Marine Liability Act (S.C. 2001, c. 6)

Act current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2010-01-02. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Amendment of limits

40. The Governor in Council may, by regulation, amend Schedule 2 to implement an amendment that is made in accordance with Article VIII of the Protocol to any of the limits of liability that are specified in paragraph 1 of Article 7 or in Article 8 of the Convention, including the deductibles referred to in that Article 8.

  • 2001, c. 6, s. 40;
  • 2009, c. 21, s. 10.
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PART 5

LIABILITY FOR CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY WATER

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

41. The definitions in this section apply in this Part.

“Hague-Visby Rules”

« règles de La Haye-Visby »

“Hague-Visby Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 3 and embodied in the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, concluded at Brussels on August 25, 1924, in the Protocol concluded at Brussels on February 23, 1968, and in the additional Protocol concluded at Brussels on December 21, 1979.

“Hamburg Rules”

« règles de Hambourg »

“Hamburg Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 4 and embodied in the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978, concluded at Hamburg on March 31, 1978.

Marginal note:Other statutory limitations of liability

42. Nothing in this Part affects the operation of any other Part of this Act, or section 250 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, or a provision of any other Act or regulation that limits the liability of owners of ships.

  • 2001, c. 6, s. 42, c. 26, s. 324.
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Hague-Visby Rules

Marginal note:Effect

  • 43. (1) The Hague-Visby Rules have the force of law in Canada in respect of contracts for the carriage of goods by water between different states as described in Article X of those Rules.

  • Marginal note:Extended application

    (2) The Hague-Visby Rules also apply in respect of contracts for the carriage of goods by water from one place in Canada to another place in Canada, either directly or by way of a place outside Canada, unless there is no bill of lading and the contract stipulates that those Rules do not apply.

  • Marginal note:Meaning of “Contracting State”

    (3) For the purposes of this section, the expression “Contracting State” in Article X of the Hague-Visby Rules includes Canada and any state that, without being a Contracting State, gives the force of law to the rules embodied in the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, concluded at Brussels on August 25, 1924 and in the Protocol concluded at Brussels on February 23, 1968, regardless of whether that state gives the force of law to the additional Protocol concluded at Brussels on December 21, 1979.

  • Marginal note:Replacement by Hamburg Rules

    (4) The Hague-Visby Rules do not apply in respect of contracts entered into after the coming into force of section 45.