The Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Overseas Territories) Order 1997

Units of Account

7.—(1) For the purpose of converting the amounts mentioned in articles 6 and 7 from special drawing rights into sterling one special drawing right shall be treated as equal to such a sum in sterling as the International Monetary Fund have fixed as being the equivalent of one special drawing right for—

(a) the relevant date under paragraph 1 of article 8; or

(b) if no sum has been so fixed for that date, the last preceding date for which a sum has been so fixed.

(2) A certificate given by or on behalf of the Authority stating—

(a) that a particular sum in sterling has been fixed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above for a particular date; or

(b) that no sum has been so fixed for that date and that a particular sum in sterling has been so fixed for a date which is the last preceding date for which a sum has been so fixed,

shall be conclusive evidence of those matters for the purposes of those articles; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall, in any proceedings, be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, “the Authority” means—

(a) in Anguilla, the Director of Finance;

(b) in the British Antarctic Territory, the Commissioner;

(c) in the British Indian Ocean Territory, the Commissioner;

(d) in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Financial Secretary.