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Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 931

The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (New Rate of Interest) Order 2004

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2004 No. 931


MERCHANT SHIPPING


The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (New Rate of Interest) Order 2004


 Made25th March 2004 
 Laid before Parliament2nd April 2004 
 Coming into force28th April 2004 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 8(1) of Part II of Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995[1], with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (New Rate of Interest) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 28th April 2004.

    2.In this Order "the prescribed rate" means one per cent more than the base rate quoted from time to time by the Bank of England or the rate of interest set by any body which may supersede it and where there is more than one such rate, the lowest of them.

Revocation and amendment
    3. - (1) The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (New Rate of Interest) Order 2003 [2] is hereby revoked.

    (2) The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Rate of Interest) Order 1999 [3] is amended at article 3(b) by inserting "until 30th December 2003" after "the prescribed rate".

Rate of interest
    4.The rate of interest for the purposes of article 11(1) of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 [4] shall be the prescribed rate from 31st December 2003 where - 

    (a) the occurrence takes place before 1 September 1999, but the fund is constituted on or after 1st September 1999; or

    (b) the occurrence takes place on or after 1st September 1999.



Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State


David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport

25th March 2004



We concur with the making of this Order.


Nick Ainger

Jim Murphy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

15th March 2004


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2003/3135 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Order.

This Order revokes the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (New Rate of Interest) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3135) and amends article 3(b) of the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Rate of Interest) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1922).

The Order provides that the rate of interest from 31st December 2003 to be included in the limitation fund constituted by a person seeking to limit his liability by virtue of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 where  - 

    (a) the occurrence takes place before 1 September 1999 but the fund is constituted on or after 1 September 1999; and

    (b) the occurrence takes place on or after 1 September 1999

shall be calculated by reference to a formula.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on business.

Notes:

[1] 1995 c. 21.back

[2] S.I. 2003/3135.back

[3] S.I. 1999/1922 as amended by S.I.2003/3136.back

[4] Set out in Part I of Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 as amended by S.I. 1998/1258.back


ISBN 0 11 048993 4


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