Explanatory note

This Order amends the Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) and comes into force on 13th May 2004 or the day after it is made, whichever is later. The 1998 Order, in accordance with the formula in article 1 of that Order, comes into force on 13th May 2004.

The 1998 Order implements the Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, by amending the articles of the 1976 Convention as set out in Part I of Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and also by amending the provisions having effect in connection with the Convention in Part II of that Schedule.

This Order omits from Part II of Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, as amended by the 1998 Order, paragraph 2A. That paragraph concerned the interpretation of Article 2 of the Convention, and its application to loss of life or personal injury to passengers of seagoing ships.