DSR 11C
Shipping Contracts and Commercial Documents
Act 1964
The abovementioned Act (which was extended to
Hong Kong) will be superseded by a "Protection of Trading
Interests Act" which has completed its passage through the
House of Commons, and the new Act will probably complete
its stages in the House of Lords by the end of February,
Royal Assent being expected some time in March.
2.
The new Act will repeal the Skinnings 1964 Act
and may be of considerable significance
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to some of the UK Dependent Territories.
you separately by bag a copy of:
We are sending
3.
(i) the copy of the new draft bill;
i) a copy of the Summary of Clauses
(iii) a copy of the Press Notice issued by the
Department of Trade on 31 October 1979.
To save time some aspects of the bill
are high-lighted as follows:-
Copy A B of Miss Butterworth's letter_7
4.
You may wish to consider whether early action
should be taken to introduce local legislation as necessary
to ensure application of the Act in your territory.