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(1) Subject to sections 410 and 411, the following claims are subject to limitation of liability regardless of the bases of liability

(a) claims in respect of loss of life or personal injury or loss of or damage to property, including damage to harbour works, basins and waterways and aids to navigation, that occur on board or in direct connection with the operation of the ship or with salvage operations, and consequential loss resulting from these;

(b) claims in respect of loss resulting from delay in the carriage by sea of cargo, passengers or their luggage;

(c) claims in respect of other loss resulting from infringement of rights other than contractual rights, that occur in direct connection with the operation of the ship or salvage operations;

(d) claims in respect of the raising, removal, destruction or the rendering harmless of a ship which is sunk, wrecked, stranded or abandoned, including anything that is or has been on board the ship;

(e) claims in respect of the removal, destruction or the rendering harmless of the cargo of a ship; and

(f) claims of a person other than the person liable in respect of measures taken in order to avert or minimize loss for which the person liable may limit liability in accordance with this Part, and further loss caused by such measures.

(2) The claims referred to in subsection (1) are subject to limitation of liability even if brought by way of recourse or for indemnity under a contract or otherwise, except that the claims referred to in paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subsection (1) are not subject to limitation of liability where the claims relate to remuneration under a contract with the person liable.