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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-5A/part-6/chapter-n8/crossheading-article-53",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/5A/part/6/chapter/n8/crossheading/article-53",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 53",
  "text": "1. This Convention and any amendment adopted under article 48 shall be deposited with the Secretary-General.\n2. The Secretary-General shall:\n(a) inform all States which have signed this Convention or acceded thereto, and all Members of the Organization, of:\n(i) each new signature or deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession together with the date thereof;\n(ii) the date of entry into force of this Convention;\n(iii) any proposal to amend the limits on the amounts of compensation which has been made in accordance with article 48, paragraph 2;\n(iv) any amendment which has been adopted in accordance with article 48, paragraph 5;\n(v) any amendment deemed to have been accepted under article 48, paragraph 8, together with the date on which that amendment shall enter into force in accordance with paragraphs 9 and 10 of that article;\n(vi) the deposit of any instrument of denunciation of this Convention together with the date on which it is received and the date on which the denunciation takes effect; and\n(vii) any communication called for by any article in this Convention; and\n(b) transmit certified true copies of this Convention to all States which have signed this Convention or acceded thereto.\n3. As soon as this Convention enters into force, a certified true copy thereof shall be transmitted by the depositary to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (17.7.1997) by 1997 c. 28, s. 14(2), Sch. 3; S.I. 1997/1539, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}