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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Limitation of liability for maritime claims

87A: Governor-General may notify amended limits

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"The Governor-General can change the limits of liability for maritime claims"

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The Governor-General can notify new limits of liability by Order in Council if the limits in Article 6, 7, or 8 of the LLMC Convention are amended. You can find the new limits and the date they take effect in the notification. The Governor-General must follow the rules in the LLMC Protocol when notifying the new limits, and you can find more information about publication requirements in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The new limits can be used in court cases unless someone proves they are wrong. An Order in Council is a type of secondary legislation.

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Part 7Limitation of liability for maritime claims

87AGovernor-General may notify amended limits

  1. If the limits of liability specified in Article 6, 7, or 8 of the LLMC Convention (as amended by the LLMC Protocol) are amended in accordance with Article 8 of the LLMC Protocol, the Governor-General, may, by Order in Council, notify—

  2. the new limits; and
    1. the date from which those limits take effect in accordance with Article 8 of the LLMC Protocol.

      1. The limits notified in accordance with subsection (1), may, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be taken in any proceedings to be the current limits.

      2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 87A: inserted, on , by section 28 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
      • Section 87A(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).