2000 No. 1103
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) (Amendment) Order 2000
Made 19th April 2000
Coming into force 15th May 2000

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 19th day of April 2000
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1971 c. 19.

1 This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th May 2000.
2 The Schedule to the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 shall be amended as follows:
(a) after the entry relating to the Kingdom of Belgium, there shall be inserted:

“The Republic of Croatia	Croatia	28th January 1999”

;
(b) after the entry relating to the French Republic, there shall be inserted:

“Georgia	Georgia	20th May 1996”

; and
(c) after the entry relating to the German Democratic Republic, there shall be inserted:

“Italy	Italy	22nd November 1985”

.
S.I.1985/443.
A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council

(This note is not part of the Order)
The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 gives effect in the United Kingdom to the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924 (Cmnd. 3806), as amended by the Protocol of 23rd February 1968 (Cmnd. 6944) (commonly known as “the Hague-Visby Rules”).
The Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 certifies the contracting States to the 1924 Convention as amended by the 1968 Protocol and the territories in respect of which they are contracting States.
This Order amends that 1985 Order by adding three further States (Croatia, Georgia and Italy) which, since that Order was made, have become contracting States.