The Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985

Made: 20th March 1985

Coming into Operation: 10th April 1985

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of March 1985

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 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:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 10th April 1985.

2

It is hereby certified that the contracting States to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924[^f00001], as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February 1968[^f00002] and the territories in respect of which they are respectively contracting States are as listed in the Schedule to this Order.

3

The Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1982 is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Signed

G. I. de Deney — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 gives effect in the United Kingdom to the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924 (Cmd. 3806), as amended by the Protocol of 23rd February 1968 (Cmnd. 6944) (commonly known as “the Hague-Visby Rules”).

This Order, which revokes the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1982, certifies the contracting States to the 1924 Convention as amended by the 1968 Protocol and the territories in respect of which they are contracting States. Since the previous Order was made in 1982 the Rules have entered into force for Egypt, Finland, Spain, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Dependencies, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Cmd. 3806.

[^f00002]: Cmnd. 6944.