Explanatory note

This Order extends to Bermuda, with the necessary adaptations, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971, which gives effect to the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (“the Hague Rules”) signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924 (Cmd. 3806), as amended by the protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February 1968 (Cmnd. 6944).