Marine Liability Act ( 2001, c. 6 )
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| MARINE LIABILITY ACT |
| SHORT TITLE |
| INTERPRETATION |
| HER MAJESTY |
| PART 1: PERSONAL INJURIES AND FATALITIES |
| Interpretation and Application |
| Liability to Dependants |
| PART 2: APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY |
| Interpretation and Application |
| General |
| Limitation of Time |
| PART 3: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR MARITIME CLAIMS |
| Interpretation |
| Application |
| Liability of Owners of Docks, Canals and Ports |
| Amendment of Maximum Liability |
| Procedure |
| PART 4: LIABILITY FOR CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS BY WATER |
| Interpretation |
| Application |
| Regulations and Orders |
| PART 5: LIABILITY FOR CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY WATER |
| Interpretation |
| Hague-Visby Rules |
| Hamburg Rules |
| Institution of Proceedings in Canada |
| PART 6: LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR POLLUTION |
| Interpretation |
| Application |
| DIVISION 1: CIVIL LIABILITY FOR POLLUTION |
| Owners of Ships |
| Special Rules — Convention Ships |
| Registration of Foreign Judgments |
| DIVISION 2: COMPENSATION FOR POLLUTION |
| International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund |
| Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund |
| Administrator and Deputy Administrator |
| Liability of Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund |
| Claims Arising under Section 51 |
| Claims for Loss of Income |
| Proceedings against Shipowner |
| Limit of Liability of Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund |
| Application to Court for Directions |
| Payments into the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund |
| Annual Report |
| Interest on Claims |
| Regulations |
| Offences and Punishment |
| PART 7: VALIDATION OF CERTAIN BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS |
| By-laws under the Canada Ports Corporation Act |
| Regulations under the Pilotage Act |
| PART 8: TRANSITIONAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, CONDITIONAL AMENDMENT, REPEAL AND COMING INTO FORCE |
| Transitional |
| Consequential Amendments |
| Conditional Amendment |
| Repeal |
| Coming into Force |
| SCHEDULE 1 |
| PART 1 |
| CHAPTER I. THE RIGHT OF LIMITATION |
| ARTICLE 1: Persons entitled to limit liability |
| ARTICLE 2: Claims subject to limitation |
| ARTICLE 3: Claims excepted from limitation |
| ARTICLE 4: Conduct barring limitation |
| ARTICLE 5: Counterclaims |
| CHAPTER II. LIMITS OF LIABILITY |
| ARTICLE 6: The general limits |
| ARTICLE 7: The limit for passenger claims |
| ARTICLE 8: Unit of Account |
| ARTICLE 9: Aggregation of claims |
| ARTICLE 10: Limitation of liability without constitution of a limitation fund |
| CHAPTER III. THE LIMITATION FUND |
| ARTICLE 11: Constitution of the fund |
| ARTICLE 12: Distribution of the fund |
| ARTICLE 13: Bar to other actions |
| ARTICLE 14: Governing law |
| CHAPTER IV. SCOPE OF APPLICATION |
| ARTICLE 15 |
| PART 2 |
| ARTICLE 18: Reservations |
| ARTICLE 8: Amendment of limits |
| ARTICLE 9 |
| SCHEDULE 2 |
| PART 1 |
| ARTICLE 1: Definitions |
| ARTICLE 2: Application |
| ARTICLE 3: Liability of the carrier |
| ARTICLE 4: Performing carrier |
| ARTICLE 5: Valuables |
| ARTICLE 6: Contributory fault |
| ARTICLE 7: Limit of liability for personal injury |
| ARTICLE 8: Limit of liability for loss of or damage to luggage |
| ARTICLE 9: Unit of account and conversion |
| ARTICLE 10: Supplementary provisions on limits of liability |
| ARTICLE 11: Defences and limits for carriers’ servants |
| ARTICLE 12: Aggregation of claims |
| ARTICLE 13: Loss of right to limit liability |
| ARTICLE 14: Basis for claims |
| ARTICLE 15: Notice of loss or damage to luggage |
| ARTICLE 16: Time-bar for actions |
| ARTICLE 17: Competent jurisdiction |
| ARTICLE 18: Invalidity of contractual provisions |
| ARTICLE 19: Other conventions on limitation of liability |
| ARTICLE 20: Nuclear damage |
| ARTICLE 21: Commercial carriage by public authorities |
| ARTICLE 22: Declaration of non-application |
| PART 2 |
| ARTICLE III |
| ARTICLE VIII: Amendment of limits |
| SCHEDULE 3: HAGUE-VISBY RULES |
| ARTICLE I: Definitions |
| ARTICLE II: Risks |
| ARTICLE III: Responsibilities and Liabilities |
| ARTICLE IV: Rights and Immunities |
| ARTICLE IV BIS: Application of Defences and Limits of Liability |
| ARTICLE V: Surrender of Rights and Immunities, and Increase of Responsibilities and Liabilities |
| ARTICLE VI: Special Conditions |
| ARTICLE VII: Limitations on the Application of the Rules |
| ARTICLE VIII: Limitation of Liability |
| ARTICLE IX: Liability for Nuclear Damage |
| ARTICLE X: Application |
| SCHEDULE 4: HAMBURG RULES |
| UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA, 1978 |
| Preamble |
| PART I: GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| ARTICLE 1: Definitions |
| ARTICLE 2: Scope of application |
| ARTICLE 3: Interpretation of the Convention |
| PART II: LIABILITY OF THE CARRIER |
| ARTICLE 4: Period of responsibility |
| ARTICLE 5: Basis of liability |
| ARTICLE 6: Limits of liability |
| ARTICLE 7: Application to non-contractual claims |
| ARTICLE 8: Loss of right to limit responsibility |
| ARTICLE 9: Deck cargo |
| ARTICLE 10: Liability of the carrier and actual carrier |
| ARTICLE 11: Through carriage |
| PART III: LIABILITY OF THE SHIPPER |
| ARTICLE 12: General rule |
| ARTICLE 13: Special rules on dangerous goods |
| PART IV: TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS |
| ARTICLE 14: Issue of bill of lading |
| ARTICLE 15: Contents of bill of lading |
| ARTICLE 16: Bills of lading: reservations and evidentiary effect |
| ARTICLE 17: Guarantees by the shipper |
| ARTICLE 18: Documents other than bills of lading |
| PART V: CLAIMS AND ACTIONS |
| ARTICLE 19: Notice of loss, damage or delay |
| ARTICLE 20: Limitation of actions |
| ARTICLE 21: Jurisdiction |
| ARTICLE 22: Arbitration |
| PART VI: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS |
| ARTICLE 23: Contractual stipulations |
| ARTICLE 24: General average |
| ARTICLE 25: Other conventions |
| ARTICLE 26: Unit of account |
| PART VII: FINAL CLAUSES |
| ARTICLE 27: Depositary |
| ARTICLE 28: Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession |
| ARTICLE 29: Reservations |
| ARTICLE 30: Entry into force |
| ARTICLE 31: Denunciation of other conventions |
| ARTICLE 32: Revision and amendment |
| ARTICLE 33: Revision of the limitation amounts and unit of account or monetary unit |
| ARTICLE 34: Denunciation |
| COMMON UNDERSTANDING ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA |