Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 U.K. Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 7 extended (with modifications) to Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (30.11.1997) by 1997/2579, art. 2, Schs. 1, 2

Part I U.K. Text of Convention

Article 6 U.K.

The general limits U.K.

[F1 1 U.K. The limits of liability for claims other than those mentioned in Article 7, arising on any distinct occasion, shall be calculated as follows:

(a) in respect of claims for loss of life or personal injury,

(i) 2 million Units of Account for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons,

(ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof, the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i):

• for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 800 Units of Account;

• for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 600 Units of Account; and

• for each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 400 Units of Account,

(b) in respect of any other claims,

(i) 1 million Units of Account for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons,

(ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i):

• for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 400 Units of Account;

• for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 300 Units of Account; and

• for each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 200 Units of Account.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7 Pt. I Ch. II Art. 6 para. 1 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1998/1258, arts. 4(a), 8, Sch.