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1In this Part of this Schedule any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article of the Convention which is so numbered.
2The right to limit liability under the Convention shall apply in relation to any ship whether seagoing or not, and the definition of “shipowner” in paragraph 2 of article 1 shall be construed accordingly.
3(1)Paragraph 1(d) of article 2 shall not apply unless provision has been made by an order of the Secretary of State for the setting up and management of a fund to be used for the making to harbour or conservancy authorities of payments needed to compensate them for the reduction, in consequence of the said paragraph 1(d), of amounts recoverable by them in claims of the kind there mentioned, and to be maintained by contributions from such authorities raised and collected by them in respect of vessels in like manner as other sums so raised by them.
(2)Any order under sub-paragraph (1) above may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.
(3)If immediately before the coming into force of section 17 of this Act an order is in force under section 2(6) of the M1Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958 (which contains provisions corresponding to those of this paragraph) that order shall have effect as if made under this paragraph.
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4(1)The claims excluded from the Convention by paragraph (b) of article 3 are claims in respect of any liability incurred under section 1 of the M2Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971.
(2)The claims excluded from the Convention by paragraph (c) of article 3 are claims made by virtue of any of sections 7 to 11 of the M3Nuclear Installations Act 1965.
5(1)In the application of article 6 to a ship with a tonnage less than 300 tons that article shall have effect as if—
(a)paragraph (a)(i) referred to 166,667 Units of Account; and
(b)paragraph (b)(i) referred to 83,333 Units of Account.
(2)For the purposes of article 6 and this paragraph a ship’s tonnage shall be its gross tonnage calculated in such manner as may be prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State.
(3)Any order under this paragraph shall, so far as appears to the Secretary of State to be practicable, give effect to the regulations in Annex I of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969.
6(1)In the case of a passenger steamer within the meaning of Part III of the M4Merchant Shipping Act 1894 the ship’s certificate mentioned in paragraph 1 of article 7 shall be the passenger steamer’s certificate issued under section 274 of that Act.
(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 M5Fatal Accidents Act 1976, the M6Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 or the M7Damages (Scotland) Act 1976.
7(1)For the purpose of converting the amounts mentioned in articles 6 and 7 from special drawing rights into sterling one special drawing right shall be treated as equal to such a sum in sterling as the International Monetary Fund have fixed as being the equivalent of one special drawing right for—
(a)the relevant date under paragraph 1 of article 8; or
(b)if no sum has been so fixed for that date, the last preceding date for which a sum has been so fixed.
(2)A certificate given by or on behalf of the Treasury stating—
(a)that a particular sum in sterling has been fixed as mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraph for a particular date; or
(b)that no sum has been so fixed for that date and that a particular sum in sterling has been so fixed for a date which is the last preceding date for which a sum has been so fixed,
shall be conclusive evidence of those matters for the purposes of those articles; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall, in any proceedings, be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.
8(1)The Secretary of State may from time to time, with the concurrence of the Treasury, by order prescribe the rate of interest to be applied for the purposes of paragraph 1 of article 11.
(2)Where a fund is constituted with the court in accordance with article 11 for the payment of claims arising out of any occurrence, the court may stay any proceedings relating to any claim arising out of that occurrence which are pending against the person by whom the fund has been constituted.
9No lien or other right in respect of any ship or property shall affect the proportions in which under article 12 the fund is distributed among several claimants.
10Where the release of a ship or other property is ordered under paragraph 2 of article 13 the person on whose application it is ordered to be released shall be deemed to have submitted to (or, in Scotland, prorogated) the jurisdiction of the court to adjudicate on the claim for which the ship or property was arrested or attached.
11References in the Convention and the preceding provisions of this Part of this Schedule to the court are—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, references to the High Court;
(b)in relation to Scotland, references to the Court of Session;
(c)in relation to Northern Ireland, references to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.
12References in the Convention and in the preceding provisions of this Part of this Schedule to a ship include references to any structure (whether completed or in course of completion) launched and intended for use in navigation as a ship or part of a ship.
13An Order in Council made for the purposes of this paragraph and declaring that any State specified in the Order is a party to the Convention shall, subject to the provisions of any subsequent Order made for those purposes, be conclusive evidence that the State is a party to the Convention.
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