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Schedule 1A—1996 Protocol to amend Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims of 19 November 1976

Note: See subsection 3(1).

THE PARTIES TO THE PRESENT PROTOCOL,

CONSIDERING that it is desirable to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, done at London on 19 November 1976, to provide for enhanced compensation and to establish a simplified procedure for updating the limitation amounts,

HAVE AGREED as follows:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Protocol:

    1. "Convention" means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976.

    2.  "Organization" means the International Maritime Organization.

    3.  "Secretary‑General" means the Secretary‑General of the Organization.

Article 2

Article 3, subparagraph (a) of the Convention is replaced by the following text:

         (a) claims for salvage, including, if applicable, any claim for special compensation under Article 14 of the International Convention on Salvage 1989, as amended, or contribution in general average;

Article 3

Article 6, paragraph 1 of the Convention is replaced by the following text:

    1. The limits of liability for claims other than those mentioned in Article 7, arising on any distinct occasion, shall be calculated as follows:

         (a) in respect of claims for loss of life or personal injury,

                  (i) 2 million Units of Account for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons,

                  (ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof, the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i):

                  for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 800 Units of Account;

                  for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 600 Units of Account; and

                  for each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 400 Units of Account,

         (b) in respect of any other claims,

                  (i) 1 million Units of Account for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons,

                  (ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof, the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i):

                  for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 400 Units of Account;

                  for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 300 Units of Account; and

                  for each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 200 Units of Account.

Article 4

Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Convention is replaced by the following text:

    1. In respect of claims arising on any distinct occasion for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a ship, the limit of liability of the shipowner thereof shall be an amount of 175,000 Units of Account multiplied by the number of passengers which the ship is authorized to carry according to the ship's certificate.

Article 5

Article 8, paragraph 2 of the Convention is replaced by the following text:

    2. Nevertheless, those States which are not members of