# The Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 S.I. 1985/443 · made 20 March 1985 The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 gives effect in the United Kingdom to the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924 (Cmd. 3806), as amended by the Protocol of 23rd February 1968 (Cmnd. 6944) (commonly known as “the Hague-Visby Rules”). PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-parties-to-convention-order-1985/pdf/uksi_19850443_en.pdf ## Introductory text MERCHANT SHIPPING Made 20th March 1985 Coming into Operation 10th April 1985 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of March 1985 Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf 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 Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 10th April 1985. ## 2 It is hereby certified that the contracting States to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924, as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February 1968 and the territories in respect of which they are respectively contracting States are as listed in the Schedule to this Order. ## 3 The Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1982 is hereby revoked. ## Signature G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council ## Contracting States Territories in respect of which they are respectively parties Dates on which the Convention as amended came into force The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23rd June 1977 The Isle of Man 23rd June 1977 Bermuda 1st February 1981 British Antarctic Territory 20th January 1984 British Virgin Islands 20th January 1984 Cayman Islands 20th January 1984 Falkland Islands 20th January 1984 Falkland Islands Dependencies 20th January 1984 Gibraltar 22nd December 1977 Hong Kong 1st February 1981 Montserrat 20th January 1984 Turks and Caicos Islands 20th January 1984 The Kingdom of Belgium Belgium 6th December 1978 The Kingdom of Denmark Denmark 23rd June 1977 The Republic of Ecuador Ecuador 23rd June 1977 The Arab Republic of Egypt Egypt 30th April 1983 The Republic of Finland Finland 1st March 1985 The French Republic France 23rd June 1977 The German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic 14th May 1979 The Lebanese Republic Lebanon 23rd June 1977 The Kingdom of the Netherlands The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe 26th July 1982 The Kingdom of Norway Norway 23rd June 1977 The Polish People's Republic Poland 12th May 1980 The Republic of Singapore Singapore 23rd June 1977 Spain Spain 14th February 1984 The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 21st January 1982 The Kingdom of Sweden Sweden 23rd June 1977 The Swiss Confederation Switzerland 23rd June 1977 The Syrian Arab Republic Syria 23rd June 1977 The Kingdom of Tonga Tonga 13th September 1978 ## Explanatory note The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 gives effect in the United Kingdom to the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924 (Cmd. 3806), as amended by the Protocol of 23rd February 1968 (Cmnd. 6944) (commonly known as “the Hague-Visby Rules”). This Order, which revokes the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1982, certifies the contracting States to the 1924 Convention as amended by the 1968 Protocol and the territories in respect of which they are contracting States. Since the previous Order was made in 1982 the Rules have entered into force for Egypt, Finland, Spain, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Dependencies, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/443 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-parties-to-convention-order-1985 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.