The Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998
This Order provides for the implementation of the 1996 Protocol to the International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 following its ratification by, and entry into force for, the UK. The Order does this by making amendments to the articles of the 1976 Convention set out in Part I of Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 corresponding to the amendments made by the Protocol. The Order also makes amendments to Part II of Schedule 7 consequential on the implementation of the Protocol.