The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Domestic Carriage) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/670
• Sections: 8

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Domestic Carriage) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 30th April 1987.

Section 2

This Order applies to the following contracts for the carriage of passengers or of passengers and their luggage by sea (being contracts for reward) made on or after 30th April 1987, that is to say any contract under which the places of departure and destination are in the area consisting of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and under which there is no intermediate port of call outside that area.

Section 3

(1) Part I of Schedule 3 to the 1979 Act (which sets out the text of the Athens Convention) shall have the force of law in the United Kingdom in relation to, and to matters connected with, contracts to which this Order applies, subject to the modifications specified in the Schedule hereto and (as so modified) shall so have effect subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Schedule 3 as modified by the Schedule hereto.

(2) This Order shall bind the Crown.

Section 4

Article 3(1) of the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Interim Provisions) Order 1980 shall have effect as if at the beginning there were inserted the words “Except in relation to contracts mentioned in paragraph (c) of Article 2 above made before 30th April 1987”.

Section 1

In Article 2, for paragraph 1 there shall be substituted:—

(1) This Convention shall apply to any carriage if under the contract of carriage the places of departure and destination are in the area consisting of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and there is no intermediate port of call outside that area

Section 2

In Article 7, paragraph 2 shall be omitted.

Section 3

In Article 17.1, the words “provided that the Court is located in a State Party to this Convention” shall be omitted.

Section 4

Paragraph 10 of Part II of Schedule 3 to the 1979 Act shall be omitted.