Article 6 Reservations permitted under the Convention

In Part I of Schedule 7 there shall be added at the end the following—

“ARTICLE 18

Reservations

1

Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or at any time thereafter, reserve the right:

(a)

to exclude the application of article 2, paragraphs 1(d) and (e);

(b)

to exclude claims for damage within the meaning of the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996^f1 or of any amendment or Protocol thereto.

No other reservations shall be admissible to the substantive provisions of this Convention.”.