# The Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (Parties to Convention) Order 1986 S.I. 1986/2224 · made 16 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. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-of-liability-for-maritime-claims-parties-to-convention-order-1986/pdf/uksi_19862224_en.pdf ## Introductory text 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 the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979. ## 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. ## Signature G.I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council ## STATES WHICH ARE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION 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 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 ## Explanatory note 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/2224 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-of-liability-for-maritime-claims-parties-to-convention-order-1986 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.