{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-7/part-I/chapter-8/crossheading-the-general-limits/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-7/part-I/chapter-8/crossheading-the-general-limits/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/7/part/I/chapter/8/crossheading/the-general-limits/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The limits of liability for claims, other than those mentioned in Article 7, arising on any distinct occasion, shall be calculated as follows:\n(a) in respect of claims for loss of life or personal injury,\n(i) 3.02 million Units of Account for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons,\n(ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof, the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i):\nfor each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 1,208 Units of Account;\nfor each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 906 Units of Account; and\nfor each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 604 Units of Account,\n(b) in respect of any other claims,\n(i) 1.51 million Units of Account for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons,\n(ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i):\nfor each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 604 Units of Account;\nfor each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 453 Units of Account; and\nfor each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 302 Units of Account.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 1 Ch. 2 Art. 6 para. 1 substituted (30.11.2016) by The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1061), arts. 1, 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/7/part/I/chapter/8/crossheading/the-general-limits/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}