Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Limit for passenger claimsU.K.

6[F1(1) Article 7 shall not apply in respect of any sea going ship and shall have effect in respect of any ship which is not as if in paragraph 1 of that article.U.K.

(a)after “thereof” there were inserted “in respect of each passenger,”;

(b)the words from “multiplied” onwards were omitted.]

(2)In paragraph 2 of article 7 the reference to claims brought on behalf of a person includes a reference to any claim in respect of the death of a person under the M1Fatal Accidents Act 1976, the M2Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 or the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(a)(b) substituted for Sch. 7 para. 6(1) (with effect in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1998/1258, arts. 7(e), 8, Sch.

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