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Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1998

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Number 13 of 1998

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definition.

2.

Application.

3.

Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.

4.

Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act.

5.

Exemption from liability for pollution damage.

6.

Limitation on liability for pollution damage.

7.

Calculation of tonnage of ship.

8.

Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act.

9.

International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992.

10.

Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act.

11.

Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act.

12.

Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act.

13.

Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act.

14.

Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act.

15.

Amendment of section 37 of Principal Act.

16.

Construction of references in Principal Act.

17.

Repeal of section 18 of Principal Act.

18.

Short title.

Acts Referred to

Continental Shelf Act, 1968

1968, No. 14

Harbours Act, 1996

1996, No. 11

Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 to 1988

Oil Pollution of the Sea Acts, 1956 to 1977

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act, 1988

1988, No. 11

Sea Pollution Act, 1991

1991, No. 27

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Number 13 of 1998

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY, AND COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998

AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROTOCOL OF 1992 TO AMEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 1969, DONE AT LONDON ON THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1992, AND THE PROTOCOL OF 1992 TO AMEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 1971, DONE AT LONDON ON THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1992, AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) ACT, 1988 . [14th May, 1998]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: