Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1996
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Monetary limit under Article 7 of the 1974 Convention: power to increase as against certain carriers. |
23.—The Minister may by order provide that, in relation to a carrier whose principal place of business is in the State, paragraph 1 (inserted by the 1976 Protocol) of Article 7 of the 1974 Convention shall have effect with the substitution for the monetary limit specified in that paragraph of a higher monetary limit specified in the order (which shall not be lower than the monetary limit specified in paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the Convention referred to in section 7 ). |