Article 1U.K.Subject matter
1.This Regulation lays down the F1... regime relating to liability and insurance for the carriage of passengers by sea as set out in the relevant provisions of:
(a)the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, as amended by the Protocol of 2002 (the Athens Convention) as set out in [F2Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ]; and
(b)the IMO Reservation and Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention adopted by the Legal Committee of the IMO on 19 October 2006 (the IMO Guidelines) as set out in Annex II.
2.Furthermore, this Regulation extends the application of those provisions to carriage of passengers by sea within [F3the United Kingdom] on board ships of Classes A and B under Article 4 of Directive 98/18/EC, and lays down certain supplementary requirements.
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Textual Amendments
F1Word in Art. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 6(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 1(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 6(2)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 6(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Art. 1(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 6(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)