Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR MARITIME CLAIMS ACT 1989 No. 151 of 1989 - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3
Section 13 AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912 Section 59B:
Repeal the section, substitute the following section: Shipowner not entitled
to limit liability in respect of certain claims

"59B. (1) In this section:
'Convention' means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime
Claims, 1976, being the Convention a copy of whose English text is set out in
Schedule 1 to the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989.

"(2) The owner of a ship is not entitled to limit his, her or its liability in
respect of any claim of a kind specified in paragraph (1) (a) of Article 2 of
the Convention made by:

   (a)  a servant of the owner whose duties are connected with the ship; or

   (b)  any heir or dependant of the servant or any other person who is,
        within the meaning of paragraph (e) of Article 3 of the Convention, a
        person entitled to make such a claim.". Heading to Part VIII:
Omit "LIMITATION AND". Division 1 of Part VIII:
Repeal the Division. Schedules 6 and 6A:
Repeal the Schedules.