
1 
This Order may be cited as the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (Parties to Convention) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 6th January 1987.
2 
In this Order, “the Convention” means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979.
3 
It is hereby declared that the States specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order are parties to the Convention, and that each of those States is a party to the Convention in respect of the territories specified opposite thereto in the second column of the Schedule and with effect from the date of entry into force of the Convention for that State as specified in the third column of the Schedule.
G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE


States Territories Date of Entry into Force of the Convention
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1st December 1986
 The Bailiwick of Guernsey 1st December 1986
 The Bailiwick of Jersey 1st December 1986
 Isle of Man 1st December 1986
 Bermuda 1st December 1986
 British Virgin Islands 1st December 1986
 Cayman Islands 1st December 1986
 Falkland Islands 1st December 1986
 Gibraltar 1st December 1986
 Hong Kong 1st December 1986
 Montserrat 1st December 1986
 Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands 1st December 1986
 Saint Helena and Dependencies 1st December 1986
 Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia 1st December 1986
 Turks and Caicos Islands 1st December 1986
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas The Bahamas 1st December 1986
Belize Belize 1st December 1986 
The People's Republic of Benin Benin 1st December 1986
The Kingdom of Denmark Denmark 1st December 1986
The Republic of Finland Finland 1st December 1986
The French Republic France 1st December 1986
Japan Japan 1st December 1986
The Republic of Liberia Liberia 1st December 1986
The Kingdom of Norway Norway 1st December 1986
The People's Republic of Poland Poland 1st December 1986
The Kingdom of Spain Spain 1st December 1986
The Kingdom of Sweden Sweden 1st December 1986
The Yemen Arab Republic Yemen Arab Republic 1st December 1986