The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/855
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st June 1987.

Section 2

In relation to any carrier whose principal place of business is in the United Kingdom, paragraph 1 of Article 7 to the Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, (including that paragraph as applied to domestic carriage by the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Domestic Carriage) Order 1987 ) shall have effect as if for the limit of 700,000 francs there specified there were substituted a limit of 1,525,000 francs.

Section 3

The Merchant Shipping (Sterling Equivalents) (Various Enactments) Order 1986 is hereby amended by substituting, in the table in article 3, the following entry for the entry for Article 7, paragraph 1:—

Article 7, paragraph 1 (for carriers other than UK carriers) 700,000 £38,173.40

Article 7, paragraph 1 (for UK carriers) 1,525,000 £80,009.00.