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MERCHANT SHIPPING
(a) restrictions in respect of the provision of international liner services accepted by the operators of such services under an agreement to which two or more such operators are parties;
(b) restrictions in respect of international liner services accepted by operators of such services or persons for whom such services are provided under an agreement to which one or more such operators and one or more such persons are parties;
(c) restrictions in respect of the supply or acquisition of any service in connection with the operation of international liner services accepted by operators of such services or persons in the business of supplying such a service under an agreement to which one or more such operators and one such supplier are parties.
(3) Where a restriction relates only in part to the matters mentioned in subsection (2), this section applies to the restriction so far as it relates to those
matters.
General
Interpretation. 14. (1) In this Act-
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"Article" means Article of the Code;
"the Code" has the meaning given by section 1(1):
"conciliation" means international mandatory conciliation under Chap- ter VI of the Code, and references to the institution or completion of conciliation proceedings shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2);
"conference" has the meaning given by Chapter I of the Code;
"Governor" means the Governor of Flong Kong or any officer authorised 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) Regulations 1985 as extended to Hong Kong;
"proceedings arising out of the Code" means legal proceedings, conciliation proceedings, 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.