Statutory Instruments
MERCHANT SHIPPING
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
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
States | Territories | Date of Entry into Force of the Convention |
---|---|---|
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1st December 1986 |
The Bailiwick of Guernsey | 1st December 1986 | |
The Bailiwick of Jersey | 1st December 1986 | |
Isle of Man | 1st December 1986 | |
Bermuda | 1st December 1986 | |
British Virgin Islands | 1st December 1986 | |
Cayman Islands | 1st December 1986 | |
Falkland Islands | 1st December 1986 | |
Gibraltar | 1st December 1986 | |
Hong Kong | 1st December 1986 | |
Montserrat | 1st December 1986 | |
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | 1st December 1986 | |
Saint Helena and Dependencies | 1st December 1986 | |
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 1st December 1986 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1st December 1986 | |
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas | The Bahamas | 1st December 1986 |
Belize | Belize | 1st December 1986 (1) |
The People's Republic of Benin | Benin | 1st December 1986 |
The Kingdom of Denmark | Denmark | 1st December 1986 |
The Republic of Finland | Finland | 1st December 1986 |
The French Republic | France | 1st December 1986 |
Japan | Japan | 1st December 1986 |
The Republic of Liberia | Liberia | 1st December 1986 |
The Kingdom of Norway | Norway | 1st December 1986 |
The People's Republic of Poland | Poland | 1st December 1986 |
The Kingdom of Spain | Spain | 1st December 1986 |
The Kingdom of Sweden | Sweden | 1st December 1986 |
The Yemen Arab Republic | Yemen Arab Republic | 1st December 1986 |
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.
Applies provisionally from the date of entry into force of the Convention, i.e. 1st December 1986.