Consultation outcome

Seagoing ship owners: increases to liability limits

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 22 December 2015
• Last updated: 8 November 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Consultation on changes to domestic legislation implementing certain international maritime liability conventions: final outcome

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Detail of outcome

The summary of responses and next steps to this consultation. The next steps are that we will proceed with the proposed package of measures, excluding the option of removing the ship-owner’s right to limit their liability in respect of:

• death of passengers
• personal injury to passengers
• loss or damage to their luggage

We will now proceed to lay the relevant order in Parliament.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposed changes to UK legislation to increase international maritime liability conventions.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 22 December 2015 to 11:59pm on 1 February 2016

Consultation description

We seek your views on our proposals, and assessment of the impacts, from increasing the maritime liability limits and simplify existing maritime legislation.

Maritime liability limits are set out in the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, amended by the 1996 Protocol. They came into force internationally on 8 June 2015 and would take effect in the UK through secondary legislation.

Documents

Consultation on changes to domestic legislation implementing certain international maritime liability conventions

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Published 22 December 2015
Last updated 8 November 2016 + show all updates

1. 8 November 2016

   Final consultation outcome.

2. 22 December 2015

   First published.