The Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (Parties to Convention) Order 1986 No. 2224

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1986 No. 2224

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (Parties To Convention) Order 1986

Made

16th December 1986

Coming into Operation

6th January 1987

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of December 1986

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by paragraph 13 of Part II of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (Parties to Convention) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 6th January 1987.

2. In this Order, "the Convention" means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979.

3. It is hereby declared that the States specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order are parties to the Convention, and that each of those States is a party to the Convention in respect of the territories specified opposite thereto in the second column of the Schedule and with effect from the date of entry into force of the Convention for that State as specified in the third column of the Schedule.

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULESTATES WHICH ARE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION

StatesTerritoriesDate of Entry into Force of the Convention
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandGreat Britain and Northern Ireland1st December 1986
The Bailiwick of Guernsey1st December 1986
The Bailiwick of Jersey1st December 1986
Isle of Man1st December 1986
Bermuda1st December 1986
British Virgin Islands1st December 1986
Cayman Islands1st December 1986
Falkland Islands1st December 1986
Gibraltar1st December 1986
Hong Kong1st December 1986
Montserrat1st December 1986
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands1st December 1986
Saint Helena and Dependencies1st December 1986
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia1st December 1986
Turks and Caicos Islands1st December 1986
The Commonwealth of the BahamasThe Bahamas1st December 1986
BelizeBelize1st December 1986 (1)
The People's Republic of BeninBenin1st December 1986
The Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark1st December 1986
The Republic of FinlandFinland1st December 1986
The French RepublicFrance1st December 1986
JapanJapan1st December 1986
The Republic of LiberiaLiberia1st December 1986
The Kingdom of NorwayNorway1st December 1986
The People's Republic of PolandPoland1st December 1986
The Kingdom of SpainSpain1st December 1986
The Kingdom of SwedenSweden1st December 1986
The Yemen Arab RepublicYemen Arab Republic1st December 1986

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 17 of and Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 give effect in the United Kingdom to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, which is set out in Part I of Schedule 4. This Order declares the States which are parties to the Convention, the territories in respect of which they are parties and the dates of the entry into force of the Convention for those States.

(1)

Applies provisionally from the date of entry into force of the Convention, i.e. 1st December 1986.

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