Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. X modified by Merchant Shipping Act 1981 (c. 10, SIF 111), s. 2(2)(6)
Art. X amended (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 45(7) (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)
The provisions of these Rules shall apply to every bill of lading relating to the carriage of goods between ports in two different States if:
(a) the bill of lading is issued in a contracting State, or
(b) the carriage is from a port in a contracting State, or
(c) the contract contained in or evidenced by the bill of lading provides that these Rules or legislation of any State giving effect to them are to govern the contract,
whatever may be the nationality of the ship, the carrier, the shipper, the consignee, or any other interested person.
[The last two paragraphs of this article are not reproduced. They require contracting States to apply the Rules to bills of lading mentioned in the article and authorise them to apply the Rules to other bills of lading.]
[Articles 11 to 16 of the International Convention for the unification of certain rules of law relating to bills of lading signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924 are not reproduced. They deal with the coming into force of the Convention, procedure for ratification, accession and denunciation, and the right to call for a fresh conference to consider amendments to the Rules contained in the Convention.]