Explanatory note

This Order extends to the Bailiwick of Guernsey those provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 which give effect to the Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea and to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976. The Schedule to the Order modifies the said Act, in its extension to Guernsey, so that its provisions will conform to the particular administrative and other conditions prevailing there. In addition, the effect of paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Order is that any provision of the Act which is extended to Guernsey will come into force either on the coming into operation of this Order or on the coming into force of that provision in the United Kingdom, whichever is the later.