563. Expenses at port of refuge.

Where the ship puts into a port of refuge, the question whether expenses incurred there are general average expenses or not necessarily depends on the circumstances of each case¹. It is not sufficient that the expenses should have been incurred for the common benefit of the ship and cargo²; they must either themselves fall within the definition of a general average sacrifice³, or, if not in themselves a general average sacrifice, be nevertheless caused or rendered necessary by one⁴. In considering the question it is, therefore, necessary to distinguish certain items, as follows:

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   (1)     the cost of repairing the