TNAG-2524-FCO40-3685-Future-of-Hong-Kong-International-Rights-and-Obligations-(IR-1992 — Page 7

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELNO 1737

OF 151745Z DEC 92

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 2852: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES ON MERCHANT SHIPPING

1. ITEM 13.7: YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THE UK HAS DENOUNCED THIS CONVENTION, ALTHOUGH THE TWO PROTOCOLS WERE EXTENDED TO AND STILL APPLY TO HONG KONG. WE ASSUME THAT WHEN THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT 1971 AND OTHERS ARE LOCALISED THESE TWO PROTOCOLS WILL BECOME OBSOLETE AND WILL NOT NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1997.

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ITEM 13.13: YOU STATE IN YOUR DRAFT PAPER THAT THE 1973 AMENDMENT TO THIS CONVENTION ITEM 13.13(2) · WAS EXTENDED TO HONG KONG ON 1 APRIL 1975, BUT ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL IMO RECORD THE 1973 AMENDMENT HAS NOT/NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO HONG KONG: COULD YOU CHECK THIS INFORMATION? THE 1969 AMENDMENT WAS ALSO NOT EXTENDED TO HONG KONG. HOWEVER, BOTH THE 1977 AND 1986 AMENDMENTS APPLY TO HONG KONG AS THEY WERE ACCEPTED BY ADOPTION.

3. ITEM 13.14: THE 1971, 1975 AND 1979 AMENDMENTS TO THIS CONVENTION WERE ALL EXTENDED TO HONG KONG.

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4. ITEM 13.20: THE AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS 1974 AND TO THE PROTOCOL TO SOLAS 1974

WERE ALL ITEMS 13.20.(2) TO 13.20.(5) INCLUSIVE ACCEPTED BY ADOPTION AND THEREFORE APPLY TO HONG KONG.

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5. WE ARE SENDING COPIES OF THE IMO RECORDS CONCERNING ITEMS 13.13, 13.14 AND 13.20 BY BAG TO CHOK, CAB.

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