Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 3136
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Rate of Interest) (Amendment) Order 2003
Made
4th December 2003
Laid before Parliament
10th December 2003
Coming into force
31st December 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 8(1) of Part II of Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 1 ) and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Rate of Interest) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 31st December 2003.
Amendment of period for payment of rate of interest at the prescribed rate
2.The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Rate of Interest) Order 1999( 2 ) is amended by—
(a) at article 3(a)(iv), after “1st September 1999”, inserting “until 30th December 2003”; and
(b) at article 3(b), after “1st September 1999”, inserting “but before 31st December 2003.”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
4th December 2003
We concur with the making of this Order
Nick Ainger
Derek Twigg
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
1st December 2003
S.I. 1999/1922 .