THE
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1995
ORDER
FOR REHEARING OF FORMAL INVESTIGATION
Whereas on or about the 3rd day of October 1974 the motor fishing vessel TRIDENT , registered at Peterhead Official Number PD 111, sank in a position 16 miles to the south east of Wick with the loss of 7 lives;
And whereas a shipping casualty has occurred;
And whereas a Formal Investigation was held in Scotland into the said casualty, pursuant to an order of the Secretary of State;
And whereas the Sheriff made a report dated 12th September 1975 to the Secretary of State, by Report of Court No. S497;
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 State for Transport, Local Government 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 the Sheriff.
Dated March 22 2002
Stephen Byers
Secretary
of State for
the
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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