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The London P&I Club is the trading name of The London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Limited and its subsidiary The London P&I Insurance Company (Europe) Limited. The London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Limited. Registered in England No 10341. Registered Office: 50 Leman Street, London, E1 8HQ. The London P&I Insurance Company (Europe) Limited, a private limited liability company registered in Cyprus, No HE410091. Registered Office: Esperidon 5, 4th Floor, Strovolos, 2001, Nicosia. CLASS 5, THE PROTECTING AND INDEMNITY CLASS ____________________ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SEPARATE MEETING of the MEMBERS OF CLASS 5, THE PROTECTING AND INDEMNITY CLASS, of The London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association Ltd (“the Association”) will be held at the REGISTERED OFFICE of the Association, 50 LEMAN STREET, LONDON, E1 8HQ and/or via the Zoom video conferencing platform at 12 noon on WEDNESDAY, 26 th JANUARY 2022, or as soon thereafter as the meeting of the Members’ Committee called for that day is finished, for the purpose of amending the Rules*. The following amendments together with such further amendments, if any, as may be proposed at the Meeting, will be submitted for adoption with or without modification and with effect from noon G.M.T. on the 20th day of February 2022. [New wording is in bold. The explanatory notes in italics will not appear in the actual Rules.] RULE 1 – INTRODUCTORY 1.1 In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise: .... .... “Declared Communicable Disease” A Communicable Disease which outbreak the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) has determined to be a public health emergency of international concern; .... .... “Communicable Disease” Any disease, known or unknown, which can be transmitted by means of any substance or agent from any organism to another organism where: (a) the substance or agent includes but is not limited to a virus, bacterium, parasite or other organism or any variation or mutation of any of the foregoing, whether deemed living or not, and (b) the method of transmission, whether direct or indirect, includes but is not limited to human touch or contact, airborne transmission, bodily fluid transmission, transmission to or from or via any solid object or surface or liquid or gas, and - 2 (c) the disease, substance or agent may, acting alone or in conjunction with other co-morbidities, conditions, genetic susceptibilities, or with the human immune system, cause death, illness or bodily harm or temporarily or permanently impair human physical or mental health or adversely affect the value of or safe use of property of any kind. [Explanation: The proposed definitions of “Communicable Disease” and “Declared Communicable Disease” adopt the wording introduced by the London (Re) Insurance Market.] ‘’Knock for Knock’’ means a provision or provisions stipulating that: a) each party to a contract shall be similarly responsible for (i) loss of or damage to, and/or death of or injury to, any of its own property or personnel, and/or the property or personnel of its contractors and/or of its and their subcontractors and/or of other third parties and/or (ii) liability arising out of the ownership or operation of its own property, and that b) such responsibility shall be without recourse to the other party and arise notwithstanding any fault or neglect of any party, and that c) each party shall, in respect of those losses, damages or other liabilities for which it
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pi_circular London P&I Club ·2022-04-05

Circular 5.600: Rule Changes - Class 5

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