Section 201: Limits for passenger claims
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201. Limits for passenger claims
(1) (a) In respect of a claim arising on any distinct occasion for loss of
life or personal injury to passengers of a ship, the limit of liability of the shipowner shall be an amount of 46,666 special drawing rights multiplied by the
number of passengers which the ship is authorised to carry according to the
ship’s certificate, but not exceeding 25 million special drawing rights.
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(b) In this subsection—
“claim for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a ship” means
any such claim brought by or on behalf of any person carried in that
ship—
(i) under a contract of passenger carriage; or
(ii) who, with the consent of the carrier, is accompanying a vehicle
or live animals which are covered by a contract for the carriage
of goods.
(2) In the case of a ship for which there is in force a Passenger Ship
Safety Certificate or Passenger Certificate, as the case may be, issued under
or recognised by any relevant Safety Regulations, the ship’s certificate mentioned in subsection (1) shall be that certificate.