29 Nov 2017 / Hong Kong
The Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Shipowners Liability) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 2017 (‘the Amendment Order’) was published in the Gazette on 6 October 2017. The legislative amendments serve to give effect to the latest revision in limits of liability for maritime incidents pursuant to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976. The revised liability limits to be incorporated into relevant Article 6 of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Shipowners Liability) Ordinance (Cap. 434) shall come into operation on 4 December 2017.
A copy of the Amendment Order can be found in the following website of Marine Department: http://www.mardep.gov.hk/en/notices/notices.html
Upon the commencement of the relevant legal provisions, shipowners will be subjected to higher liability limits for claims for loss of life or personal injury and other claims such as claims for property damage.
(For information about operations in Hong Kong contact GAC Hong at [email protected])
Source: Government of Hong Kong SAR Marine Department Notice No.165 of 2017 dated 28 November 2017
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