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The Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998 No. 1258

3bis.  Notwithstanding the limit of liability prescribed in paragraph 1 of article 7, a State Party may regulate by specific provisions of national law the system of liability to be applied to claims for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a ship, provided that the limit of liability is not lower than that prescribed in paragraph 1 of article 7. A State Party which makes use of the option provided for in this paragraph shall inform the Secretary-General of the limits of liability adopted or of the fact that there are none.

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