# Merchant Shipping(Liner Conferences) Act 1982, Paragraph 3


In considering an application for membership by a shipping line which is not a national line in any trade of the conference concerned, in addition to the provisions of article 1, paragraph 2, the following criteria,inter alia, should be taken into account:
(a) The existing volume of the trade on the route or routes served by the conference and prospects for its growth;
(b) The adequacy of shipping space for the existing and prospective volume of trade on the route or routes served by the conference;
(c) The probable effect of admission of the shipping line to the conference on the efficiency and quality of the conference service;
(d) The current participation of the shipping line in trade on the same route or routes outside the framework of a conference; and
(e) The current participation of the shipping line on the same route or routes within the framework of another conference.
The above criteria shall not be applied so as to subvert the implementation of the provisions relating to participation in trade set out in article 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/37/schedule/part/ONE/chapter/II/crossheading/article-1-membership/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-ONE/chapter-II/crossheading-article-1-membership/paragraph-3
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