Marine Liability Act

Marginal note:Force of law

• 37 (1) Articles 1 to 22 of the Convention have the force of law in Canada.

• Marginal note:Extended application

  (2) Articles 1 to 22 of the Convention also apply in respect of

  • (a) the carriage by water, under a contract of carriage, of passengers or of passengers and their luggage from one place in Canada to the same or another place in Canada, either directly or by way of a place outside Canada; and

  • (b) the carriage by water, otherwise than under a contract of carriage, of persons or of persons and their luggage, excluding

    • (i) the master of a ship, a member of a ship’s crew or any other person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of the ship, and

    • (ii) a person carried on board a ship other than a ship operated for a commercial or public purpose.