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provision with regard to the liabilities of members of a liner
conference. Under the powers conferred by the 1982 Act the
Secretary of State made the Merchant Shipping (Liner
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Conferences) (Mandatory Provisions) Regulations 1985 ("the Mandatory
Provisions Regulations") and the Merchant Shipping (Liner
Conferences) (Conditions for Recognition) Regulations 1985 ("the
Conditions for Recognition Regulations").
3.
The United Kingdom included Hong Kong in its ratification
of the Code. To enable the Code to be implemented in Hong Kong, the
provisions of the 1982 Act, with necessary modifications, were
extended to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping (Liner
Conferences) (Hong Kong) Order 1985 ("the 1985 Order"),
The modifications to the 1982 Act made in respect of Hong
Kong by the 1985 Order included the following
4.
( ૧ ) it applies the Mandatory Provisions Regulations and the
Conditions for Recognition Regulations direct to Hong Kong
instead of leaving them to be made as subsidiary
legislation;
(b)
it implies certain terms into contracts which incorporate
a mandatory provision of the Code rather than leaving such
terms to be dealt with by regulations;
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