Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (COLLISION DAMAGE LIABILITY AND SALVAGE) ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Salvage Convention 1989 to have the force of law

PART III

SALVAGE

(1) The provisions of the International Convention on Salvage 1989
("the Convention"), as set out in Part I of Schedule 1, shall have the force
of law in Hong Kong. [cf. 1994 c. 28 s. 1(1) U.K.]

(2) The provisions of Part II of Schedule 1 shall have effect in connection
with the Convention, and subsection (1) shall have effect subject to the
provisions of that Part. [cf. 1994 c. 28 s. 1(2) U.K.]

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) shall affect any rights or liabilities
arising out of any salvage operations started or other acts done before the
day on which this Part comes into force. [ cf. 1994 c. 28  s. 1 (4) U.K.]

(4) The provisions of Schedule 2 (which make amendments consequential on
subsections (1) and (2)) shall have effect, but nothing in any amendment made
by those provisions shall affect any rights or liabilities arising out of any
salvage operations started or other acts done before the day on which the
amendment comes into force. [ cf. 1994 c.  28 s. 1(6) U.K.]

(5) Sections 23, 24 and 25 of the Interpretation and General 
Clauses Ordinance ( Cap 1) apply to the repeal of an Act mentioned in Schedule
2 as they apply to the repeal of an Ordinance.