Under the amendments to the Protocol, the limits are raised as follows: The limit of liability for claims for loss of life or personal injury on. Members will recall that substantial increases in the liability limits set by the London Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime. The Protocol to the Limitation Convention ( LLMC) In May , the IMO introduced a Protocol to amend the Convention on the.

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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 ofUnits of Account multiplied by the number of passengers which the ship is authorized to carry according to the ship’s certificate. For any State which expresses its consent to be bound by this Protocol after the conditions in paragraph 1 for entry into force have been met, this Protocol shall enter into force ninety days following the date of expression of such consent.

Article 8 Amendment of limits 1. For larger ships, the following additional amounts are used in calculating the limitation amount: Some pages or content may fail to load. Article 8 Amendment of limits 1. Article 2 Article 3, subparagraph a of the Convention is replaced by the following text: Incidents governed by English law which occurred between 8 June and 30 November will therefore remain subject to the old limits.

Turn off more accessible mode. When acting on a proposal to amend the limits, the Legal 1969 shall take into account the experience of incidents and, in particular, the amount of damage resulting therefrom, changes in the monetary values and the effect of the proposed amendment on the cost of insurance. A State which is Party to this Protocol but not a Party to the Convention shall be bound by the provisions of the Convention as amended by this Protocol in relation to other States Parties hereto, but shall not be bound by the provisions of the Convention in relation to States Parties only to the Convention.

Do Members require any further documentation from the Club to evidence compliance with the amendment? LLMCamendment.

This Protocol shall enter into force ninety days following the date on which ten States have expressed their consent to be bound by it. The effect of the Limitation convention for ship owners therefore remains the same, other than the fact that ship owners, when visiting to contracting states will be subject to the new higher limits.

Any comments to this article can be e-mailed to the Gard News Editor. Such denunciation shall take effect when the amendment enters into force. This Ship Finder is updated on a daily basis.

The 1996 Protocol to the 1976 Limitation Convention (1996 LLMC)

This Protocol may be denounced by any State Party at any time after the date on which it enters into force for that State Party. Some content on this site is available in all official languages. The limit of liability for claims for loss of life or personal injury on ships not exceeding 2, gross tonnage is 3. The limits of liability for claims other than those mentioned in Article 7, arising on any distinct occasion, shall be calculated as follows: Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of 19966 with the Secretary-General.

Steamship Mutual – The Protocol to the Limitation Convention ( LLMC)

A State which is Party to this Protocol but not a Party to the Convention shall be bound by the provisions of the Convention as amended by this Protocol in relation to other States Parties hereto, but shall not be bound by the provisions of the Convention in relation to States Parties only to the Convention.

This meant the amendments were deemed accepted at the end of 18 months after the date of notification to all contracting states, and entered into force 18 months thereafter on 8 June Article 13 Revision and amendment 1. Protocol increases amounts of compensation for maritime claims.

Claims to which the protocol will apply In the countries where it is applicable, the LLMC Protocol will apply to claims arising out of occurrences which llmv place after its entry into force on 13th Llm For larger ships, the following additional amounts are used in calculating the limitation amount:. Article lllmc Denunciation 1. For any State which expresses its consent to be bound by this Protocol after the conditions in paragraph I for entry into force have been met, this Protocol shall enter into force ninety days following the date of expression of such consent.

If you need to call our offices out of hours and at weekends, click After Office hours for a up to date list of the names of the Duty Executives and their mobile phone numbers. This Protocol will come into force 3 months after 10 states have become signatories.

It should be noted that the minimum limitation fund has been increased substantially to SDR 2, Lllmc Contracting States shall be bound by the amendment, unless they denounce this Protocol in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 12 at least six months before the amendment enters into force. As under the LLMC, the limits under the protocol are global limits. This Protocol shall be open for signature at the Headquarters of the Organization from 1 October to 30 September by all States.

LLMC 1996, 2012 amendment. FAQs

The Governments of contracting states had 18 months to object to the new limits i. The Convention and this Protocol shall, as between the Parties to this Protocol, be read and interpreted together as one single instrument. A denunciation shall take effect twelve months, or such longer period as may be specified in the instrument of denunciation, after its deposit with the Secretary-General. The Amendment Order provides that no modification of the limits of 19996 Protocol is to affect any rights or liabilities arising out of an occurrence which took place before the day on which the modification has effect.

Article 13 Revision and amendment 1. The limit of liability for claims for loss of life or personal injury on ships not exceeding 2, gross tonnage is 3. Llkc larger ships, the following additional amounts are used in calculating the limitation amount: Article 1 For the purposes of this Protocol: A conference for the purpose of revising or amending this Protocol may be llmmc by the Organization.

The amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted at the end of a period of eighteen months after the date of notification, unless within that period not less than one-fourth of the States that were Contracting States at the time of the adoption of the amendment have communicated to the Secretary-General that they do not accept the amendment, in which case the amendment is rejected and shall have no effect.

An amendment deemed to have been accepted in accordance with paragraph 7 shall enter into force eighteen months after its acceptance. Affiliated Bodies and Programmes. You are currently offline. When an amendment has been adopted but the eighteen-month period for its acceptance has not yet expired, a State which becomes a Contracting State during that period shall be bound by the amendment if it enters into force. 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 19996 the shipowner thereof shall be an amount ofUnits of Account multiplied by the number of passengers which the ship is authorized to carry according to the ship’s certificate.

Please enable scripts and reload this page. Any amendment proposed and circulated as above shall be submitted to the Legal Committee of the Organization the Legal Committee for consideration at a date at least six months after the date of its circulation. Article 2 Article 3, subparagraph a of the Convention is replaced by the following text: