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YOUR TELNO 1454: LOCALISATION OF LAWS: MERCHANT SHIPPING: CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA
1. WE AGREE THAT THE UK DENUNCIATION OF THE BRUSSELS CONVENTION DOES NOT AMOUNT TO A DENUNCIATION OF THE CONVENTION AS AMENDED BY THE 1968 PROTOCOL CARTICLES SIX AND SEVEN OF THE 1968 PROTOCOL REFER). THE CONVENTION AS AMENDED BY THE 1968 AND 1979 PROTOCOLS CONTINUES TO APPLY TO HONG KONG.
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WE ARE CONTENT FOR YOU TO AMEND THE IRO SUB-GROUP PAPER AND FOR YOU TO HAND OVER THE LOCALISATION PAPER WITH THE AMENDMENTS SET OUT IN YOUR PARA TWO, SUBJECT ONLY TO A SLIGHT REVISION OF THE WORDING OF YOUR FIRST SUGGESTED AMENDMENT (BEGINNING QUOTE ON 20 OCTOBER 1984... UNQUOTE). WE SUGGEST THAT THIS SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE ON 20 OCTOBER 1984 THE UNITED KINGDOM DENOUNCED THE BRUSSELS CONVENTION IN RESPECT OF ITS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES BUT NOT THE TWO PROTOCOLS. THE CONVENTION AS AMENDED BY THE 1968 AND 1979 PROTOCOLS REMAINS IN EFFECT AND CONTINUES TO APPLY TO HONG KONG BECAUSE THE CONVENTION, AS AMENDED BY THE 1968 PROTOCOL, IS PRESERVED BY ARTICLES SIX AND SEVEN OF THAT PROTOCOL, AND THE CONVENTION AS AMENDED BY THE 1968 PROTOCOL IS FURTHER AMENDED BY THE 1979 PROTOCOL. UNQUOTE
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