The Marine and Aviation Insurance (War Risks) Act 1952 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act allows the Secretary of State for Transport to insure and re-insure aircraft and cargoes against war risks and in certain circumstances other risks, using a Department for Transport fund. This enables the Government of the United Kingdom to provide war risk insurance cover in emergency circumstances, which might not otherwise be available except at prohibitive premium rates. This, in turn, ensures that should hostilities occur, or even on the threat of hostilities, ships and aeroplanes will not be held up, or the trade of the country interfered with, due to lack of insurance.
Subsequent developments Section 11(3) of, and the schedule to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
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