Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1996
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PART IV Carriage of Goods by Sea | ||
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Interpretation ( Part IV ). |
30.—(1) In this Part— | |
“the 1924 Convention” means the International Convention for the unification of certain rules of law relating to bills of lading done at Brussels on the 25th day of August, 1924, and references to that Convention shall be construed, other than in paragraph (a) of subsection (2), as references to that Convention as amended by the 1968 and 1979 Protocols; | ||
“the 1968 Protocol” means the Protocol to the 1924 Convention done at Brussels on the 23rd day of February, 1968; | ||
“the 1979 Protocol” means the Protocol to the 1924 Convention done at Brussels on the 21st day of December, 1979; | ||
“the Rules” means Articles I to X of the 1924 Convention. | ||
(2) In this Part and Article X of the Rules, “Contracting State” means a state that is a party to any of the following— | ||
(a) the 1924 Convention, | ||
(b) the 1968 Protocol, | ||
(c) the 1979 Protocol, | ||
whether generally as respects its territory or as respects any place or territory specified in an order under section 32 , and shall, where it is such a party only in respect of a place or territory aforesaid, be construed so that this Part and the Rules shall have effect only in relation to that place or territory. |