Appendix I, Rule 5 Levying of overspill calls

Levying of overspill calls

5.1  If

(a)   the Association shall at any time determine that funds are or may in future be required to pay part of an Overspill Claim (whether incurred by the Association or by any other party to the Pooling Agreement); and

(b)   the Association shall have made a declaration under Rule 6.1 or 6.3 that a Policy Year shall remain open for the purpose of levying an Overspill Call or Calls in respect of that Overspill Claim,

the Association in its discretion, at any time or times after such declaration has been made, may levy one or more Overspill Calls in respect of that Overspill Claim in accordance with Rule 5.2.

5.2  The Association shall levy any such Overspill Call

(a)   on all Members entered in the Association on the Overspill Claim Date in respect of vessels entered by them at that time, notwithstanding the fact that, if the Overspill Claim Date shall be in a Policy Year in respect of which the Association has made a declaration under Rule 6.3, any such vessel may not have been entered in the Association at the time the relevant incident or occurrence occurred, and

(b)   at such percentage of the Convention Limit of each such vessel as the Association in its discretion shall decide.

5.3  An Overspill Call shall not be levied in respect of any vessel entered on the Overspill Claim Date with an overall limit of cover equal to or less than the Group Reinsurance Limit.

5.4  The Association shall not levy on any Member in respect of the entry of any one vessel an Overspill Call or Calls in respect of any one Overspill Claim exceeding in the aggregate two and one half percent (2 ½ %) of the Convention Limit of that vessel.

5.5  If at any time after the levying of an Overspill Call upon the Members entered in the Association in any Policy Year, it shall appear to the Association that the whole of such Overspill Call is unlikely to be required to meet the Overspill Claim in respect of which such Overspill Call was levied, the Association may decide to dispose of any excess which in the opinion of the Association is not so required in one or both of the following ways:

(a)   by transferring the excess or any part thereof to the Reserve; or

(b)   by returning the excess or any part thereof to those Members who have paid that Overspill Call in proportion to the payments made by them.