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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 234.13
LOAD LINES CONVENTION ORDER
17th December, 1974
LEGAL NOTICES 132 of 1974, 51 of 1976, 120 of 1977, 30 of 1979 and
39 of 1986. 
Title.
Declaration of 
Convention 
countries.
2. It is hereby declared that the Governments of the countries
specified in the First Schedule have accepted or acceded to the
International Convention on Load Lines 1966 on the date shown
against each country.
Extention of 
Convention to 
other countries and 
territories.
3. It is hereby declared that the International Convention on
Load Lines 1966 has been extended to the territories specified in
the Second Schedule.
FIRST SCHEDULE
(Article 2)
Country Date
Panama .............................................................. 13 May 1966
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ................... 4 July 1966
Tunisia .............................................................. 23 August 1966
Trinidad and Tobago .......................................... 24 August 1966
United States of America ................................... 17 November 1966
France ............................................................... 30 November 1966
South Africa ...................................................... 14 December 1966
Madagascar ....................................................... 16 January 1967
Peru ................................................................... 18 January 1967
Somalia ............................................................. 30 March 1967
Liberia .............................................................. 8 May 1967
Denmark ........................................................... 28 June 1967
Israel ................................................................. 5 July 1967
United Kingdom ................................................ 11 July 1967
Hong Kong ........................................................ 16 August 1972
Netherlands, Surinam and Netherlands Antilles .. 21 July 1967
Sweden .............................................................. 28 July 1967
Mauritania ......................................................... 4 December 1967
Morocco ............................................................ 19 January 1968
Maldives ........................................................... 29 January 1968
Norway ............................................................. 18 March 1968
Italy .................................................................. 19 April 1968
India .................................................................. 19 April 1968
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Switzerland ....................................................... 23 April 1968
Japan ................................................................. 15 May 1968
Finland .............................................................. 15 May 1968
Zaire ................................................................. 20 May 1968
Greece ............................................................... 12 June 1968
Vietnam, Republic of ......................................... 14 June 1968
Spain ................................................................. 1 July 1968
Australia ........................................................... 29 July 1968
Turkey ............................................................... 5 August 1968
Ireland ............................................................... 28 August 1968
Kuwait .............................................................. 28 August 1968
Ghana ................................................................ 25 September 1968
Yugoslavia ........................................................ 25 October 1968
Nigeria .............................................................. 14 November 1968
Pakistan ............................................................. 5 December 1968
Egypt, Arab Republic of .................................... 6 December 1968
Bulgaria ............................................................ 30 December 1968
Belgium ............................................................ 22 January 1969
Cuba .................................................................. 6 February 1969
Philippines ........................................................ 4 March 1969
Germany, Federal Republic of ........................... 9 April 1969
Cyprus ............................................................... 5 May 1969
Democratic Yemen ............................................ 20 May 1969
Poland ............................................................... 28 May 1969
Czechoslovakia ................................................. 16 June 1969
Korea, Republic of ............................................. 10 July 1969
Brazil ................................................................ 12 September 1969
Portugal ............................................................. 22 December 1969
Canada .............................................................. 14 January, 1970
New Zealand ..................................................... 5 February 1970
Monaco ............................................................. 25 March 1970
Mexico .............................................................. 25 March 1970
Iceland .............................................................. 24 June 1970
Lebanon ............................................................ 7 July 1970
Zambia .............................................................. 2 September 1970
Malaysia ............................................................ 12 January 1971
Argentina .......................................................... 3 June 1971
Romania ............................................................ 3 June 1971
Ivory Coast ........................................................ 19 July 1971
Singapore .......................................................... 21 September 1971
Austria .............................................................. 4 August 1972
Fiji .................................................................... 29 November 1972
Dominican Republic .......................................... 28 June 1973
Hungary ............................................................ 25 September 1973
China ................................................................ 5 October 1973
Country Date
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Iran ................................................................... 5 October 1973
Sri Lanka ........................................................... 10 May 1974
Libyan Arab Republic ........................................ 12 August 1974
Malta ................................................................. 11 September 1974
Venezuela ......................................................... 15 October 1974
Chile
German Democratic Republic
Kenya
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Surinam ............................................................. 25 November 1975
Ecuador ............................................................. 12 January 1976
Papua New Guinea ............................................ 18 May 1976
Bahamas ............................................................ 22 July 1976
Seychelles ......................................................... 1 October 1976
Algeria .............................................................. 4 October 1976
Indonesia ........................................................... 17 January 1977
Tonga ................................................................ 12 April 1977
Uruguay ............................................................ 18 April 1977
Cape Verde ........................................................ 28 April 1977
Senegal ............................................................. 18 August 1977
Honduras ........................................................... 16 November 1977
Bangladesh ........................................................ 10 May 1978
Samoa ............................................................... 23 October 1979
Qatar ................................................................. 31 December 1980
Guinea ............................................................... 19 January 1981
Gabon ............................................................... 21 January 1982
Van Uatu ........................................................... 28 July 1982
Jamaica ............................................................. 18 August 1982
Barbados ........................................................... 1 September 1982
United Arab Emirates ........................................ 15 December 1983
Djibouti ............................................................. 1 March 1984
Cameroon .......................................................... 14 May 1984
Ethiopia ............................................................. 18 July 1985
Tuvalu ............................................................... 22 August 1985
Bahrain ............................................................. 21 October 1985
Benin ................................................................ 1 November 1985
Country Date
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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Article 3)
Country Date
American Samoa
Bermuda
The Canal Zone
Guam
Puerto Rico
Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
Virgin Islands
Midway Islands ................................................. 18 March 1976
Wake Island ....................................................... 18 March 1976
Johnston Island .................................................. 18 March 1976
Isle of Man ........................................................ 11 October 1984
Aruba ................................................................ 1 January 1986
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ....................... 29 April 1986
