Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Saint Helena) Order 1980

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1980/1517

1980 No. 1517

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Saint Helena) Order 1980

13thOctober 1980

21stOctober 1980

1stDecember 1980

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of October 1980

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 15(1), 19(2) and 47(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(a) and 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:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Saint Helena) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1980.

2. The provisions of sections 14, 17, 18, 19(1), 50, 51 and 52 of, and Schedules 3, 4 and 5 and Part I of Schedule 7 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, modified as in the Schedule hereto, shall extend to Saint Helena.

3. Save as is expressly provided otherwise therein, any reference in the Schedule to this Order to any enactment of the United Kingdom shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as applying or extended to Saint Helena.

4. In this Order and in the Schedule hereto "Saint Helena" means Saint Helena and its Dependencies.

N. E. Leigh, Clerk of the Privy Council.

(a) 1979 c. 39.

Article 2

SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1979

Carriage of passengers and luggage by sea

Scheduled convention to have force of law.

14.—(1) The provisions of the Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea as set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act (hereafter in this section and in Parts II and III of that Schedule referred to as "the Convention") shall have the force of law in Saint Helena.

(2) The provisions of Part II of that Schedule shall have effect in connection with the Convention and the preceding subsection shall have effect subject to the provisions of that Part.

(3) On and after the date when this subsection and Part III of Schedule 3 to this Act come into force Parts I and II of that Schedule shall have effect with the modifications specified in the said Part III.

(6) Nothing in subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section shall affect any rights or liabilities arising out of an occurrence which took place before the day on which the said subsection (1), (2) or (3) comes into force.

(7) This section shall bind the Crown.

Liability of shipowners and salvors

Limitation of liability.

17.—(1) The provisions of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act (hereafter in this section and in Part II of that Schedule referred to as "the Convention") shall have the force of law in Saint Helena.

(2) The provisions of Part II of that Schedule shall have effect in connection with the Convention, and the preceding subsection shall have effect subject to the provisions of that Part.

Exclusion of liability.

18.—(1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the owner of a British ship shall not be liable for any loss or damage in the following cases, namely—

(a) where any property on board the ship is lost or damaged by reason of fire on board the ship; or

(b) where any gold, silver, watches, jewels or precious stones on board the ship are lost or damaged by reason of theft, robbery or other dishonest conduct and their nature and value were not at the time of shipment declared by their owner or shipper to the owner or master of the ship in the bill of lading or otherwise in writing.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, where the loss or damage arises from anything done or omitted by any person in his capacity as master or member of the crew or (otherwise than in that capacity) in the course of his employment as a servant of the owner of the ship, the preceding subsection shall also exclude the liability of—

(a) the master, member of the crew or servant; and

(b) in a case where the master or member of the crew is the servant of a person whose liability would not be excluded by that subsection apart from this paragraph, the person whose servant he is.

(3) This section does not exclude the liability of any person for any loss or damage resulting from any such personal act or omission of his as is mentioned in article 4 of the Convention in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act.

(4) In this section "owner", in relation to a ship, includes any part owner and any charterer, manager or operator of the ship.

Provisions supplementary to ss. 17 and 18.

19.—(1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified (which are consequential on sections 17 and 18 of this Act).

Supplemental

Interpretation and repeals.

50.—(1) This Act shall be construed as one with the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1977.

(1A) Nothing in sections 17 and 18 of, or Schedule 4 to, this Act shall apply in relation to any liability arising out of any occurrence which took place before the coming into force of those sections, and section 19(1) of, and Schedule 5 to, this Act shall not affect the operation of any enactment in relation to such an occurrence.

(4) The enactments mentioned in the first and second columns of Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Part of that Schedule; but nothing in that Part of that Schedule shall affect the operation of any enactment in relation to such an occurrence as mentioned in subsection (1A) of this section.

Fees.

51.—(2) The Colonial Treasurer shall be entitled to charge a reasonable fee for any certificate given by or on behalf of the Colonial Treasurer in pursuance of any provision contained in paragraph 4 of Part III of Schedule 3 or paragraph 7 of Part II of Schedule 4 to this Act.

Citation and commencement.

52.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 and this Act and the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1977 may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979.

(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Governor may appoint by order, and different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions of this Act or for different purposes of the same provision.

Sections 14, 51(2).

SCHEDULE 3 TO THE ACT

CONVENTION RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS AND THEIR LUGGAGE BY SEA

PART I

TEXT OF CONVENTION

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

In this Convention the following expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them:

1. (a) "carrier" means a person by or on behalf of whom a contract of carriage has been concluded, whether the carriage is actually performed by him or by a performing carrier;

(b) "performing carrier" means a person other than the carrier, being the owner, charterer or operator of a ship, who actually performs the whole or a part of the carriage;

2. "contract of carriage" means a contract made by or on behalf of a carrier for the carriage by sea of a passenger or of a passenger and his luggage, as the case may be;

3. "ship" means only a seagoing vessel, excluding an air-cushion vehicle;

4. "passenger" means any person carried in a ship,

(a) under a contract of carriage, or

(b) who, with the consent of the carrier, is accompanying a vehicle or live animals which are covered by a contract for the carriage of goods not governed by this Convention;

5. "luggage" means any article or vehicle carried by the carrier under a contract or carriage, excluding:

(a) articles and vehicles carried under a charter party, bill of lading or other contract primarily concerned with the carriage of goods, and

(b) live animals;

6. "cabin luggage" means luggage which the passenger has in his cabin or is otherwise in his possession, custody or control. Except for the application of paragraph 8 of this Article and Article 8, cabin luggage includes luggage which the passenger has in or on his vehicle;

7. "loss of or damage to luggage" includes pecuniary loss resulting from the luggage not having been re-delivered to the passenger within a reasonable time after the arrival of the ship on which the luggage has been or should have been carried, but does not include delays resulting from labour disputes;

8. "carriage" covers the following periods:

(a) with regard to the passenger and his cabin luggage, the period during which the passenger and/or his cabin luggage are on board the ship or in the course of embarkation or disembarkation, and the period during which the passenger and his cabin luggage are transported by water from land to the ship or vice-versa, if the cost of such transport is included in the fare or if the vessel used for the purpose of auxiliary transport has been put at the disposal of the passenger by the carrier. However, with regard to the passenger, carriage does not include the period during which he is in a marine terminal or station or on a quay or in or on any other port installation;

(b) with regard to cabin luggage, also the period during which the passenger is in a marine terminal or station or on a quay or in or on any other port installation it that luggage has been taken over by the carrier or his servant or agent and has not been re-delivered to the passenger;

(c) with regard to other luggage which is not cabin luggage, the period from the time of its taking over by the carrier or his servant or agent onshore or on board until the time of its re-delivery by the carrier or his servant or agent;

9. "international carriage" means any carriage in which, according to the contract of carriage, the place of departure and the place of destination are situated in two different States, or in a single State if, according to the contract of carriage or the scheduled itinerary, there is an intermediate port of call in another State;

ARTICLE 2

Application

1. This Convention shall apply to any international carriage if:

(a) the ship is flying the flag of or is registered in a State Party to this Convention, or

(b) the contract...

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