The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) (Amendment) Order 1989

Made9th October 1989

Coming into force10th November 1989

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 14 and 16 of, and by paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 3 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 19791 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:–

1

This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) (Amendment) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 10th November 1989.

2

The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 19872 shall be amended as follows:–

a

in article 2, for “700,000 francs” there shall be substituted “46,666 units of account”; and for “1,525,000 francs” there shall be substituted “100,000 units of account”;

b

article 3 shall be omitted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Patrick McLoughlinParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Transport9th October 1989

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1987 as a consequence of the coming into force of the 1976 Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage 1974 (which replaces the reference to gold francs in the Athens Convention by references to Special Drawing Rights). That Order provides a higher limit for United Kingdom carriers. This Order substitutes references to gold francs by appropriate references to “units of account”, (the definition and conversion into sterling of which are provided in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part III of Schedule 3 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, which comes into force on the same day as this Order).