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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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