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424        Chairman (wherever occurring)  Chairperson
424(4C)    he                             he or she

SCHEDULE 3—continued

PART 2

AMENDMENTS OF THE PROTECTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY) ACT 1981

Column 1  Column 2—Omit            Column 3—Substitute
10(1)     he                       he or she
          his                      his or her
10(2)     his                      his or her
13(2)(b)  his                      his or her
15(4)     he (wherever occurring)  he or she
15(5)     he                       the officer
          him                      the officer
16(3)     he (wherever occurring)  he or she
17(1)     for him to do so         to do so
17(3)     he                       he or she
20(1)     his                      his or her
21(a)     his                      his or her
26(1)     him                      the Minister
          his                      his or her

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                                             SCHEDULE 4 Section 3 and item 58 of Part H of Schedule 1

SCHEDULE TO BE ADDED AFTER SCHEDULE 8 TO THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912

                          ''SCHEDULE 9  Section 294

PART A

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON SALVAGE, 1989

THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION,

RECOGNIZING the desirability of determining by agreement uniform international rules regarding salvage operations,

NOTING that substantial developments, in particular the increased concern for the protection of the environment, have demonstrated the need to review the international rules presently contained in the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, done at Brussels, 23 September 1910,

CONSCIOUS of the major contribution which efficient and timely salvage operations can make to the safety of vessels and other property in danger and to the protection of the environment,

CONVINCED of the need to ensure that adequate incentives are available to persons who undertake salvage operations in respect of vessels and other property in danger,

HAVE AGREED as follows:

Chapter I—General provisions

Article 1

Definitions

  For the purpose of this Convention:

    (a) Salvage operation means any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable waters or in any other waters whatsoever.

    (b) Vessel means any ship or craft, or any structure capable of navigation.

    (c) Property means any property not permanently and intentionally attached to the shoreline and includes freight at risk.

    (d) Damage to the environment means substantial physical damage to human health or to marine life or resources in coastal or inland waters or areas adjacent thereto, caused by pollution, contamination, fire, explosion or similar major incidents.

    (e) Payment means any reward, remuneration or compensation due under this Convention.

    (f) Organization means the International Maritime Organization.

    (g) Secretary-General means the Secretary-General of the Organization.

Article 2

Application of the Convention

This Convention shall apply whenever judicial or arbitral proceedings relating to matters dealt with in this Convention are brought in a State Party.

SCHEDULE 4—continued

Article 3

Platforms and drilling units

This Convention shall not apply to fixed or