Point in time view as at 04/04/2015.
Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Cross Heading: Other provisions adapting or supplementing the Convention is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
9U.K.Any reference in the Convention to a contract of carriage excludes a contract of carriage which is not for reward.
[F19A.U.K.The provisions of the Convention in Part I of this Schedule have effect subject to the reservation made by the United Kingdom (see the reservation set out in the Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 392/2009 of 23 April 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 9A inserted (28.5.2014) by The Merchant Shipping (Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(3) (with arts. 3, 5)
10U.K.If Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that any State specified in the Order is a party to the Convention in respect of a particular country the Order shall, subject to the provisions of any subsequent Order made by virtue of this paragraph, be conclusive evidence that the State is a party to the Convention in respect of that country.
11U.K.The Secretary of State may by order make provision—
(a)for requiring a person who is the carrier in relation to a passenger to give to the passenger, in a manner specified in the order, notice of such of the provisions of Part I of this Schedule as are so specified;
(b)for a person who fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by the order to be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or not exceeding a lesser amount.
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