SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 7 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Sch. 7 extended (with modifications) to Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (30.11.1997) by 1997/2579, art. 2, Schs. 1, 2

Part I Text of Convention

Article 15

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A State Party may regulate by specific provisions of national law the system of limitation of liability to be applied to vessels which are:

a

according to the law of that State, ships intended for navigation on inland waterways;

b

ships of less than 300 tons.

A State Party which makes use of the option provided for in this paragraph shall inform the depositary of the limits of liability adopted in its national legislation or of the fact that there are none.

3bis. Notwithstanding the limit of liability prescribed in paragraph 1 of article 7, a State Party may regulate by specific provisions of national law the system of liability to be applied to claims for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a ship, provided that the limit of liability is not lower than that prescribed in paragraph 1 of article 7. A State Party which makes use of the option provided for in this paragraph shall inform the Secretary-General of the limits of liability adopted or of the fact that there are none.