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The ratification by the United Kingdom Government of the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol thereto on matters specific to Aircraft Equipment has been well publicised.
The ratification by the United Kingdom Government of the
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the
Protocol thereto on matters specific to Aircraft Equipment (the
Cape Town Convention) and its extension
to the Cayman Islands has been
well publicised.
The UK has now confirmed that the Cape Town Convention will come
into force on 1 November 2015, and on that date the Cayman Islands
will gain the status of a territorial unit of a Convention State
with the benefit of the declarations made on its behalf by the
United Kingdom.
Training wheels off...
Harneys is part of a working group formed by the Cayman Islands
Government to discuss the practical application of the Cape Town
Convention and mechanics ahead of commencement and will continue to
support the Government in this respect.
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