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CONFIDENTAL

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TV-

Convention

UK

and

ratified the Convention on 31 January 1980

the Protocol on 28 April 1987. Hong Kong

in the UK's ratifications. The

was included

PRC is not

Protocol.

a party to the Convention or the

2.

and

The

Convention

establishes

certain

rules relating to the carriage of passengers their luggage by sea. It provides that a

carrier shall be liable for damage suffered

as a result of death, personal injury and

loss OI damage to luggage if the incident caused during the course of the carriage was due to the fault or neglect of the carrier or

of his servants or agents acting within the scope of their employment (Article 3). Such liability is however limited in terms of

francs

in

of

accordance with the Convention

(Articles 7 & 8). The 1976 Protocol amends

this limit

liability from gold francs to Units of Account of Special Drawing Rights as defined by the International Monetary Fund,

Under Article 23,

the Convention is open to accession by States.

for

Convention on Limitation of Liability

Maritime claims, London, 1976 (superseded item 13.11)

1.

The

Convention on Limitation

of

Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 ('The

Convention') replaces and abrogates

International

the

Convention relating to the

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