Hong Kong Ordinances

NUCLEAR MATERIAL (LIABILITY FOR CARRIAGE) ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Satisfaction of claims under section 3

(1) A relevant operator shall not be required by virtue of section  3 to make
any payment by way of compensation in respect of an occurrence-

   (a)  when the occurrence involves nuclear material in the course of
        carriage and the claim is in respect of damage to the means of
        transport being used for that carriage, unless the relevant law
        otherwise provides;

   (b)  to the extent that the amount required for the satisfaction of the
        claim is not required to be made available by the relevant law and has
        not been made available by means of a relevant contribution.

(2) A relevant operator shall not be required by virtue of section  5 (1)(a)
or 6(1)(b) to make any payment by way of compensation in respect of an
occurrence if he would not have been required to make that payment if the
occurrence had taken place in his home territory and the claim had been made
by virtue of the relevant law. (Enacted 1995) [cf. 1965 c. 57 s. 16 U.K.]