Statutory Instruments
MERCHANT SHIPPING
Made
18th May 1987
Coming into force
17th June 1987
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of May 1987
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by paragraph 10 of Part II of Schedule 3 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(1) 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 Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 17th June 1987.
2. In this Order, "the Convention" means the Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea as set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979.
3. It is hereby declared that, in relation to a State specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order, the State is a party to the Convention in respect of the country specified opposite thereto in the second column of the Schedule 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
State | Country | Date of Entry into Force of Convention |
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe Bailiwick of GuernseyThe Bailiwick of JerseyThe Isle of ManBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsFalkland IslandsGibraltarHong KongMontserratPitcairnSaint Helena and Dependencies | 30th April 1987 |
The Argentine Republic | Argentina | 28th April 1987 |
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas | The Bahamas | 28th April 1987 |
The German Democratic Republic | German Democratic Republic | 28th April 1987 |
The Republic of Liberia | Liberia | 28th April 1987 |
The Polish People's Republic | Poland | 28th April 1987 |
The Kingdom of Spain | Spain | 28th April 1987 |
The Kingdom of Tonga | Tonga | 28th April 1987 |
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | All territories comprised within the Soviet Socialist Republics | 28th April 1987 |
The Yemen Arab Republic | Yemen Arab Republic | 28th April 1987 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 14 of and Schedule 3 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 give effect in the United Kingdom to the Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, which was opened for signature at Athens on 13th December 1974 and is set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979. This Order declares the States which are parties to the Convention and the countries in respect of which they are parties.