Introduction
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(4th Draft Consultation Paper]
LOCALISATION OF UNITED KINGDOM MERCHANT SHIPPING ENACTMENTS
Carriage of Goods by Sea
July 1991
This paper has been prepared as a basis for consultation, in accordance with the three principles for consultation agreed at the eighth meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group, on the way in which the British side intends to localise certain provisions in United Kingdom enactments which apply to Hong Kong. The enactments covered by this paper concern the enactments relating to the carriage of goods by sea.
Background
2.
The International Convention for the Unification of
certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading ("the Brussels
Convention") was ratified by the United Kingdom on 2 June 1930 and
was extended to Hong Kong with effect from 2 June 1931.
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