Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Interim Provisions) Order 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1980/1092 |
| Year | 1980 |
1980 No. 1092
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Interim Provisions) Order 198028thJuly 1980
1stJanuary 1981
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of July 1980
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 16(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(a) and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 16(1), (2) and (5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (hereinafter referred to as "the 1979 Act") and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Interim Provisions) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1981.
(2) In this Order "international carriage" has the same meaning as in Article 1.9 of the Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Athens Convention"), as set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to the 1979 Act.
Application
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 1st January 1981, that is to say:—
(a) any contract for international carriage which is made in the United Kingdom;
(b) any contract for international carriage under which a place in the United Kingdom is the place of departure or destination;
(c) 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.
(a) 1979 c. 39.
Application and modification of the Athens Convention
3.—(1) Paragraph (2) of this Article shall have effect only until such time as subsections (1) and (2) of section 14 of the 1979 Act (which provide for the Athens Convention to have the force of law in the United Kingdom and for certain related provisions to have effect) come into force.
(2) 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...
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