The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2917
• Sections: 4

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Section 2

The following instruments are hereby revoked:–

(a) the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1987 ;

(b) the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) (Amendment) Order 1989 .

Section 3

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 6 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, (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 46,666 units of account there specified there were substituted a limit of 300,000 units of account.

Section 4

This Order does not apply in relation to any liability arising out of an occurrence which took place before the coming into force of the Order.