CL 6
App. III] Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences)
(Hong Kong)
[1985 Ed.
Short title and
commencement.
[*Into force on 28.12.85 -see L.N. 367/85.}
"conference" has the meaning given by Chapter I of the Code;
"Governor" means the Governor of Hong Kong or any officer authorized by him; "judgment", in relation to proceedings arising out of the Code, means any judgment, decree, order, award, recommendation or determination of any description given or made in such proceedings, and references to the giving of a judgment shall be construed accordingly:
"mandatory provision", in relation to the Code, means a provision identified as such by the Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) (Mandatory Provisions) Regula- tions 1985 as extended to Hong Kong;
"proceedings arising out of the Code" means legal proceedings, conciliation proceed- ings, arbitration proceedings or any other proceedings for the determination or resolution of a dispute arising out of the Code:
"trade" has the same meaning as in the Code.
(2) For the purposes of this Act conciliation proceedings relating to a dispute are instituted when a party to the dispute requests that it be referred to conciliation and are completed when the conciliators notify the parties of their recommendations.
15. (1) This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982.
(2) This Act comes into force on such day* as the Governor may appoint by notice in the Hong Kong Government Gazette or any supplement thereto.
PART B
MODIFICATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS IN THE EXTENSION OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (LINER CONFERENCES) (MANDATORY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 1985
1.
TO HONG KONG
In regulations 1(1) and 2 for the words "the United Kingdom" wherever they occur and in regulation 1(2) for the words "United Kingdom", there shall be substituted the words "Hong Kong".
2. In regulation (2) (in the definitions of "representative of shippers", "shipper" and "shippers' organizations") for the words "Secretary of State" there shall be substituted the word "Governor".
3. The references to the Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) (Conditions for Recognition) Regulations 1985 shall be construed as references to those regula- tions as extended to Hong Kong.
4. In regulation 3(1), for the words which appear in brackets after the words "mandatory provisions", there shall be substituted "(the operation of certain of which shall be modified by the provisions of the Annex to the Table, as indicated in column 7 of the Table)".
5. In the Table in the Schedule to the Regulations, the heading to column 7 shall be amended to read "Relevant provision of the Annex to this Table", and the entries in column 7 of the Table in relation to the various provisions of the Code shall be as indicated below:-
1
Article, paragraph or sentence of the Code
Article 1
1.1(1)
Article 2
2.1-2.4
Article 3
3
Article 14
14.9(2)
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7
Relevant provision of the
Annex to this Table
Paragraph 1
Paragraphs 2 to 9
Paragraphs 10 and 11
Paragraph 10
A numeral in brackets indicates that the reference is to that sentence in the paragraph.
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